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Educating Girls and Ending Child marriage : A Priority for Africa (English)

Despite progress over the last two decades, girls still have on average lower levels of educational attainment than boys in many African countries, especially at the secondary and tertiary levels. Girls dropping out of school are more likely to marry or have children early, before they may be physically and emotionally ready to become wives and mothers. This may affect their own health. It may also affect that of their children since children of mothers...
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Wodon,Quentin T.; Male,Chata; Montenegro,Claudio E.; Nguyen,Hoa; Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa.

Educating Girls and Ending Child marriage : A Priority for Africa (English). The Cost of Not Educating Girls Series Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/268251542653259451

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