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1. 3 billion of the world’s 1.5 billion youth live in developing countries.
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Poor girls from rural areas are 16 times less likely to be in school than boys from the wealthiest households in urban areas.
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70 percent of out-of-school youth are girls.
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In many African counties, more than half of children ages 7 to 14 were working while attending school.
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Almost 50% of all children who are not in school live in countries affected by conflict.
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At least one in five African youth plan to start a business and young women are equally interested in starting a business as young men.
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Each additional year of education on average reduces a country’s chances of falling into civil war by 3.6 percent.
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Currently, 89 percent of children worldwide attend primary school, but the rate drops to 58 percent for secondary school.
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Each extra year of a mother’s schooling cuts infant mortality by between 5 and 10 percent.
MacArthur’s post-primary education grantmaking aims to improve participation by marginalized girls in quality, relevant post-primary education, with the expectation that advances will have positive implications for both girls and boys. Read our strategy
