Girls may run the world, but they’re also up against major inequality — and they could use more support.
July 11 is World Population Day, an annual U.N. event that focuses on the urgent issues affecting the world’s booming population. This year’s theme is “investing in teenage girls” — a call for attention and action on this particularly vulnerable part of the global population.
Of the more than 7 billion people in the world, approximately 1 billion are young girls between the ages of 10 and 24. And they’re facing some big challenges, from high rates of child marriage to inadequate health care access. Read more…
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