This document outlines the importance of educating women and girls. It notes that educating females increases literacy rates, reduces human trafficking by making women less vulnerable, and increases political representation of women. Additionally, educating mothers enables them to better care for their children's health and educational needs, lowers HIV transmission rates, delays the age of marriage, and decreases family sizes. Overall, educating women empowers them economically and socially, improves public health, enhances economic development, and fosters more educated future generations.
2. Increase
Literacy Rate
1
There are around 163
million literate youth
across the globe, among
them nearly 63 percentage
are female. Offering all
children education will
grow up literacy rates.
3. 2
Human
Trafficking
Literate women are most
vulnerable to trafficking
as they are undereducated
and poor. Providing girl
children opportunities and
fundamental skills, women
trafficking can be
significantly reduced.
5. 4
Thriving
Babies
Educated women can
give better care for her
kids. She will aware of
the nutritious needs of
her children. She will
also take efforts to give
better education to her
children.
6. 5
Safe Sex
The World Bank calls education a
“window of hope” in preventing
the spread of AIDS among
today’s children. Reports say that
educated women are three times
less likely to get HIV.
7. 6
Later
Marriage
United Nations Population Fund reports
that in underdeveloped countries, one in
every three girls is married before reaching
the age of 18. whereas a girl who receive
seven or more years of education, delay
marriage by four years.
8. 7
Smaller
families
Enrolling in schools and getting education
reduces fertility rates over time. Women
with secondary education or higher level
have an average of three children. On the
other hand uneducated women will have an
average of seven children.
9. 8
Income
Potential
Education also empowers a women
through her earning capacities.
UNESCO states that primary education
will increase a girl’s wages later in life
by 20 percent.
10. 9
Thriving
GDP
Gross domestic product also soars when
both girls and boys are being offered
educational opportunities. An average of
three percent of GDP increases when ten
percent more women attend school.
11. 10
Poverty
Reduction
When women are provided with equal
rights and equal access to education, they
go on to participate in business and
economic activity.
13. 12
Decrease Infant
Mortality
Children of educated women are less likely to
die due to lack of care and sickness.
Educated women are less likely contact HIV
and AIDS, and thus, less likely to pass it onto
their children.
17. 16
Improve Socio-
Economic
Growth
Educated women helps in reducing poverty,
leading healthier and more productive lives,
and raising the standard of living for their
children, families and communities.