Today is #InternationalDayoftheGirl #DayOfTheGirl - and here are some facts:

1. Worldwide, nearly 1 in 4 girls aged 15–19 years is neither employed nor in education or training compared to 1 in 10 boys of the same age.

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2. By 2021 around 435 million women and girls will be living on less than $1.90 a day — including 47 million pushed into poverty as a result of COVID-19.

3. 1 in 3 women worldwide have experienced physical or sexual violence. Emerging data shows that since the outbreak of COVID-19, violence against women and girls (VAWG), and particularly domestic violence, has INTENSIFIED.

4. At least 60% of countries still discriminate against daughters’ rights to inherit land and non-land assets in either law or practice.

Follow Your Heart and Prepare to Be Inspired by These Young Activists on International Day of the Girl

https://www.eonline.com/de/news/1196915/follow-your-heart-and-prepare-to-be-inspired-by-these-young-activists-on-international-day-of-the-girl

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