That's why we're joining together to launch The Power of Girls, a new initiative to engage and mobilize girls in the U.S. around critical issues affecting girls around the world, with a special focus on education and leadership.
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Every girl has the power to change the world. To unlock her potential, she must have the opportunity to go to school and build the skills and confidence needed to meet life's challenges and achieve her dreams. By International Women's Day 2011, our goal is to have 50,000 girls pledge to learn about issues facing girls around the world, including the importance of girls' education, and to share what they learn with their friends.
The Power of Girls is about empowering girls to think globally, connect with other girls around the world and take action to make the world a better place for girls everywhere!
Start by learning more about the issues that girls face in poor countries around the world:
Did you know that of the millions of children around the world who never get an education, the majority are girls?
Did you know that most of the world's poorest people are women and girls?
Did you know that the more education a girl gets, the more likely she is to have a healthy family, a solid income to invest back into her community, and a vision for her future?
Girls just like you are the best advocates for girls' issues, because you're the experts. Get involved and help girls around the world lift themselves and their communities out of poverty.
CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. Recognizing that women and girls suffer disproportionately from poverty, CARE places emphasis on empowering them to create permanent social change. Women and girls are at the heart of CARE's community-based efforts to improve basic education, expand economic opportunity, increase access to health services and protect natural resources in more than 60 countries around the world.
Founded in 1912, Girl Scouts of the USA is the preeminent leadership development organization for girls with 3.6 million girl and adult members worldwide. Girl Scouts is the leading authority on girls' healthy development, and builds girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. The organization serves girls from every corner of the United States and its territories. Girls Scouts of the USA also serves American girls and their classmates attending American or international schools overseas in 90 countries.
