Education is an issue that holds great importance internationally. As a member of the United Nations, the United States is given the task of defining human rights and is posed with the questions what makes a human right and why should education be considered one of the human rights? Education is a fundamental human right that should be enforced globally because it is a key to understanding all other human rights, it can help raise women out of poverty, and it allows women to make educated choices about their health and the health of their children. There are many reasons a country may choose not to enforce compulsory education. The first reason is that countries may not be economically stable to educate its citizens. However, this paper will be discussing the benefits of a quality education on a State’s economy. The second reason is that a State may feel that it is denying certain communities their rights to freedom of religion. This argument applies particularly to certain communities within the United States that have fought federally to be exempt from educating their children because they feel it goes against their religious beliefs. The argument poses a health risk for women and children specifically, and should be held above freedom of religion rights. The third reason is that a State may use lack of education to oppress its citizens such as the Taliban’s efforts to oppress women by prohibiting education. Of all the reasons, the third is the most dangerous reason, and the hardest to reform as well as enforce by The United Nations. Education has been shown to revitalize the economy and to specifically assist in raising woman above the poverty line. According to Article 25 of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, poverty is a violation of human rights. (UN General Assembly) In the article, “The Role of Education in Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right”, Dhillon states, “Education is needed for both understanding poverty as a violation of human rights and also as advocacy for recognizing it as such” (255). In many situations when individuals are faced with sudden poverty they lack the knowledge needed to identify the cause of their poverty, and to analyze what they need to do in order to be freed from poverty. Additionally, an education substantially lowers the chances that someone has of having to live below the poverty line. In the United States, higher education has assisted in encouraging women entrepreneurship, and has helped in reviving the economy, as well as providing economic independence for women. Black women make up fully 2/3 of all African Americans enrolled in college at the undergraduate levelThis, has perhaps been one factor that has led to a great explosion of African American women as entrepreneurs. Between 1997-2006, while overall business-ownership in America grew by 24 percent, among African American women, business ownership grew