Investing in 10-year-old girls could yield huge demographic dividend, pump billions into national economies

• Girls are less likely than boys to complete schooling and more likely to face forced marriage, child labour, female genital mutilation and other undermining practices.
• More than half of the world’s 65 million 10-year-old girls live in the 48 countries with the worst gender inequality.
• $21 billion a year dividend for developing countries can be unlocked if all 10-year-old girls complete secondary education.