Today is the International Day of the Girl Child. Some stats: Educating girls is one of the strongest ways not only to improve gender equality but to promote healthy development of families, communities and nations (World Bank) When 10% more girls go to school a country's GDP increases on average by 3%; children born to educated mothers are more likely to survivie past the age of 5; one extra year of primary school boosts girls' eventual wages by 10-30%; in the developing world 1 in 7 girls is married before her 15th birthday; 77 million girls worldwide are not enrolled in school; when international development funds are allocated less than 2 cents of every dollar is directed specifically to girls.
Article in our Kenya paper today co-authored by Desmond Tutu against child marriage.
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