{"id":18846,"date":"2012-10-08T15:46:55","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T22:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/?p=18846"},"modified":"2017-10-02T15:27:57","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T22:27:57","slug":"educate-girl-change-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/blog\/educate-girl-change-world","title":{"rendered":"Educate a girl, change the world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
What we are learning around the world is that if women are healthy and educated, their families will flourish. If women are free from violence, their families will flourish. If women have a chance to work and earn as full and equal partners in society, their families will flourish. And when families flourish, communities and nations do as well.—Hillary Rodham Clinton, September 1995, remarks for the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n

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Educating a girl means changing the world — not just her world, but the world she lives in. Education<\/a> is the key to unlocking access to economic opportunity and other life-giving resources for millions around the world. Educated girls grow into women who are empowered to care for themselves, their families, and their communities. When you invest in a girl, the dividends are immeasurable.<\/p>\n

Today, about two-thirds<\/a> of the 759 million adults (age 15 and older) worldwide who lack basic literacy skills are women. Why are women being left behind when it comes to education?<\/p>\n

Girls in our world face a variety of barriers<\/a> to becoming educated: conflict, war, and violence; human trafficking; lack of access to safe water and medical care; gender discrimination, child marriage, and bonded labor; displacement; and others.<\/p>\n