On average, Sudan has the lowest amount of girls going to school: 27%.
According to UNICEF, 49 percent of girls are missing out on primary education and a total of three million children have been left out of Sudan’s education system, half of them being girls.
In general, Sudan has inegalitarian views towards women. Sudan’s legal system is a strict form of Sharia Law, which limits the rights of women in many respects. The nature of such laws has seeped into Sudanese culture, thus affecting the quality and quantity of girls’ education for the worse.
These laws include punishment for not wearing religious garb in public and institutionalized discrimination against women. When the mantra of the government and its laws is anti-women, the educational system will most likely be anti-women as well.
The laws in Sudan regarding education do not guarantee safety against discrimination. Educators can then easily implement their views on who they allow to enroll in schools. Such views are the norm in Sudan, as is the opinion that women should aspire to be a housewife for their ultimate goal.

Poverty in Sudan is extremely high as 44.8 percent of the population live below the poverty line, and there is a 17 percent unemployment rate.

The large number of families who struggle with such costs generally have two options: (1) do not send their children to school (which is a partial explanation for why the educational enrolment rate in Sudan is very low) or (2) choose their favorite children to attend school. For the latter option, these favorites are almost unanimously boys which hurts girls’ educational opportunities.

Given the fact that normal schooling in Sudan is explicitly anti-women, it’s very hard for girls in Sudan to receive an education, and the shortage of out-of-school alternatives really leaves Sudan’s girls in a difficult place.

Fortunately, Sudan is not alone. Many NGOs are constantly trying to change this. You may not be able to directly support them but through this petition, you can show your support even without giving anything just with a single click.