The Girl Effect.

A couple of weeks ago, I was going about my day and stumbled upon somebody tweeting about The Girl Effect. It sounded interesting, so I clicked the link. It brought me to the following video:





To be honest, the video kind of shocked me. It wasn’t that I was necessarily surprised at the information, but… it’s one of those things we don’t think about on a day-to-day basis. We know that women and girls aren’t treated well in other countries, especially in poverty, but we don’t often give it much thought than that.

There’s not much I really have to say on the topic, but I do want to spread information. Bloggers across the blogosphere are talking about this today to make more people aware and encourage others to get informed and even take action.

Please take a few minutes today to visit some of these links about The Girl Effect.

• Fact sheet, which provides statistics about how changing the life of one young woman can change so much more.
• YouTube Channel, which includes five videos about real girls living in poverty and their stories. This one was particularly heartbreaking to me:
  
• The Girl Effect Facebook page.
• The Girl Effect on Twitter.

Looking to do more? Here's some information on how you can help. But simply by spreading the word - tweeting about The Girl Effect, sharing it on Facebook or Google+, or even writing your own blog post - is a great place to start.