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*Educated women marry later and receive better prenatal care.<ref>''Why is education important?'' (2004) "Education For All" [http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28703&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html UNESCO]. Accessed 2 February 2008</ref>  

*Educated women marry later and receive better prenatal care.<ref>''Why is education important?'' (2004) "Education For All" [http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28703&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html UNESCO]. Accessed 2 February 2008</ref>  

*Children of mothers who have received at least a basic education are healthier, better nourished and more likely to receive education themselves than children of mothers who have never received education.<ref>''Why is education important?'' op cit</ref>

*Children of mothers who have received at least a basic education are healthier, better nourished and more likely to receive education themselves than children of mothers who have never received education.<ref>''Why is education important?'' op cit</ref>

*In the [[Philippines]], maternal primary education reduces the risk of child mortality by half and secondary education by a factor of three.<ref>''Education Now: Break the Cycle of Poverty'' (1999)[http://www.oxfam.org.uk/get_involved/campaign/index.html OXFAM]. Accessed 2 February 2008</ref>  

*In the [[Philippines]], maternal primary education reduces the risk of child mortality by half and secondary education by a factor of three.<ref>''Education Now: Break the Cycle of Poverty'' (1999) [http://www.oxfam.org.uk/get_involved/campaign/index.html OXFAM]. Accessed 2 February 2008</ref>  

*Education helps to prevent the labour, trafficking and sexual exploitation of children, and their use as soldiers.<ref>''Child Labour Today'' "End Child Exploitation" (2005) [http://www.unicef.org.uk/publications/pdf/ECECHILD2_A4.pdf UNICEF]. Accessed 2 February 2008</ref>

*Education helps to prevent the labour, trafficking and sexual exploitation of children, and their use as soldiers.<ref>''Child Labour Today'' "End Child Exploitation" (2005) [http://www.unicef.org.uk/publications/pdf/ECECHILD2_A4.pdf UNICEF]. Accessed 2 February 2008</ref>

*It is one of the most effective weapons against disease, and raises awareness of living conditions and environmental protection.<ref>''Basic education and gender equality'' (2007) [http://www.unicef.org/girlseducation/index_bigpicture.html UNICEF]. Accessed 2 February 2008</ref>

*It is one of the most effective weapons against disease, and raises awareness of living conditions and environmental protection.<ref>''Basic education and gender equality'' (2007) [http://www.unicef.org/girlseducation/index_bigpicture.html UNICEF]. Accessed 2 February 2008</ref>