Education for Iranian Women

Education for Iranian Women

Category: Education

Pitch:

Iran, a country in the middle east where women have little human rights, including little rights to a proper education. This project is to build a classroom in Tehran, Iran seating about 50-100 students, where uneducated women can learn. Education is needed here because in Iran, women make up only 15% of the working population. This percentage is the lowest in the middle east which is regionally the lowest in the world. The women that do work here also traditionally earn less than the men do. I believe that women all over the world deserve to be treated with equal rights and that human rights starts with education. My goals are to help women become capable to support themselves and their families, to help women discover what they would like to do for a living and to support them to become independent and literate people with full access to human rights.

Critical Need:

This project is important because it will help give equal rights to women and give education to those lacking it. This chart shows data collected by WEF in 2011. It shows that although one hundred percent of women in Iran are enrolled into primary school, only forty percent of women are enrolled to secondary school; the lowest of all the countries surveyed. If my classroom can fit another 100 students in it, that number will increase; I know that it won't be a lot but it will be a start. 

This project will benefit this world because women in Iran women will become more accepted in their culture and women who succeed in getting a great education, may become doctors or politicians that may impact the world greatly. I hope that this third world country will become a first world country with my help; and it can all start with one classroom in the middle of Tehran, Iran. 

Feasibility:

I will be buying an studio area where I can teach the women attending my classes. I will ask Lowes and Staples Business Depot to help supply the money and materials needed to build the classroom in Tehran. These companies can supply building materials such as furnishing items, paint, flooring etc. and school supplies such as pencils, paper, erasers etc. I would also ask for start up money to hire people needed to teach as well as any extra supplies I might need. I would ask for about $100 000 to start up this project. I would also ask for donations to help supply my classroom. I will ask for 100 desks with 100 chairs, 200 packages of paper, 200 packages of pencils, 200 packages of sharpeners, 2-3 white boards (large), 200 packages of dry erase markers, 150 geometry sets, 200 packages of erasers, 10 cans of paint and posters of the periodic table, maps and math. This totals to about a cost of about $16 250. Which is easily done by these big name companies. 

About the author:

My name is Heather Tuomisto I am from Keswick, Ontario. I attend Bill Crothers Secondary School in Markham where I play Basketball and Rugby. Outside of school I play soccer and dream of changing the world. I hope to impact the world by supporting equal rights educating others on how to do the same.

Citation:

"Middle East: Iran" The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency Public Files. Web. 19 November 2013.

"Women in Iran" World Savvy. Web. 19 November 2013.