Why Educate Girls?

"Once you educate boys, they tend to leave the villages and go search for work in the cities," Mortenson explains. "But girls stay home, become leaders in the community, and pass on what they've learned. If you really want to change a culture, to empower women, improve basic hygiene and health care, and fight high rates of infant mortality, the answer is to educate girls." Greg Mortenson, Three Cups of Tea p.209