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December 2008 
More Girl Effect...Part 2
Posted on Sep 26th, 2008
by 
doolang
doolang
I will leave the films below do much of the talking. Their beautiful messages remain elegantly phrased in the previous post. Please watch them. The girls are amazing.
There are some amazing facts about women in there that i want to summarize: an educated girl is less likely to get pregnant early in her life. Pregnancy is the leading cause of death in young women. The reason is that there is no education or facilities concerned with safe childbirthing.
A woman who receives money is 3 times more likely to invest it in her family than is a man.
Strong families make for strong societies as one becomes concerned with the survival of those near to one, weak families make for fractured societies where people are more or less looking out for themselves.
An educated girl would live longer. An educated mother will educate her family. Mothers have always discouraged war. Perhaps empowered mothers could stop it completely.
You can write to your representatives and encourage them to support the education of girls in all of our foreign assistance programs.
Unlocking the Power of Women: CARE
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