Gender Equality/Infant Mortality
Problem: High illiteracy rates among women along with some cultural expectations that devalue women’s education and prevent their participation in politics and other public affairs of the country. Women above the age of 15 years has a literacy rate of just 51.8% and women only hold 24% of the available seats in national parliaments.
Causes: The role of the woman is to take care of household work so this affects the education of women because the girls are usually pulled out of school in order to help around the house. Many families also consider education to be a waste for females because the females hardly ever hold a position in the community that requires any form of education. The few resources that they have to educate the population is typically focused on the men who are able to hold positions of power.
Solution: There needs to be a larger investment in education, as of right now Sudan is spending about 15% of their GDP on education. Sudan’s GDP is 66 billion so they spend about 10 billion a year on education. If this budget were increased by even 50% then it would allow the education system to assist students that are trying to learn outside of school (females working at the home). With the education being shared with women then they will be able to start moving to jobs that lay outside of the realm of agriculture because 87% of women who work hold a job in agriculture. If these new jobs that women find can help them gain new experiences and skills then they can take those skills and magnify them allowing them to gain the knowledge they need in order to be successful in politics.
Problem: Sudan has an infancy death rate of 51 out of 1000 live births. This is measured up until they reach a year of age. This number increases to 77 when measured up until the age of 5. These rates far exceed what is common for the global rate of child mortality.
Causes: The most common cause of death of children (and really anyone) in Sudan is diarrheal diseases, as far as preventable diseases are concerned. Lack of access to clean water and to improved sanitation facilities and also a lack of nutrition through nutrition supplementation are all factors and causes of diarrheal diseases. Only 56% of the Sudanese population has access to clean water and only 26% of the population has access to improved sanitation facilities.
Solution: It costs around $8,000 dollars to fund a fresh-water well that could be placed in a village where people regularly drink from open holes or just straight from the stream. These wells could easily rid that village of many of their cases of diarrheal diseases. There are many charities that specialize in building wells so if the government of Sudan were to spend even a small amount of their money on wells and map out the best places for each well to be in order to maximize access to it. Along with placing wells throughout country they could also place some sort of improved sanitation near the wells allowing for easier access to sanitation as well.
Causes: The role of the woman is to take care of household work so this affects the education of women because the girls are usually pulled out of school in order to help around the house. Many families also consider education to be a waste for females because the females hardly ever hold a position in the community that requires any form of education. The few resources that they have to educate the population is typically focused on the men who are able to hold positions of power.
Solution: There needs to be a larger investment in education, as of right now Sudan is spending about 15% of their GDP on education. Sudan’s GDP is 66 billion so they spend about 10 billion a year on education. If this budget were increased by even 50% then it would allow the education system to assist students that are trying to learn outside of school (females working at the home). With the education being shared with women then they will be able to start moving to jobs that lay outside of the realm of agriculture because 87% of women who work hold a job in agriculture. If these new jobs that women find can help them gain new experiences and skills then they can take those skills and magnify them allowing them to gain the knowledge they need in order to be successful in politics.
Problem: Sudan has an infancy death rate of 51 out of 1000 live births. This is measured up until they reach a year of age. This number increases to 77 when measured up until the age of 5. These rates far exceed what is common for the global rate of child mortality.
Causes: The most common cause of death of children (and really anyone) in Sudan is diarrheal diseases, as far as preventable diseases are concerned. Lack of access to clean water and to improved sanitation facilities and also a lack of nutrition through nutrition supplementation are all factors and causes of diarrheal diseases. Only 56% of the Sudanese population has access to clean water and only 26% of the population has access to improved sanitation facilities.
Solution: It costs around $8,000 dollars to fund a fresh-water well that could be placed in a village where people regularly drink from open holes or just straight from the stream. These wells could easily rid that village of many of their cases of diarrheal diseases. There are many charities that specialize in building wells so if the government of Sudan were to spend even a small amount of their money on wells and map out the best places for each well to be in order to maximize access to it. Along with placing wells throughout country they could also place some sort of improved sanitation near the wells allowing for easier access to sanitation as well.