The Educational Gender Gap in Latin America: Why Some Girls Do Not Attend School

Girl’s education is universally recognized in the International Development community as an and her community as a whole. Despite the many positive effects of educating girls, girls attend school at a lower rate than boys, creating a gender gap in education. My question is, what causes this gender were used to study these qualitative variables in a quantitative manner. I analyzed these variables through four case studies in Latin America: Guatemala, Belize, Mexico and Peru. Using Mill’s Indirect gap. After this analysis, I conclude that patriarchal society and family factors have the biggest causaanswer to closing the educational gender gap. Introduction International Organizations, NGOs, and governments worldwide are questioning why girls attend school at a lower rate than boys in some countries. Education of both girls and boys is universally ing girls, in particular, who have historically been denied access to formal education, has staggeringly positive effects for the individuals, their families, and society as a whole. As argued by Rankin and Aypositive outcome from educating a woman encourages countries to close the educational gender gap. The most recent international commitments to be established were the Millennium Development Elise Roberts Roberts American University’s Clocks and Clouds, Volume II, Fall 2012