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Young Women In Public Affairs Awards Offered By Zonta Club Of Santa Clarita Valley Zonta Club of Santa Clarita Valley is offering Young Women in Public Affairs (YWPA) Awards to outstanding young women. Three winning applicants who attend local high schools or colleges and are 16-19 years of age on April 1, 2021 will receive an award up to $1,000. The 1st place winner will also have the potential to progress to Zonta’s District 9 award of $1,500 and Zonta International’s award of $5,000. Statistics show about 40% of the world’s workforce is women; however, the Inter-Parliamentary Union, an international organization of national parliaments, shows only 25.1% of all national parliamentarians were female as of October 2020. ....
Socioeconomic and geographical disparities seem to play important roles on whether students complete their schooling. Adolescents of lower secondary school age from the poorest households are higher than four times more likely to be out of school than those from the wealthiest households. Economic-related conditions are observed to be the main reasons for not going to school. The out-of-school population is also concentrated among children living in rural, remote areas.
Child marriage: Girls continue to be disproportionately impacted, with large variations at the subnational level. Early marriage and schooling are inversely correlated, particularly for girls, as many drop out of school if they get married. Though Indonesia’s child marriage rate has been declining in recent years, it is still high. The study found wide variations at the sub-national level. For example, West Sulawesi had the highest prevalence of early marriage in 2015, with 34.2 percent o ....