Top 10 Reasons Why Girls’ Education
May Be the Smartest Investment in the World
1. It increases economic growth.
2. It improves women’s wages and jobs.
3. It saves the lives of children and mothers.
4. It leads to smaller and more sustainable families.
5. It results in healthier and better-educated children.
6. It reduces the rates of HIV/AIDS and malaria.
7. It reduces rates of child marriage.
8. It empowers women.
9. It increases women’s political leadership.
10. It reduces harm to families from natural disasters and climate change.
2. It improves women’s wages and jobs.
3. It saves the lives of children and mothers.
4. It leads to smaller and more sustainable families.
5. It results in healthier and better-educated children.
6. It reduces the rates of HIV/AIDS and malaria.
7. It reduces rates of child marriage.
8. It empowers women.
9. It increases women’s political leadership.
10. It reduces harm to families from natural disasters and climate change.
Source: What Works in Girls’ Education by Gene B. Sperling and Rebecca Winthrop
Fact Sheet
Be sure to read this outstanding and current (July, 2018) summary by the World Bank quantifying the “opportunity cost” of Girls’ Education. It’s really all anyone would need to know to be convinced of what an outstanding investment this is!
