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The Girl Effect

by Gaby Brink on Saturday, September 18, 2010 in Talks

The powerful social and economic change brought about when girls have the opportunity to participate.

Adolescent girls are uniquely capable of raising the standard of living in the developing world. It’s been shown: she will reinvest her income and knowledge back into her family and her community. As an educated mother, an active citizen, an ambitious entrepreneur or prepared employee, a girl will break the cycle of intergenerational poverty.

That is the girl effect.

Originally published on The Girl Effect