Empowerment means moving from enforced powerlessness to a position of power. Education is an essential means of empowering women with the knowledge, skills and self-confidence necessary to fully participate in the development process. Sustainable development is only possible when women and men enjoy equal opportunities to reach their potential.
\nWomen and girls experience multiple and intersecting inequalities.
\nStructural barriers in the economic, social, political and environmental spheres produce and reinforce these inequalities. Obstacles to women\u2019s economic and political empowerment, and violence against women and girls, are barriers to sustainable development and the achievement of human rights, gender equality, justice and peace.<\/p>\n
Women are significantly under-represented in decision-making at all levels.
\nWhile the economic benefits of educating girls are similar to those of educating boys, recent findings suggest the social benefits are greater.
\nWomen have the potential to change their own economic status and that of their communities and countries in which they live yet usually women\u2019s economic contributions are unrecognized, their work undervalued and their promise undernourished.
\nUnequal opportunities between women and men hamper women\u2019s ability to lift themselves from poverty and secure improved options to improve their lives. Education is the most powerful instrument for changing women\u2019s position in society.
\nInvesting in women\u2019s and girls\u2019 education is one of the most effective ways to reduce poverty.<\/p>\n
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