Millennium Development Goals on Sexual Health in Africa: Education and Gender Equality as Implications for Reduction of Sexual Violence Against Women in Africa by Purissima Emelda Egbekpalu, Scientific Research Journal (Scirj), Volume V, Issue VIII, August 2017 Edition

Scirj Volume V, Issue VIII, August 2017 Edition
ISSN: 2201-2796

Millennium Development Goals on Sexual Health in Africa: Education and Gender Equality as Implications for Reduction of Sexual Violence Against Women in Africa

Purissima Emelda Egbekpalu

Abstract: The discussion on education with regards to gender equality and women empowerment is gaining significant attention in recent times. Education as a veritable tool for both human and national developments proves itself a great equalizer of human conditions. In September 2000, the United Nations (UN) declared eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to be achieved by its member States by 2015. Goals two and three have to do with the achievement of universal primary education and gender equality, respectively. These two goals have seriously affected Africans at personal, national and continental levels. Besides, the women folk have been notably marginalized due to poor accessibility to education through which they can be disposed and empowered with the acquisition of relevant skills to think clearly, appreciate their lives and that of others, develop better and contribute constructively to the growth of their nations and promote human dignity. Consequently, they fall prey to various abuses and violations that dehumanize them. This paper therefore evaluates how education and gender equality help to reduce the widespread cankerworm of violence against women in African societies and how far the dictates of the MDGs have assisted in the health of African women. However, it highlights the limitations that are inherent in African settings that militated against the full actualization of the universal education and gender equality by 2015 as demanded by the United Nations (UN) and the way forward even after the UN deadline.

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Search Terms: Women, development, education, gender, equality, sexual violence

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