October 11, 2016

"Investing in girls is both the right thing to do, and the smart thing to do. It has a powerful ripple effect across all areas of development, and reaches forward to future generations. But what cannot be measured cannot be managed. "

- Excerpt from message from United Nations for International Day of the Girl Child

Today is the International Day of the Girl Child, a day that focuses on the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals of gender equality in a world where female children face discrimination and disadvantages because of their gender. Learn more about how progress for girls means progress for families and in turn, progress for whole communities here.