About two years ago, I went to the Global Poverty Initiative Conference at MIT, and I learned that the key to having any kind of effect on improving poverty in this world is to educate the women that are living in those conditions. Recently, The Girl Effect’s website was forwarded to me and I felt that people should go to this website and understand how they can make a difference or at least watch the intro video.
What is The Girl Effect?
There are 600 million adolescent girls living in poverty in the developing world. By giving one of these girls a chance, you start the girl effect. When girls have safe places to meet, education, legal protection, health care, and access to training and job skills, they can thrive. And if they thrive, everyone around them thrives too.
