Female participants are 7.9% more likely to graduate from secondary than their female peers, enough to virtually close the gender gap for secondary graduation.

These evaluation results demonstrate that our model continues to make progress towards gender equity, with an even larger relative impact on girls as compared to boys.

Female Educate! grads are more likely to:

• Have lower tolerance for domestic violence; and report fewer incidences of violence

• Embrace and support views of their roles as equals

• Claim a role in making household decisions and deciding whether to participate in the labor market

Male Educate! grads are more likely to:

• Recognize women’s value and roles in society

• Recognize women’s right to safe and consensual sex

• Report engaging in less risky behavior

Both male and female Educate! grads:

• Delay family formation and have fewer children than their peers

• Have improved attitudes towards acceptability of intimate partner violence

• Express more egalitarian views