Investing in Girls and Women for Sustainable Development

This article discusses methods to use education and empowerment as a means to increase the resilience and entrepreneurship of women and girls. The article begins with a review of the level of gender inequality globally and in Liberia, and discusses the guidance of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goal #5 regarding gender equality. The article then reviews the barriers and benefits of empowerment and education for girls and women. The article concludes with the author’s story of her rise from poverty to professional roles and her creating a school to provide vocational training to girls and women.