Healthy, Wealthy and Wise Girls

HEALTHY, WEALTHY AND WISE GIRLS TWO- THIRDS ARE 32 MILLION OF THE 61 MILLION OF THE 775 MILLION ILLITERATE ADULTS SCHOOL CHILDREN NOT IN PRIMARY SCHOOL WOMEN ARE GIRLS UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL EDUCATION FIRST 2012 EDUCATING GIRLS MAKES THEM... HEALTHY A CHILD WHOSE MOTHER CAN READ IS 50% OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS, WOMEN'S EDUCATION MORE LIKELY HAS PREVENTED MORE THAN 4 MILLION TO LIVE PASTAGE 51 CHILD DEATHS? 1 UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION (UNESCOJ EDUCATION FORALL (E FA) REPORT, EDUCATION COUNTS BROCHURE, 2011 2 UNITED NATIONS GIRLS' EDUCATION INITIATIVE (UNGEI), ENGENDERING EMPOWERMENT REPORT, 2012 WEALTHY INVESTING IN GIRLS' EDUCATION COULD BOOST SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA'S AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT BY 25% ONE ADDITIONAL SCHOOL YEAR CAN INCREASE A WOMAN'S EARNINGS BY 10% - 20% 1 INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (IFPRI, WOMEN STILL KEY TO FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY PAPER, 2005 2 UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL EDUCATION FIRST, 2012 AND EDUCATING GIRLS IS WISE INCREASING WOMEN SOME COUNTRIES LOSE WITH A SECONDARY MORE THAN $1 BILLION EDUCATION BY 1% CAN INCREASE ANNUAL PER CAPITA A YEAR BY FAILING TO ECONOMIC GROW TH EDUCATE GIRLS TO THE BY 0.3%' SAME LEVEL AS BOYS? 1 WORLD BA NK, MEASURING THE ECONOMIC GAIN OF INVESTING IN GIRLS PAPER, 2011 2 UNITED NATIONS GLOBAL EDUCATION FIRST, 2012 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION RESULTS 18 GPE 56 68% 68% OF GIRLS IN GPE COUNTRIES NOW PARTNER COUNTRIES NOow FINISH HAVE AS MANY PRIMARY SCHOOL, COMPARED TO 56% IN 2002 GIRLS AS BOYS SCHOOL SCHOOL COMPLETING A B C PRIMARY SCHOOL 2002 2010 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR EDUCATION RESULTS FOR LEARNING REPORT, 2012 |GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP J for EDUCATION Elebalpartnership.org