The Girl Effect

Written by: Alison

For some of our Ecumenical Women superstars, they’ll remember that the theme of CSW 51 was “The elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child.”Well, when we came across this video at Britt Bravo’s blog Have Fun Do Good, we thought it would be a good time to revisit the topic of the girl child.

The video isn’t perfect: it is a project of the Girl Effect, and aside from being partially funded by the Nike Foundation — whose track record isn’t glowing — we wonder if it isn’t a little too simplistic (what? a cow is really the answer?).  But in a world where pregnancy is the leading cause of death for girls aged 15 through 19, where educated girls and women fosters the education of children... well, we're willing to get on board.

Just some food for thought.  What do you think?