Empowering Women Through Their Education

Approximately 15 millions school-aged girls will never receive an equal, gender-sensitive education in their lifetime (World Vision, 2021). Despite this alarming number, low-income countries still do not provide safe, gender inclusive, empowering conditions for girls to attend their schooling at all. Because of this, young girls do not receive an education that properly prepares them for motherhood, marriage, or their health; countries continue to lose trillions of dollars in lost productivity and earnings when they provide limited educational opportunities for girls (The World Bank, 2022). Stick with me on this blog if you believe ALL should receive a fair education! 



References

The World Bank. (2022, February 10). Girls' Education. The World

     Bank. https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/girlseducation#1. 


World Vision. (2021, June 18). Girls’ education: facts and how to help. World

     Vision. https://www.worldvision.ca/stories/education/girls-education-facts-and-how-to-help.


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