The Countless of Obstacles

Around the world, girls face a numerous of challenges in accesing education. Barriers to girls' education include child marriage, safety in and on the way to school, poverty, gender-based violence and harmful social norms that priotize boys' education over that of girls'.

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The Stats:

• Around the world, 132 million girls are out of school.
• Women make up more than two-thirds of the world's 796 million illiterate people.
• 76 million of the 123 million illiterate youth are female.
• According to global statistics, just 39 percent of rural girls attend secondary school. This is far fewer than rural boys (45 percent), urban girls (59 percent) and urban boys (60 percent).
• 50% of girls drop out before they reach 7th grade.
• 25% of girls ages 15-24 never completed primary school.

The Benefits Of Keeping Girls In School

Keeping Girls In Secondary School Could:

• Add $92 billion to the economies of low and middle economies.
• Cut child deaths by 50%
• Reduce child marriage by 66%
• Decrease violent conflict by 37%
• Increase girls' future wages up to 20% every year enrolled
• And Many More!