The Power and Promise of Girls' Education - Save the Children

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Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Foreword by Cokie Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Key Findings and Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Girls’ Education:
Changing the Course of Nations and Generations . . . .
Missing the Mark:
58 Million Girls Not in School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Power of Girls’ Education to Change
the Future for All Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Girls’ Education Progress Report
& Country Rankings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Forecasts for Children:
11 Countries Most Likely to Succeed Due to
Investments in Girls’ Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Take Action for Girls!
Make a World of Difference for All Children . . . . . . . . . 31
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On the cover:
Eight-year-old Mamou, from
Côte d'Ivoire, attends a school run
by Save the Children in a refugee
camp in Mali.
State of the World’s Mothers 2005 was
published with generous support from the
David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
Appendix A:
Complete Girls’ Education Progress Report . . . . . . . . . 32
Appendix B:
Sixth Annual Mothers’ Index &
Country Rankings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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ISBN 1-888393-17-3