Preprimary education laws and women’s empowerment later in life

Across nearly 6.7 million women in 117 low- and middle-income countries, eligibility under national preprimary education laws was associated with higher educational enrolment and completion, more gender-egalitarian attitudes, more favourable empowerment-related behaviours and greater reproductive autonomy.

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United Nations. Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (United Nations, 2015). This UN framework sets out SDG 4.2 and its call for universal access to quality preprimary education.

Source: Nature Human Behaviour — Read the full article on the original site ↗

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