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CultureHISTORY: International Day of the Girl 2017 (October 11th)

These fierce young girls dancing to Beyonce’s “Freedom” are everything. 

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Educating a girl is one of the highest return investments available in the developing world, millions of girls just aren't making it

Millions of girls all over the world are denied an education just because of their gender. Education is a basic human right that children all around the world don’t have. Gender inequality is constantly embedded in access. Women make up a large amount of the world’s poor. 70 percent of the 1 billion poorest people are women. Women usually reinvest 90 percent of their income into their family. If that’s the case educating women seems to be a benefit to help a countries economy. Families would receive better nutrition and health outcomes. Every single year, an estimated 300,000 women die from pregnancy-related complications. These deaths usually occur in the same countries where education is hard to access. These deaths are all preventable by providing girls education there would be more doctors and more people to understand how to deal with the problem. The positives of why girls should get an education. Some positive reasons include future educated generations, decrease infant mortality, decrease maternal mortality, decrease child marriage, decrease population explosion. People fail to realize that “educating a girl is one of the highest return investments available in the developing world, millions of girls just aren’t making it.”. Girls education strengthens economies and creates jobs. If all girls went to school for 12 years low-income countries could add $92 billion every single year to their own economies. It could also cut infant mortality and child marriage rates because educated girls are less likely to marry young or to contract HIV leading to having a healthy child which also lowers HIV rates. Girls are slowly but increasingly completing school and university. Although there are millions of girls around the world fighting to be in school, there are millions fighting to stay there. Without education, girls are likely to marry young, have children earlier and continuing to spend their lives in poverty. Education is the only way to break the cycle of poverty. There are currently barriers that are in place for keeping girls out of school. Some of the barriers that are in place are the cost of education, distance to school, violence at school, gender norms, poverty, early marriage, and pregnancy. The high cost of education prevents most underprivileged girls from getting an education. Eliminating school fees is a way to keep girls in school. Child marriages are common to prevent girls from continuing their education realizing their full potential. Secondary education can also help prevent early pregnancy, Solutions to these issues are challenging gender roles, preventing violence in schools, equal access to education as well as educating boys about gender inequalities in their communities. When you continue to educate a girl, you educate a nation.

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Girl Rising

This movie talks about the different inspiring stories of many girls all across the world. This revolutionary documentary series displays the everyday lives of the 130 million girls around the world that are missing from classrooms. This film follows 0 girls from Ethiopia, India, Peru, Egypt, Cambodia, Nepal, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, and Haiti. In this documentary it talks about nothing having enough money to financially support girls going to school, children turning into brides and other struggles that are in girls way to receiving an education. The creators of the “Girl Rising” film do an amazing job of spreading the word that educating girls all around the world is the solution to end poverty in underdeveloped countries. Girl Rising is not just a film but it is a movement to empower millions across the world.

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If one man can destroy everything, why can’t one girl change it?

Malala Yousafzai (via quotemadness)

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Malala’s Journey

Malala was born in Mingora, Pakistan on July 12, 1997, to Ziauddin and Toor Pekai Yossafzai. Her father was a teacher who shared the same dream his daughter which was to ensure that she had the opportunity for education that any boy would be able to have. She was born into an incredibly progressive family for the time and country. She grew up in Swat Valley spending her childhood playing outside and reading. She started to attend a school that her father founded. She began an anonymous blog against the Taliban when she was only 11 years old. During the time the Taliban were trying to control Swat Valley and prevent girls from receiving an education. She started blogging under the name “Gul Makai” for BBC life under the Taliban. Her blog was popularized all of the worlds in a short amount of time. Soon after she became verbal in voicing her opinion about the right of girls educations. In December of 2008, the Taliban issued and edict to ban girls from going to school believing that they weren’t deserving of an education. The Taliban was looking for Malala and on October 9, 2012 they found her. After coming home from school on a bus Malala was shot 3 times for speaking out against the Taliban. She survived but she was moved to the United Kingdom for treatment. Shortly after was discharged stepping back into the classroom the second she has the opportunity to. After Malala was shot, on July 12, 2013, she made her first appearance since the attack at the United Nations which is when they declared this day as “Malala Day” Her aspiring journey to ensure that girls have the same opportunity to education as boys have just begun. As she continued her campaign later that year herself and her father set up the Malala Fund to ensure access to education. She started her journey all around the world to meet with leaders to carry out her message equality. In December of 2014, Malala wins the Nobel Peace Prize becoming the youngest ever recipient of the award. Continuing her journey she opened and inspired minds all around the world. She has also launched her campaign #YesAllGirls. Many people have supported the campaign by posting multiple people posting in support of Twitter. A group posting their support in “#YesAllGirls deserve to learn the classroom & lead outside of it too” Her understanding that girls rights are human rights and that education lifts girls out of poverty and that educating a girl is educating a nation has changed lives all around the world. She’s currently enrolled in Oxford University studying politics, economics, and philosophy. But Malala continues to fight the good fight.

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Statistics

-  Girls are more likely to never enter primary school than boys -  Less than 40% of countries provide girls and boys and girls enrolled in secondary education -  54 million of the 76 million illiterate young women live in 9 countries -  Despite all international efforts over half of the children out of school are girls (31 million girls to be specific) -  In sub-Saharan Africa, it will take the poorest girls 60 years to complete primary school, then the richest boys. We refuse to wait until 2120 -  The female literacy rate is under 50% in more than 12 sub-Saharan Africa. In several cases, it’s under 20%. -  50 years ago, 22% of people between the ages of 15 and 24 lacked basic literacy skills compared to the 9% today.

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List of Campaigns Dedicated to help

Plan Canada: https://plancanada.ca Because I Am A Girl : https://plancanada.ca/because-i-am-a-girl Malala Fund: https://www.malala.org Girl Rising: https://www.girlrising.com Yes ALL Girls: https://www.malala.org/yesallgirls

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of course we’re part of the Malala fan club!