Gender Inequity in Education Political Institutions

Question: Discuss about the Gender Inequity in Education for Political Institutions. Answer: Introduction: Gender inequity in education and its relation to political institutions, religion, and culture is the topic discussed by Cooray Potrafke in this article. They investigate by use of empirical methods the role played by religion, political institutions or culture in triggering gender inequality in education. The authors of the article are of the view that political systems do not significantly contribute to gender inequality in education as compared to culture and religion. Further, the article highlight that political systems do not discriminate against girls in offering education opportunities but religious and cultural systems does. After a thorough analysis of the empirical evidence the article conclude that gender disparity in education cannot be attributed to political institutions but religion and culture, however, cultural transformation can narrow the gender variation in education. The article is useful in my essay especially in establishing the causes of gender disproportion in education. In addition, the article is reliable for research because the authors draw their data from empirical evidence. This article will be among my primary sources due to its systematic study of the concept of gender inequality in education. I find this article to be an important literature in developing knowledge on gender inequality and especially in the area of education. In this article, Klasen Lamanna develops the topic on the impact of gender disparity in education and employment on economic expansion. The article majorly focuses on investigating the extent to which gender inequity in education has reduced economic advancement. The authors principally hold that inequality in education and especially female education has significance on the creation of human capital and the fertility and thus efforts to lower the gender disparity will stimulate economic growth. The article concludes by illustrating that reduction of the current inequality in the education will propel not only economic development but also further other essential and valuable goals such as child mortality, fertility, and under-nutrition. The article is informative for my essay, as my topic is going to cover on the cause and effect of gender variation in education. It would particularly be helpful in assessing the impacts that gender discrimination in education has had and still has in the socio-economic phenomenon. The article is limited in the sense that it fails to analyze other valuable goals beyond economic growth, yet it suggests that gender variation in education has impacts in other valuable development goals. This article will form the foundation of my paper thus; will be used as a primary material. The evidence on impacts of gender inequality in education in the article will be used to support my arguments in the essay. References: Cooray, A., Potrafke, N. (2011). Gender inequality in education: Political institutions or Culture and Religion?. European Journal of Political Economy, 27(2), 268-280. Klasen, S., Lamanna, F. (2009). The impact of gender inequality in education and employment On economic growth: new evidence for a panel of countries. Feminist economics, 15(3), 91-132.