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Rural vs. Urban

The amount of women who attend school in urban areas vs. rural areas differs drastically. In urban areas women education is increasing every day. The parents of girls who live in urban areas are a lot more accepting of them to enroll in school and even encourage girls to pursue a career they are also a lot more knowledgeable of their rights. This makes them a lot more motivated to stand up for their education. Parent in urban areas are a lot more modernized or westernized. These urban parents acknowledge the importance of an education. Women who live in urban areas are often enrolled in private schools getting a better education there as they have a lot more educational accessibilities. Women in urban areas are also surrounded by people who are educated and are not put down or beaten for going to school. Unlike in urban areas, women in rural areas are discouraged to attend school. Most of them are brought up in conservative families with little to no education. They have to work harder than women in urban areas because they have little support system. If there parents are accepting of education they still cannot go since most of them are very poor and cannot afford the expense. The women also don’t attend school in rural areas of Pakistan because it is not culturally accepted. These conservative families tend to be more traditional expecting women to stay at home and attend the house while men go out to work. They’re also restricted in rural areas because their town may not even have a school having them travel a long distance to get there.

The Taliban

The Taliban has taken control of Swat Valley denying women the right to an education. They had stated that any female young or old that attends school after January 15 would be killed.The Taliban also believes that women should not be educated. This fundamentalist group has shut down, banned, and even attacked schools. The Taliban has repeatedly tried to eliminate women the right to have an education. They have left “tens of thousands of students with no educational options” said the officials in Swat Valley. Fazlullah a militant leader of the Taliban has had up 168 schools bombed, including 104 for girls. He is responsible for having more than 30 percent of female drop out of school in 2006 and 2007 because of his illegal radio show. On his radio station he would announce the names of those girls who attend school and shame them and targeting these individuals led the Taliban to attack the girl’s family as well as their schools. The schools destroyed will take a lot of money, time, and effort to rebuild them.sample