Educating girls is the key to tackling poverty in developing countries. The Giving 2 Girls Initiative is committed to working with Partners to positively impact girls around the world and their communities.
75% of girls in Sub-Saharan Africa start primary school, but only 8% finish secondary school
Child marriage effectively ends a girl’s childhood, curtails her education, minimizes her economic opportunities, increases her risk of domestic violence, and puts her at risk for early, frequent, and very high-risk pregnancies
Access to education shouldn’t be determined by a child’s gender, yet 130 million girls globally are out of school and 15 million girls of primary school age will never even enter a classroom
Women and children are responsible for water collection in 71% of sub-Saharan households without drinking water. Without clean water it’s not just the health of girls that is in danger, but also their safety and their opportunities to invest in a brighter future
Females are pivotal in addressing hunger, malnutrition and poverty in developing countries. They comprise an average of 43 percent of the agricultural labor force across the developing world making up the backbone of the agricultural sector and food production systems. Eight out of ten agricultural workers in Africa are female and in Asia six out of ten
For as long as child marriage continues to exist, so will poverty and instability, violence against women and girls, high global maternal mortality rates, and an ever-widening educational gap between the poorest and wealthiest nations
According to the World Bank, 16 million girls ages 6 to 11 will never start school, compared with 8 million boys
Without safe drinking water, adequate sanitation and hygiene facilities at home and in places of work and education, it is disproportionately harder for women and girls to lead safe, productive, healthy lives
Adolescent girls face a number of sexual and reproductive health challenges: STI’s, HIV, and pregnancy. Millions of adolescent girls (under 20) give birth every year. Complications from those pregnancies and childbirth are a leading cause of death for those young mothers.
Healthy women, educated women and economically empowered women are extremely important for development in general – Sport is one of those pathways to get there