Today is International Women's Day! According to ILA, globally, "65 million girls are not in school. Of the 774 million people who are illiterate around the world, two-thirds are women. There are 33 million fewer girls in primary school than boys." This is not only unbelievable, but disturbing! Why in 2016 are we still seeing females as second class citizens? While we educate everyone in the U.S., we still see inequality in pay: women are paid less for the same job as men!
Education = Knowledge and more importantly, Knowledge = Power!
Today we celebrate girls and women around the globe! We have many heroic women to look up to, who have fought their way through adversity. As I write this, I cannot help but think of Malala Yousafzai, the young girl from Pakistan who was shot in the face by the Taliban for going to school. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 and continues to fight for girls' right to be educated!
How will you celebrate today and how can you impact the lives of young girls?
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