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The Problem

Many girls in Yemen are deprived of continuing their higher education due to the lack of universities in their regions and prevailing cultural norms that do not allow girls to move to study in places far from their homes. This deprivation is also reflected in the public education system, where many schools do not hire female staff, which additionally impacts impacts families' decisions to not continue their children's education.

The Solution

The Rural Female Teachers Project focuses on empowering 25 female students in rural areas with access to a diploma course. The project aims to raise the percentage of female students enrolled in higher education and cover the directorate’s need for qualified teachers. This will also address parents’ unwillingness to allow their daughters to study farther away, the lack of female teachers in girls’ schools in rural areas, the high cost of hiring female teachers from outside the rural areas, and the high number of dropouts from primary and secondary education due to the lack of female teachers.

Impact

The Rural Female Teachers Project aims to empower women and girls by providing job opportunities. By eliminating discrimination in the teaching profession, a field dominated by men in Yemen, the project seeks to ensure inclusivity and gender balance.

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