Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Educate a Girl and You Educate a Nation

Photographer ~ Rudi Roels
 
"Educate a woman and you educate a family. Educate a girl and you educate a nation."

Studies show that if girls in developing countries stay in school to receive a secondary education.. they will earn $2000 more per year. Multiply her increased income by the 600 million girls in developing and emerging countries and you get $1.2 trillion... enough to end poverty and stabilize countries. Yet.. 99.4% of all international money is not directed toward girls. ~ Global River

"When women and girls earn income.. they reinvest 90 percent of it into their families.. as compared to only 30 to 40% for a man." 

~ Chris Forston ~ Yale Daily News ~
~ "Womens' Rights Vital for Developing World" 

Organizations have begun to work together to reverse the cruel realities of educational inequality.. empowering girls to become tomorrow’s future leaders. This is so good to see.

 

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