US$2.6 million to ZanaAfrica to study the efficacy of sanitary pads and reproductive health education on the quality of life of female Kenyan teens. When women stay in school, they are more likely to go into areas like teaching, law, and arts subjects over areas like science, engineering and medicine. Between 1980 and 1987, bachelor's degrees in education and arts accounted for between 63.7% and 67.6% of the total attained by women. Trends like this may lead to the narrow isolation of women into service and teaching jobs. Possible solutions Increasing the number of female teachers Beyond the primary school level, female teachers are significantly fewer in number than their male counterparts. Kenya represents a diverse group of religious groups. The second largest group is the Muslim group. Many Muslim families prefer for their daughters to be taught by females only, and increasing the number of female teachers may subsequently increase female participation, as well as increase the number of female administrators. For this to happen, supplementary laws, including those that protect maternity leave, equal pay, and discrimination in the workplace, may have to be implemented. In the prestigious University of Nairobi, according to Chege and Sifuna, less than 20% of teachers are female. Evening out regional disparities Rural areas and the specific ethnic groups they compose suffer from disproportionately low resources in education and receive significantly less funds from the government. More schools with more female teachers could be created in rural areas and policies could be enacted to stem the surge of government funds to solely urban areas. Increasing land and other economic resources to women Since the land reform acts of the 1950s, it has been difficult for women to possess land, where before they had easy access through traditional kinship arrangements. Government aid has also been low to rural areas and has not directly benefited woman. According to Cubbins, men's education and women's education are both highly related to the education of both girls and boys, and so increasing general educational attainment should decrease gender disparities in education over time. See also Education in Kenya Women in Kenya Female education Education inequality ZanaAfrica foundation References Childhood in Kenya Education in Kenya Kenyan women Gender and education Women's rights in Kenya