If you educate a boy you educate an individual.
If you educate a girl you educate a family.
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| Uganda |
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| Afghanistan |
- Globally, 77.6 million girls do not attend school
- There are 33 million fewer girls than boys in primary education
- Girls with secondary education are 6 times less likely to be married as children
- A girl with 7 years of schooling in the developing world will have 2.2 fewer children
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| Afghanistan |
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| Hyderabad, India |
- A child born to a literate mother is 50% more likely to survive past the age of 5
- Two thirds of the 775 million illiterate adults, and 63% of illiterate youth, are female
- Literate mothers are twice as likely to immunize their children and send them to school
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| Thailand |
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| Uganda |
- A girl who completes basic education is 3 times less likely to contract HIV
- A girl earns 20% more as an adult for every additional year of education she receives
- A nation’s GDP rises an average of 3% when 10% more its girls attend school
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| India |
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| Indonesia |
- Less than 2% of international development funds are specifically allocated to girls
- School is not free in over 50 countries
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