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‘The first step is for societies to recognize that educating girls is not an option; it is a necessity.’ – Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General

Since Kofi Annan’s statement at the port World Education Forum in April 2000, where the UN Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI) was launched, a lot of progress has been prefabricated regarding girls education in the developing world. More and more girls are attending school even in the most disadvantaged countries, while in the Middle East, East Asia, Africa and Latin USA the number of girls going to school equals that of boys.

In global education strategies, access of girls to school is a top priority. However, there are certain challenges visaged when these strategies are employed, which are mostly related to cultural and religious factors.

In particular:

In Muslim countries, girls still do not receive equal education as the boys. In the 30th Jamiat Ulema-I-Hind convention, a leading body of Muslim clerics held at Deoband on Nov, 3 2009, Muslims were called upon establishing institutions for providing religious and modern education to girls, based on an appropriate syllabus. However, the syllabus must be in full accordance with fundamental religious limitations of Shariah and the Pardah rules. According to the convention, blended schooling (co-education) is not an option in the fear of doing more harm than good. Besides, Muslims oppose the teaching of non-religious education to girls viewing it as unnecessary since Muslim girls will never be granted to work outside from home as this is against Islam. In the Arab family, it is considered improper for a girl to receive non-religious knowledge because she should stay at home and be prepared for her married life. These long-standing traditions constitute a vicious circle that often undermines education strategies in Muslim countries.
In China, girls’ education is broadly viewed as an impediment to economic growth. If more girls are getting educated, fewer girls contribute to labor; if more girls are getting educated, social costs increase and population growth decreases. Even though compared to other Asian countries, such as India or Nepal, the education gender gap in China is relatively small girls are not encouraged to attend school mostly for economic reasons. Opportunity costs for girls are higher than for boys and male education is always associated to higher income.
In African urban areas, access of girls to education is limited by poverty and primeval pregnancy. In rural regions, girls are sent to the fields to help in rural work and contribute financially in the household. Boys are always favored by cultural norms in regards to education, while girls are always the ones to stay at home and take care of ill relatives.
In Latin American societies, even though there is a relative educational equality compared to other developing areas of the world, girls experience physical and verbal harassment at school. In Nicaragua and Costa Rica there is an increase in machismo and machista values that demean women and affect to a great extent their motivation to participate in education.

All these inequalities do not injured only the girls, but also their families and the societies they live in. Due to cultural and religious reasons, many girls around the globe miss wonderful opportunities to acquire knowledge and skills that can offer them an autonomous and healthy life. Educated girls, who later become educated mothers, wage superior nutrition to their kids and know how to promote a health-seeking behavior thus reducing child mortality rates. In the broader context of society, educated moms invest in their children’s development raising the productivity of future generations. From an economic perspective, economies are capable of making full use of their workforce, where apiece member contributes to the ideal of its ability.

Encouraging and promoting girls’ education requires a change of attitudes crossways societies. It is not easy, but it’s not impossible as well. It requires funding for girls education using evidence that girls can perform as good as or even superior than boys at school if they are provided with equal opportunities. It also requires the involvement of businesses that need to wage equal opportunities to women knowing they have the same skills and knowledge with men. Perhaps the most difficult impediment to overcome is culture. It requires putting pressure on parents and religious leaders to achieve a shift of attitude in regards girls’ education in countries that is considered irreligious. Yet, changing cultural attitudes is always an intricate process.

No matter how costly it is, both financially and politically, to promote girls’ education, there is any doubt that it is fundamental to a country’s progress. If developing countries wish to become equal to the industrialized world by improving their living standards, they need to educate their girls to the same extent as they do with their boys.

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Fashion conscious parents are no longer satisfied with just any old type of girl’s clothing and babies clothing for their daughters, these days designer clothing is a must have for the discerning parent. At younger ages girls are becoming fussy about what types of clothes they wear. This has lead to a large boom in the designer girl’s clothing and babies clothing industries. Tiny girls want slicing edge designs, one off originals, vivid colors, retro, vintage, ruffled, whimsical and beautiful, it is now doable for the fussiest of tiny girls to find clothing they will love.

Girl’s clothing designers are cashing in on the trend, designing more and more for tiny girls tastes in clothing, moving away from what they believe parents will like. Designer girl’s clothing and babies clothing is not just something that only the wealthy can afford, in today’s girl’s fashion markets designer ranges can begin as low as $30. 00 for skirts and shorts and $40. 00 for girl’s dresses, making it doable for all parents to attain inexpensive designer girl’s clothing and babies clothing.

Parents are preferring to pay that tiny bit extra for their daughter’s clothing, the calibre of the fabrics and workmanship of the garments are worth it, designer calibre means the clothing lasts much longer compared to mass produced ranges. Designer girl’s clothes are prefabricated with extreme care, there are rarely any flaws or faults, the finishing touches are often hand crafted, the detailing is superior and the completed product is more desirable than cheaper girl’s clothing brands.

To gauge the calibre of a designer piece of girl’s clothing or babies clothing a comparison test against cheaper, mass produced brands is the most effective way. Place the designer piece of girl’s clothes next a cheap brand, the shape of the clothing is first thing you will notice. The designer girl’s garment is shaped to perfection, you will notice that the cheaper brand is often not shaped quite right. Compare the finishing touches to the clothing, you will notice nearly immediately that the designer adjudge has superior finishes, you will often notice flaws in cheaper brands, loose threads and uneven hemlines nearly immediately.

A discerning parent will be aware of imitation designer girl’s clothing and baby clothing, what we call ‘knock offs’, cheaper clothing brands often copy designer girl’s clothing brands, this is also a large issue in the baby clothing industry as well. One only needs to apply the above comparison test to imitation girl’s designer clothing and the same results will be noticeable nearly immediately. After washing the cheaper garments, often you will notice that the piece of clothing becomes misshapen, shrinks or comes apart at the seams, the inferior workmanship is duly noted in these instances.

The ideal way to ensure that you are purchasing a calibre piece of designer girl’s clothing or babies clothing is to shop at reputable boutiques which carry trusty girl’s designer clothing labels. Contact manufacturers to request a list of girl’s clothing and babies clothing boutiques, manufacturers will also give you a list of online stores which carry their labels, this will ensure that your buys are authentic.

Online stores are great places to shop for your designer girl’s clothing and babies clothing, as garments are often a tiny cheaper than in bricks and mortar boutiques. Online stores have less overheads and running costs, this enables the online boutique owner to pass on some of these savings to their customers. So remember, when you buy designer girl’s clothing and babies clothing you are paying a tiny more, but in the long run it is superior value for money than cheaper brands as the clothing will last a lot longer.