Development Quote by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

There is a reason you keep hearing about the power of educating girls in the developing world. It's a reason so simple that you…

— Richard E. Robbins

Everyone wins when children - and especially girls – have access to education. An educated girl is likely to increase her personal earning potential…

— Angelique Kidjo

One of the most compelling arguments for encouraging the education of girls, particularly in developing countries, is this: Education enables jobs, jobs are a…

— Tae Yoo

We must "Bring Back Our Girls" and support Nigerians working every day to create change. Please donate now to support Nigerian organizations educating and…

— Malala Yousafzai

Getting more girls a good education requires an approach that harnesses the collective efforts of developing nations, donor nations, multilateral organizations, NGOs, private-sector institutions.

— Julia Gillard

One of the biggest development issues in the world is the education of girls. In the United States and Europe, it has been accepted,…

— Harri Holkeri

Education gives girls the knowledge, experience, and confidence to play their rightful role in society.

— Tedros Adhanom

Educating girls prevents child marriage and early pregnancy and helps women get jobs, which boosts household incomes and economic growth. It gives girls a…

— Alok Sharma

To educate girls is to reduce poverty

— Kofi Annan

Education from six-year-old to 14 is compulsory in Nigeria, but the simple fact is that a lack of resources, coupled with peoples' inability to…

— Jay-Jay Okocha

Everything has to do with education: If you educate the girls, you educate the family, the community, and society, in general.

— Alek Wek

“Social science now tells us that if we can take indigent girls between the ages of 10 and 14 and give them a basic…

— Elizabeth Gilbert