girls' education
Teaching young women
Girls' education refers to the schooling and academic development of female children and young women.
The term often appears in discussions of global development, where educating girls correlates with improved health outcomes, economic growth, and reduced poverty: Organizations working on girls' education in rural Afghanistan.
The possessive form emphasizes education as something belonging to or designed for girls specifically.
- poverty reductionDecreasing numbers below subsistence
- enrollmentAct of registering officially
- scholarshipsFunds awarded for study
- gender parityEqual treatment across sexes
- economic empowermentGaining control over resources
international treaties · legal frameworks · literacy programs · government funding · dropout prevention · school meals · school infrastructure · safe spaces · Malala Yousafzai · teacher training · workforce participation · community development · menstrual hygiene · grassroots campaigns · health outcomes · equal opportunity · gender stereotypes · gender quotas
- girls' educationfinishing school, finishing schools, convent school, convent schools, headmistress
- school gendergender gap, gender equity, gender bias, Title IX, coeducation