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Education is central to children’s rights

According to the Global Fund for Women, The World Bank and the Clinton Global Initiative, the benefits associated with girls’ education are profound.  When girls are educated there is a reduction of child and maternal mortality.  There is improvement in child nutrition and health, lower birth rates, enhancement of women’s domestic role and their political participation, and protection of girls from abuse and exploitation.

Despite the compelling benefits of girls’ education, 130 million girls between the ages of 6 and 17 are not in school.  In fact, two-thirds of the world’s uneducated children are girls, and two-thirds of the world’s illiterate adults are women.  Around the world, girls and women continue to suffer from a lack of educational opportunities. Studies done by organizations such as UNESCO (United Nations Educational, scientific and Cultural Organization) and UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) demonstrate that educating women and girls is the single most effective strategy to ensure the well-being and health of children and the long-term success of developing economies.  Girls’ education produces some of the highest returns, yielding both private and social benefits that accrue to individuals, families, and society.