In pictures: Celebrating the day of the girl
- October 11th, 2013
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Today is the Day of the Girl. Since 2011 the United Nations has put aside this day to recognize girls’ rights and the unique challenges they face around the world. This year the focus is on “Innovating for Girls’ Education”.
It was also announced today that Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai won the EU’s Sakharov human rights prize. She is also nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize which will be announced tonight. Malala was shot in the head and neck by the Taliban on her way back from school in 2012.
If you want to learn more about ways education can change a girl’s life here are some useful links:
~ Five ways educating girls can change the world (World Vision)
~ Theme for 2013: Innovating for Girls’ Education (United Nations)
~ Girl Rising: one girl with courage is a revolution (“a new feature film about the strength of the human spirit and the power of education to change the world”)
The statistics listed below were taken from 10x10act.org
Women operate a majority of small farms and business in the developing world. (Focus on Five)