Education is a human right and an essential tool for achieving equality, development, and peace.
Nondiscriminatory education benefits both men and women and ultimately equalizes relations between them. To become agents for change, women must have equal access to educational opportunities. Literacy of women is key to improved health, nutrition, and education, and to the empowerment of women as full participants in decision making in society. Investment in formal and nonformal education and training for girls and women, with its exceptionally high social and economic return, has proved to be one of the best means of achieving sustainable development and economic growth. Every person must have access to basic education and other essential services.