I just viewed this YouTube Video on the Girl Blog- Respect Rx. There is a lot of good honest information on this blog for teenage girls, not to mention boys can learn something too. Watch the video and learn about the Girl Effect and how YOU can change the world.
More information behind this project: Nike Foundation, Buffetts Join to Invest $100 Million in Girls
It is noted in this article that “In impoverished communities, lack of resources drives girls out of school and into early marriage, childbirth, and HIV infection at rates dramatically higher than boys. The results are irreversible for girls, and devastating to communities caught in intergenerational cycles of poverty. Yet when girls gain a different path – supported, educated and empowered – everyone benefits.
“Global research and experience show that investing in girls and creating the girl effect may be the most powerful missing piece to the poverty alleviation puzzle,” Ms. Eitel said, president of the Nike Foundation.
In my opinion this is true in any community and proves that lack of self-esteem can be detrimental to all. Lack of self-esteem the leading reason we see adolescents with unhealthy risky behaviors such as drugs and sex.
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Thanks so much for mentioning us…I can’t wait to read your blog and thanks for putting your experiences out there. Please let us know if you every need anything from us. Courtney (Respect Rx)