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'The Lucky Girls' - 1 views
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"This is both hopeful and sad. When girls are discarded, because they are not the preferred offspring it not only is a tragedy for the girls themselves but the society at large. Where will the young men go when they are grown and there are not enough women? Bless those who preserve these young ladies who hold India's future." - a comment for the video
Because I am a Girl : Because I am a Girl: I'll take it from here : Plan International - 1 views
Nation's Report Card: Writing test shows gender gap - Schools of Thought - CNN.com Blogs - 0 views
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Girls are apparently better than boys when it comes to writing in this high school in the USA
Improving science education for girls in Niger | United Nations Educational, Scientific... - 0 views
Standard Digital News : : Business - Cisco builds network to attract girls into ICT - 0 views
Malalai Yusufzai: Young activist attacked in Pakistan's Swat - 0 views
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Malalai was just 11 years old when the Taliban took over the Swat Valley, and ordered girls' schools to close. In her diary, which she kept for the BBC's Urdu service under a pen name, she exposed the suffering caused by the militants as they ruled. Malalai Yusufzai was attacked on her way home from school in Mingora, the region's main town
Child marriages blight Bangladesh - 0 views
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Bangladesh has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world, with 20% of girls becoming wives before their 15th birthday, even though 18 is the minimum age allowed by law. Why? "It is the new kind of slavery," says Mirna Ming Ming Evora, who's the country director for the NGO Plan International.
