http://www.girleffect.org/learn
Here's the thing: Girls living in poverty are uniquely capable of creating a
better future. But when a girl reaches adolescence, she comes to a crossroads.
Things can go one of two ways for her-and for everyone around her.

One: She gets a chance, gets educated, stays healthy and HIV-negative, marries
when she chooses, raises a healthy family, and has the opportunity to raise the
standard of living for herself, her brothers, her family, her community, and her
country.

Two: None of these things happen. She is illiterate, married off, isolated,
pregnant, and vulnerable to HIV. She and her family are stuck in a cycle of
poverty.
http://www.girleffect.org/home
The Girl Effect, n.
The powerful social and economic change brought about when girls have the
opportunity to participate in their society.

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FACTS

For every development dollar spent, girls receive only one half of one cent.

A woman or girl will reinvest 90% of her income into her family. A man will
reinvest 30-40%.

When girls have received seven or more years of education, they marry four years
later and have 2.2 fewer children.

An extra year of primary school raises a girl's lifetime wages by 10-20%. An
extra year of secondary school raises her lifetime wages by 15-25%.

Research in developing countries has shown that the children of educated women
are healthier and more likely to be in school themselves.


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