Educating Girls is a Real Lifesaver

Women education reduces poverty.

Clare Short

Educated women are in professional careers

& better-paying salaries

& wages

Increase their health awareness

South and West Asia

In South and West Asia,

only about 87 girls start primary school

for every 100 boys,

according to UIS data

Sub Sahara Africa

sub-Saharan Africa,

about 93 girls begin their primary education

for every 100 boys

90 million school-age girls are not in school

WHY?

Men prefer it this way

NOT interested in

spending money and energy to do so

Or

Do not believe education among girls can eradicate poverty

Why is girls' education important?

Help with economic growth

increase production

What else?

HealthierParticipate more in labor market

Earn more incomeHave fewer children

Provide better health careBeter education to their children

Eventually

Getting out of poverty

Girls without schoolEarly marriageMany babies

Subdue to their husbandSexual exploitation

12 million children die of poverty associated diseases each year

Anyone helping?

World Bank

Establish school

Hiring teachers

Persuading parents sending girls to school

Bring changes to conservative, male-run, feudal society

Example of Successful Education

Kerala (Southern India)

Education is common

The lowest infant death (mortality)

Girls with secondary school certification → 2.5 children

Brazil

Illiterate → 6.5 children

Pakistan

Extra year in school for 1000 girls

Prevent 60 infant death

Education is human rights

Education offers changes in environemnt management

Girls → farmers in Africa & Southern Asia

More efficient farming practiceImprove output

Enforce tree-planting & crop rotation

Help with global warming