World Bank2024-04-112024-04-112024-04-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41410Ensuring that all girls and young women receive a quality education is their human right, a global development imperative, and a strategic priority for the World Bank. Achieving gender equality is central to the World Bank Group twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity on a livable planet. As the largest development partner in education globally, the World Bank ensures that all of its education projects are gender-sensitive, and works to overcome barriers that are preventing girls and boys from equally benefiting from countries’ investments in education.en-USCC BY-NC 3.0 IGOGIRLS AND WOMENEDUCATIONGENDER EQUALITYGENDER GAPQUALITY EDUCATIONSDG 4SDG 5BriefWorld Bank10.1596/41410