Journal 37

With the difficulties that women face in mountainous areas it is paramount that change be made. There is really only one way of allowing this change to be significant and permanent. That is education. By increasing access to the internet and allowing for young girls and women to continue their educations, the probabilities of increased awareness for equality and sustainable development is an unavoidable and welcomed conclusion.

There are several means by which this increased awareness can be achieved. The first is a general increase in spending on education in mountainous regions by local governments. This allotted amount can be found through increased taxes, for a short period of time. While general practices would seem to indicate that the current male ruled society would frown upon such a practice, by attaching increased tax breaks to other goods, such as commodities, for a short period of time, there is a high probability that the revenue required for additional education funding would re-balance itself in a matter of years. The then increased educated workforce revenue stream would then supersede the previously imposed taxes. This would then allow the taxes to be corrected to their original status quo and improve the overall quality of the economy.

Another means by which the funding for educational reform for women might be accomplished is to rethink the current classroom diagram. By focusing on wireless internet and live streaming. It is possible to have classrooms accessible in even the most remote of locations. In an earlier posting I mentioned a means by which information might be accessed to the general public. That is, establishing an internet connection at a permanent government location (i.e. post office). By having it in such a central location, the secondary purpose of using the internet for research could then take the foreground and be used as a means for remote education.

The last means by which funding can be assured for educational reform is to establish incentives for local businesses to sponsor women in education. For example, by increasing tax breaks for those companies that sponsor a woman or women, depending on the size of the company, there is the potential for growth at the local and, in the long term, national level. These companies can then utilize the situation by increasing worker loyalty or generating a positive work flow, or even grooming future women executives for their own business.