From the Care2.com website:
"This powerful video uses simple language to showcase the ability of
adolescent girls in developing countries to bring unprecedented social
and economic change to their families, communities and countries.
"The
Girl Effect movement was started by the NIKE Foundation and Peter and
Jennifer Buffet (Warren's son and daughter-in-law). Here's how they
explain the issues and solution:
"In impoverished communities,
lack of resources drives girls out of school and into early marriage,
childbirth, and HIV infection at rates dramatically higher than boys.
The results are irreversible for girls, and devastating to communities
caught in intergenerational cycles of poverty. Yet when girls gain a
different path – supported, educated and empowered – everyone benefits.
“Investing
in the girl effect offers the potential for tremendous economic impact,
which leads to more stability, less poverty and more opportunity for
economic growth,” Peter writes. “Just one component of the girl effect –
the increase in family income associated with an additional year of a
girl’s education – nets more than a 40-fold return according to
conservative calculations. The intergenerational benefits, however, go
far beyond this to impact a range of issues including declining
fertility rates and improved health and nutrition for the next
generation. That’s a return on investment we can’t ignore.”
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