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THE GIRL EFFECT - LEARN - http://www.girleffect.org/#/learn/

 

THE GIRL EFFECT FACT SHEET:

http://www.girleffect.org/downloads/TheGirlEffect_FactSheet.pdf

 

Ethiopia - Video of Kidan, Age 13

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cf83V86AsE&feature=channel_page

 

In Ethiopia, 60% of girls are married before they are 18 years old.

 

WHEN CHILD MARRIAGE ENDS, THE GIRL EFFECT BEGINS.

 

Girls living in poverty are uniquely capable of creating a better future. But when a girl reaches adolescence, she comes to a crossroads. Things can go one of two ways for her and everyone around her.

 

One: She gets a chance, gets educated, stays healthy and HIV-negative, marries when she chooses, raises a healthy family, and has the opportunity to raise the standard of living for herself, her family, her community, and her country.

 

Two: None of these things happen. She is illiterate, married off, isolated, pregnant, and vulnerable to HIV. She and her family are stuck in a cycle of poverty.

 

 

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