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This book illustrates the Because I am a Girl call to change by telling the stories of individual girls throughout the world.
Because I am a Girl is a campaign launched by Plan to promote girls' rights and lift millions of them out of poverty. Across the world, girls face discrimination because of their gender and age, and this leaves them at the bottom of the ...
Because I Am a Girl
Offers stories from girls from all around the world, as they share the difficulties, dangers, and obstacles they face because they are girls, as well as their strength to persevere and the hope that they have for the future.
Because I Am a Girl: The State of the World's Girls 2015 : the Unfinished Business of Girls' Rights
The series will report each year from 2007-2015, which is the same period as the United Nations Millennium development goals.
"Shamim Ngabo finds herself at crossroads; she has nobody to defend her from her father's intentions of ejecting her from school and marrying her off to a man fit to be her father in exchange for money in form of bride price.
The story follows the journey of a young woman as she navigates the pressures of societal expectations, cultural traditions, and personal identity.
Because I Am a Girl: So, what about Boys?