Education Helps Girls Overcome a History of Disadvantage (Poverty, Gender, and Youth‪)‬

A recent report--New Lessons: The Power of Educating Adolescent Girls, by Cynthia B. Lloyd, with Juliet Young--builds a case for the education of adolescent girls. It provides a framework for positioning them within the educational system. And it assesses past and current educational programs for girls in relation to the evidence on successful and promising approaches. "Continuing education during adolescence is a necessary first step for girls if they are to overcome a history of disadvantage in paid employment and civic life," says Lloyd, who was at the Population Council when she wrote the book and is now a Council consulting senior associate.