WHY GIRLS EDUCATION
The Facts
Barriers to Girls Education
CHILD MARRIAGE
In Uganda 40% of girls are forced into marriage with much older men before the age of 18 and 10% will marry before their 15th birthday. Some families will marry their daughters off at a young age to receive a dowery, a monetary gift from the groom’s family. A girl’s childhood is literally robbed from her.
EDUCATION COSTS
The high cost of education prevents the most marginalised girls from getting an education. Eliminating school fees and offsetting indirect costs of girls’ schooling has helped to increase enrolment and keep girls in school all over the world.
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GIRLS HEALTH
Uneducated girls are more susceptible to sexually transmitted diseases, early pregnancy and other health complications. If all girls received education, the frequency of teen pregnancy would drop by 59% and child deaths would decrease by 49%.