Having randomly come across The Girl Effect, I feel impelled to share the following interesting statistics/facts that I took from their fact sheet:
The Ripple Effect
• When a girl in the developing world receives 7 or more years of education, she marries 4 years later and has 2.2 fewer children.
• An extra year of primary school boosts girls’ eventual wages by 10-20%. An extra year of secondary school: 15-25%.
• Research in developing countries has shown a consistent relationship between better infant and child health and higher levels of schooling among mothers.
• When women and girls earn income, they reinvest 90% of it into their families, as compared to only 30-40% for a man.
Population Trends
• Today, more than 600 million girls live in the developing world.
• More than one-quarter of the population in Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa are girls and young women ages 10-24.
• The total global population of girls ages 10-24—already the largest in history—is expected to peak in the next decade.
Educational Gaps
• Approximately 1/4 of girls in developing countries are not in school.
• Out of the world’s 130 million out-of-school youth, 70% are girls.
Child Marriage and Early Childbirth
• 1 girl in 7 in developing countries marries before age 15.
• 38% marry before age 18.
• 25-50% of girls in developing countries become mothers before age 18; 14 million girls aged 15 - 19 give birth in developing countries each year.
• In Nicaragua, 45% of girls with no schooling are married before age 18 vs. only 16% of their educated counterparts. In Mozambique, the figures are 60% vs. 10; in Senegal, 41% vs. 6.
• A survey in India found that girls who married before age 18 were 2x as likely to report being beaten, slapped, or threatened by their husbands as were girls who married later.
Health
• Medical complications from pregnancy are the leading cause of death among girls ages 15-19 worldwide. Compared with women ages 20-24, girls ages 10-14 are 5x more likely to die from childbirth, and girls 15-19 are up to 2x as likely, worldwide.
• 75% of 15- to 24-year-olds living with HIV in Africa are female, up from 62% in 2001.
Be sure to check out their great video too.
The Ripple Effect
• When a girl in the developing world receives 7 or more years of education, she marries 4 years later and has 2.2 fewer children.
• An extra year of primary school boosts girls’ eventual wages by 10-20%. An extra year of secondary school: 15-25%.
• Research in developing countries has shown a consistent relationship between better infant and child health and higher levels of schooling among mothers.
• When women and girls earn income, they reinvest 90% of it into their families, as compared to only 30-40% for a man.
Population Trends
• Today, more than 600 million girls live in the developing world.
• More than one-quarter of the population in Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa are girls and young women ages 10-24.
• The total global population of girls ages 10-24—already the largest in history—is expected to peak in the next decade.
Educational Gaps
• Approximately 1/4 of girls in developing countries are not in school.
• Out of the world’s 130 million out-of-school youth, 70% are girls.
Child Marriage and Early Childbirth
• 1 girl in 7 in developing countries marries before age 15.
• 38% marry before age 18.
• 25-50% of girls in developing countries become mothers before age 18; 14 million girls aged 15 - 19 give birth in developing countries each year.
• In Nicaragua, 45% of girls with no schooling are married before age 18 vs. only 16% of their educated counterparts. In Mozambique, the figures are 60% vs. 10; in Senegal, 41% vs. 6.
• A survey in India found that girls who married before age 18 were 2x as likely to report being beaten, slapped, or threatened by their husbands as were girls who married later.
Health
• Medical complications from pregnancy are the leading cause of death among girls ages 15-19 worldwide. Compared with women ages 20-24, girls ages 10-14 are 5x more likely to die from childbirth, and girls 15-19 are up to 2x as likely, worldwide.
• 75% of 15- to 24-year-olds living with HIV in Africa are female, up from 62% in 2001.
Be sure to check out their great video too.
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