How Education Can Empower Women 🎓

Despite significant global progress toward gender equality, women and girls around the world still face many barriers to education and economic participation. 

• Women still earn 23% less than men globally, and spend three times more time on unpaid domestic and care work (UN SDG 5).
• 119 million girls are out of school, including 34 million of primary school age, 28 million of lower-secondary, and 58 million of upper-secondary age (UNICEF).
• Only 30% of top positions in higher education globally are held by women (UNESCO).

Why Education Matters

The impact of education on women’s lives is profound and measurable:

• One additional year of school can increase a girl’s future earnings by up to 20% (World Bank).
  • Girls with secondary education may earn nearly twice as much as those with none (UNICEF).
  • Secondary education helps reduce early marriage, early pregnancy, and malnutrition, including stunting and anemia (UNICEF Data).
  • Lost lifetime productivity due to limited education for girls is estimated at between $15 trillion and $30 trillion globally (World Bank).

🎯 Education is one of the most powerful tools for achieving gender equality.

The WOW-ME Project (Erasmus+) focuses on empowering women re-entering the workforce, particularly those facing challenges or limited opportunities. By offering innovative career guidance, digital tools, transformative coaching, and design thinking approaches, the project builds essential skills and confidence. It also provides an online toolkit designed for trainers and job seekers to successfully navigate today’s labor market.

This initiative is made possible through a collaboration of partners from 🇨🇿 Czech Republic  (Rovnovážka), 🇳🇴 Norway (Norsensus), 🇸🇰 Slovakia (FutuReg ), and 🇪🇸 Spain (EA Consulting) all united in supporting women’s empowerment and inclusion.

Learn more: https://wow-me.eu