In many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the birth rate among girls with secondary education is four times lower compared to those with no education. Better-educated girls and women are also more likely to use techniques to prevent malaria, such as using bed nets, and are less likely to become infected.
Girls who are better educated are less likely to be married as children and are more likely to have opportunities for a healthier and more prosperous life for themselves and their families. Across 18 of the 20 countries with the highest prevalence of child marriage, girls with no education are up to six times more likely to marry as children than girls with a secondary education.
Higher levels of education generally help prepare families for coping with shocks. A World Bank study of developing countries from to found that countries with higher levels of female schooling were less likely to suffer high rates of death, injury, and displacement due to weather disasters.
When girls go to school, they grow into women who have more say over their lives and have an increased sense of their worth and capabilities. They are less likely to be subjected to domestic violence and will participate more in decision-making in households. Education helps women to gain the skills needed to take on leadership roles at local and national levels.
Better-educated women are more likely to join bodies, whether volunteer or elected, where they can take part in making decisions that affect their lives and those of their communities.
Girls from the poorest and rural households face the greatest disadvantages because parents are less educated and therefore may value education less. Rural communities have fewer support systems, often forcing girls to work or manage their household. Many girls begin working as early as five years old - mainly in agriculture or in homes as domestic servants. Child domestic workers have limited or no access to education as employers often do not allow them to enrol in school.
Women and girls disproportionately share the burden and care of ill family members and relatives. This affects not only whether they can attend school but also the time and energy they can devote to schoolwork. Due to inadequate water, sanitation and hygiene facilities, poor girls can spend six hours each day collecting water, leaving little time for school.
Those girls who do go to school often drop out when they start to menstruate because there is no safe place to keep clean at school. Schools can be destroyed in conflict situations, while targeted attacks on girls' schools can make parents afraid to send their daughters to school.
In humanitarian emergencies, including natural disasters, increased poverty for families and lack of employment opportunities means girls are at higher risk of early marriage or ending up in prostitution.
Every year 15 million girls under the age of 18 become wives - an average of 40, every day. Many cannot return to school after marriage because they cannot afford to pay school fees.
Child marriage also means girls have early and frequent pregnancies, which contributes to higher rates of girls dropping out of school. Each year about 16 million girls between 15 and 19 give birth. Stigma, lack of support and discriminatory laws around pregnancy exclude girls from school, forcing them to stay at home and care for their children.
Childcare and flexible school programmes or adult classes are not available to them. Globally between 93 million and million children live with a disability. The World Health Organization and the World Bank estimate that in some countries "being disabled more than doubles the chance of never enrolling in school".
Girls with disabilities face discrimination both because of their gender and their disability, making them among the most marginalised groups of children. One reason for such gender stereotyping could be the stronger physical attributes of a male. However, it could be argued that women are more emotionally and intellectually advanced, able to nurture a family or community singlehandedly.
Education should, therefore, be accessible to both males and females in equal measure. Women are not only life-bringers but they often tend to fall naturally into household management roles and can be the greatest influencer in raising children that eagerly contribute to society. Children are the future and every child deserves the right to grow up in a supportive and caring home environment with access to education and medical care.
By sponsoring a child through Muslim Aid, you ensure a developing child receives the food they need to grow and the clothes they need to get through harsh winters. For further information on contributing towards child sponsorship with Muslim Aid, click here, or alternatively, give our team a call on Muslim Aid Media Centre. News Blog Media Contacts. The Benefits of Female Education Education is the backbone of proper society and through education, we can improve all aspects of life regardless of background, financial status and gender.
In turn, this affects the education and health of their children, as well as their ability to earn a living. Indeed, girls with secondary schooling are up to six times more likely to marry as those children with little or no education. According to a recent report , more than 41, girls under the age of 18 marry every day. Available research shows that prevalence of violence against girls and women has increased during the pandemic — jeopardizing their health, safety and overall well-being.
School closures during the Ebola outbreak were associated with an increase in teenage pregnancies. With schools closing throughout the developing world, where stigma around teenage pregnancies prevails, we will probably see an increase in drop-out rates as teenage girls become pregnant or married. As girls stay at home because of school closures, their household work burdens might increase, resulting in girls spending more time helping out at home instead of studying.
This might encourage parents, particularly those putting a lower value on girls' education, to keep their daughters at home even after schools reopen. Moreover, research shows that girls risk dropping out of school when caregivers are missing from the household because they typically have to partly replace the work done by the missing caregiver, who might be away due to COVIDrelated work, illness, or death.
Therefore, with the current COVID pandemic, we might see more girls than boys helping at home, lagging behind with studying, and dropping out of school. The World Bank is committed to seeing every girl prosper in her life. Our projects support the education of hundreds of millions of girls and young women across the world. Working through interventions in education, health, social protection, water, infrastructure, and other sectors, we are making an even stronger commitment to support countries in ensuring that every girl receives the quality education she deserves.
Our projects are impacting more than million girls and young women worldwide. Hundreds of millions more have been impacted over the past few decades. We tackle key barriers that girls and young women face when trying to obtain an education. This approach , reflected in the current Education portfolio impacting at least million girls and young women, prioritizes investments in four key areas listed below.
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