One additional school year can increase a woman’s earnings by 10% to 20%.
Some countries lose more than $1 billion USD a year by failing to educate girls to the same level as boys.
Some 171 million people could be lifted out of poverty – reducing the global rate by 12% – if all students in low-income countries acquired basic reading skills.
Getting all children into basic education, while raising learning standards, could boost growth by 2% annually in low-incoming countries.
Over the past four decades, the global increase in women’s education has prevented more than 4 million child deaths. In Sub-Saharan Africa, approximately 1.8 million children’s lives could have been saved in 2008 if all their mothers had at least a secondary education.
by promoting concern, awareness and new attitudes.
Understanding local environments, designing greener technologies, changing consumption and production patterns.