The Girl Effect

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Here is a great website that I came across today - http://www.girleffect.org Here's a paper related to this program:http://www.girleffect.org/downloads/Girl_Effect_Your_Move.pdf

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The Girl Effect is about girls and boys and moms and dads and villages and towns and countries. 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 the ways for her - and 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.

Start making a difference. Start the Girl Effect. It's not just a nice idea. It's the most important thing you can do.
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