Education is transformational for individuals and societies–it creates pathways to better health, economic growth, a sustainable environment, and peaceful, democratic societies. Girls who have received minimal education are 5 times more likely to become a mother than those with higher levels of education.

A person’s earnings increase by 10 percent with each year of school they complete. When girls are educated, their families are healthier, they have fewer children, they get married later, and they have more opportunities to generate income.