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Attached is the 2006 Report to the
United Nations of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education: GIRLS'
RIGHT TO EDUCATION.
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An Uneducated Girl is a Girl in Darkness
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Two-thirds
of the world's 880 million illiterate adults are women. Girls are more than 70
percent of the 125 million children who don't have a school to attend.
Significantly more girls than boys enrolled in the first grade fail to complete
the first cycle of primary school.
Social traditions and deep-rooted religious and cultural beliefs are most often the barriers to expanding girls' educational opportunities in undeveloped countries around the world.
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Despite these conditions, there is much desire for change: Parents in even the poorest circumstances everywhere hope that their children will receive an education. Even though the barriers to education for girls in these countries are many, they are not insurmountable. This is why Save the Children works to reduce the obstacles to education for girls.
Understanding the barriers to girls' education in particular is key to launching our innovative approaches. Educating girls and women results in:
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