If you want to change the world, invest in an adolescent girl.
An adolescent girl stands at the doorway of adulthood. In that moment, much is decided. If she stays in school, remains healthy, and gains real skills, she will marry later, have fewer and healthier children, and
earn an income that shell invest back into her family. But if she follows the path laid down by poverty, shell leave school and enter marriage. As a girl mother, an unskilled worker, and an uneducated citizen, shell miss out on the opportunity to reach her full human potential. And each individual tragedy, multiplied by millions of girls, will contribute to a much larger downward spiral for her nation
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