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The mission of the Kathy Justice Girls Educational Foundation is to help support disadvantaged girls who are willing to go back to school and help contribute to serving the needs of their community through collaboration with civic groups, and other faith groups.
Who is Miss. Kathy Justice?
Kathy Justice lives in Perdido Key, Florida where she has been a licensed real estate professional for over 25 years. She loves helping make others dreams come true and feels blessed to be a part of her customer’s lives. After years of hard work and dedication, Kathy is proud to hold the position of Perdido Key’s leading real estate agent and is ranked both state-wide and nationally for her success. Miss Justice gives all the glory to God who is her strength and provider.
Miss Justice was raised in Pensacola, Florida and grew up at the beach where she now specializes in waterfront condo and home sales. She comes from humble beginnings and was blessed to receive a scholarship to college through her hard work and dedication to studying. Her parents could not have afforded to send her to college without taking out a bank loan, and she is especially grateful for her scholarship opportunities. Miss Justice worked diligently at her studies while she also worked a full-time job to pay for her housing and meals. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering which led her to a short but accomplished career as a Product Development Engineer with The Proctor & Gamble Company. Miss. Justice decided to leave engineering and return to the beach she loves so much and put her problem-solving skills to work selling real estate. She believes that while life can bring many challenges, but if you work hard, be generous and follow God, He will reward you for your faithfulness.
Miss Justice is a kind giver, a delegated Christian, an educator, and a passionate lady. She has supported and donated to many charity organizations in and out of the United States of America. Miss Justice is the Founder of The Kathy Justice Girls Educational Foundation in Liberia West Africa and passionately hopes to change lives by offering hope and an opportunity for education. She knows how much an education has changed her life for the better and wants to encourage other young women to have hope, follow their hearts, dream big and reach for the stars!
Why Girls Education?
Girls have the same right to education as boys. Educated girls can make informed choices from a far better range of options. Educating girls saves lives and builds stronger families, communities, and economies. An educated female population increases a country’s productivity and fuels economic growth.
Some countries lose more than $1 billion a year by failing to educate girls to the same level as boys. Despite this, girls, and young women in many parts of the world miss out on school every day. Around 61 million girls are in school, according to UNICEF 2016 – 32 million girls of primary school age and 29 million of lower secondary school age.
Often, girls are marginalized and are out of school simply because they are girls, and it is not the cultural norm. Their chances of getting a quality education are even smaller if they come from a poor family, live in a rural area, or have a disability. Girls are four times more likely to be out of school than boys from the same background. The poorest girls also have the least likelihood of completing primary school.
There are often legal, religious, and traditional practices that discriminate against girls having the chance to get an education. Only two of 35 countries in sub-Saharan Africa have equal numbers of girls and boys in school – the lowest proportion of countries with gender parity – according to the Education Commission’s Learning Generation report in 2016.
Why is educating girls important?
The number of countries that achieved gender parity in both primary and secondary education from 2000 to 2015 increased from 36 to 62. But the overall improvement does not tell the full story. Some parts of the world, including sub-Saharan Africa and South and West Asia, are not making as much progress.
Only two of 35 countries in sub-Saharan Africa have equal numbers of girls and boys in school – the lowest proportion of countries with gender parity according to the Education Commission’s Learning Generation report in 2016.
According to an International Labor Organization report, “Educating girls has proven to be one of the most important ways of breaking poverty cycles and is likely to have significant impacts on access to formal jobs in the longer term.”
Benefits of girls’ education in third world countries
Education for girls and boys increases productivity and contributes to economic growth. Globally, women are not in the formal job market as much as men, but many studies show there are economic benefits if they are allowed to join the labor force.
Educating girls and young women increases a country’s productivity and contributes to economic growth. Some countries lose more than $1 billion a year by failing to educate girls to the same level as boys. A woman with an education can get a better job with higher wages which has the effect of addressing gender imbalances in the labour force.
According to an International Labor Organization report, “Educating girls has proven to be one of the most important ways of breaking poverty cycles and is likely to have significant impacts on access to formal jobs in the longer term.”
Benefits of girls’ education in third world countries cont..
Smaller and more sustainable families: Girls’ education helps reduce population growth. Educated women have fewer pregnancies and are also less likely to become pregnant as teenagers. In many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the birth rate among girls with secondary education is four times lower compared to those with no education.
Reduced infection rates for HIV/AIDS and malaria: When researchers analyzed the declining HIV/AIDS infection rate in Zimbabwe from 29% of the population to 16% from 1997 to 2007, they found that high levels of girls completing secondary education were an important factor in making awareness campaigns and efforts to reduce infection by partners more effective. Better-educated girls and women are also more likely to use techniques to prevent malaria, such as using bed nets, and are less likely to become infected.
Facts
Child marriage: Every year 15 million girls under the age of 18 become wives – an average of 40,000 every day. Marriage interrupts and ends girls’ education so they don’t gain the skills that could lift them out of poverty – over 60% of child brides in developing countries have no formal education.
Many cannot return to school after marriage because they cannot afford to pay school fees. Child marriage also means girls have early and frequent pregnancies, which contributes to higher rates of girls dropping out of school.
Pregnancy: Each year about 16 million girls between 15 and 19 give birth. Stigma, lack of support, and discriminatory laws around pregnancy exclude girls from school, forcing them to stay at home and care for their children.
Childcare and flexible school programs or adult classes are not available to them. What’s the prevalence rate? 24.9% of girls in Liberia are married before their 18th birthday and 5.8% are married before the age of 15. 8% of
Why Girl’s Education In Liberia?
Education continues to be the victim in war-ravaged Liberia, with what facilities there are, found mainly in the state capital Monrovia. State schools are poorly operated and private school fees are beyond the reach of the nation’s poor. Most of the schools in the country are operated by churches or Christian missions, among which are the Catholic Church, Methodist, Episcopal, and a few others.
It is quintessential to be reminded that education is a basic human right. Yet in Liberia, children’s access to education is limited by numerous factors including constraints on national finances, poor infrastructure, and unskilled teachers.
The education sector in Liberia faces a complex set of challenges related to rebuilding and recovery from civil war, constrained national finances, poor infrastructure, and the Ebola epidemic. These challenges include poor learning outcomes, overage enrolment, a huge number of out-of-school children, wasted government resources because of ‘ghost’ teachers and unskilled teachers, and many unqualified teachers.
On a systemic level, there are no national school quality standards, and capacity and resources at county and district levels require improvement. The education sector also faces serious equity challenges including important geographic differences in access to quality education.
Summary Of Our Aim For Students.
To Achieved:
- Outstanding results
- Excellent presentation and academic performance
To Do:
- Develop leadership skills
- Learn and develop through success, challenges, mistakes, and failures
To Understand:
- That learning is about understanding
- Your identity and responsibility are global
To Be:
- Decision makers guided by values and moral integrity
- Confident and successful young adults
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The mission of the Kathy Justice Girls Educational Foundation is to help support disadvantaged girls who are willing to go back to school and help contribute to serving the needs of their community through collaboration with civic groups, and other faith groups.