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Everyday we advocate for girls’ rights.

Today, we call your attention to International Day of the Girl, a movement to raise awareness about the importance of educating girls. The theme for 2013: Innovating for Girls’ Education.

Change starts locally and spreads its roots globally. Today, I ask you to start with your community and engage in conversations about the barriers girls face to education – a mom too soon, early marriage, sex trafficking, violence, etc… – and share ways we can help to make a better future for girls.

Collective action leads to powerful change. As a global society, it is our responsibility to take the steps necessary to enhance every child’s experience. A girl lifted up through education will contribute to society and affect the world positively.

At St. Elizabeth Girls’ Academy, we provide an opportunity for our girls to walk from the streets into a classroom, with the goal of one day, the boardroom.

No school, equals, no choice for a future. The power of education: skills and the right support, allows girls to make choices for their future and create lasting change.

Let’s not watch her potential wither away. Educated girls break the poverty cycle. They are

  • less likely to marry and to have children before she is ready.
  • more likely to be literate, healthy and survive past her teen years.
  • more likely to reinvest into her family, community and country.

You can help girls transform their lives and the world around them. Simply start the conversation and share our message.

Peace and Love,

Cristen