The Power of Education

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Education yields special benefits for women

Young women's earnings increase 10-20% for every year of school completed.
Girls' education is the best path to achieving smaller, healthier families.
An extra year of a woman's education has been shown to reduce infant mortality by 5-10%.
Children born to literate mothers are twice as likely to make it to their 5th birthday.
Children with educated mothers are twice as likely to go to school and are less malnourished.
Education is a powerful weapon against AIDS. Seven million cases of HIV could be prevented in the next decade if every child received an education.

Learn more about CARE's education programming with these fact sheets:

The Power of a Basic Education
Education and Child Labor
Education and HIV/AIDS
Education in Emergencies
Girls Education
Regional Priorities

These stories from the field bring to life CARE's empowering education work with women and girls:

Speaking of Courage
Letting Children Be Children
Technology Helps Build Self-Esteem

"When you educate a woman, you strike at the root of poverty," says Sarah Michelle Gellar. The actress and CARE Ambassador recently visited education projects with CARE in Guatemala.