women

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION

SCHOOL HEALTH AND NUTRITION

Health education for women and girls

_{The importance for individual girls,
and their communities, for girls' attendance at school and participation in health
education is underpinned by:}

- children's health being determined their mother's level of education
_{- educated girls are healthier and, when they become mothers, they are better able to
care for their children}
_{- educated girls and women know how to seek prenatal care earlier, give birth to
healthier babies, and bring them home to healthier environments}
_{- education increases a woman's ability to
create healthy households by benefiting from health information and making good use of
health services}
_{- education results in delayed first pregnancy, which in turn means a safer
pregnancy.}