According to research, over 130 million girls currently aren’t in school. There are many reasons for this, but some of the main issues include extreme poverty and child marriage. Both of these factors are putting girls at a disadvantage.

1. How Education Can
Change a Girl’s Life
EDUCATION
Sir Peter
Birkett

2. HOW EDUCATION CAN
CHANGE A GIRL’S LIFE
Even in 2022, educational inequality is still
an increasingly large issue being faced by
many countries around the world.
According to research, over 130 million
girls currently aren’t in school. There are
many reasons for this, but some of the
main issues include extreme poverty and
child marriage. Both of these factors are
putting girls at a disadvantage.
However, the cost of educating girls is cheap
– less than a loaf of bread for one day’s worth
of education. This small cost can make a big
difference to vulnerable girls.
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Education can provide
women with the knowl-
edge, skills, resources and
opportunities to start their
own enterprises and sup-
port themselves, their fam-
ilies and their communities.

3. Women and girls
receiving a quality
education can create
opportunities for future
generations. This can
help to pull families
out of extreme poverty
and into a more
economically stable life.
Women Can Become Leaders
When women are educated and empow-
ered, they have the opportunity to drive
real change.
Through the CAMFED Association, newly
educated women across Africa are doing
their part to act on some of the countries
biggest issues – including exclusion from
education and female unemployment.
Economic Development
Education can provide women with the
knowledge, skills, resources and oppor-
tunities to start their own enterprises
and support themselves, their families
and their communities.
Women and girls receiving a quality ed-
ucation can create opportunities for fu-
ture generations. This can help to pull
families out of extreme poverty and into
a more economically stable life.

4. To find out more about
this topic, visit the blog of
Sir Peter Birkett.