Monograph issued on the occasion of the International Women's Year to illustrate UNESCO's role in promoting women's rights and the education of women, making particular mention of pilot projects in Upper Volta, Nepal and Chile - describes a project in Upper Volta on education for women to further rural development, considers a project in Nepal on primary teacher training for the woman teacher, stressing equal opportunity for access to education so as to increase the enrolment of girls on a primary education level, also deals with technical and vocational education for women in Chile, with reference to the relation of education and employment, discusses the programmes of experimental schools as part of the project, underlines the importance of women as agents of educational innovation and change in increasing the relationship between education and development