5. Global Movement,
based primarily
around 2013 feature
film, Girl Rising
Raise awareness through
film and other tools, such
as educational and
advocacy videos,
screening guides and a
free school curriculum
#GirlRising
7. Empowering Next Generations To Advance Girls’ Education
The Countries:
India
The Democratic Republic of Congo
Nigeria
How:
Increase Awareness
Mobilize Men, Women & Youths
Engaging Cultural Influencers
#GirlRising Curriculum
11. addressing a variety
of problems that
prohibit young girls
from receiving a
quality education
Government initiative
launched March 3, 2015
#LetGirlsLearn
12. #LetGirlsLearn Partnerships
• U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID)
• Department of State
• Millennium Challenge
Corporation (MCC)
• IBM, Oracle, AOL
• Peace Corps
• Girl Rising, Girl Scouts
Government Agencies
Private Institutions
Non-Profits
13. #LetGirlsLearn Efforts
25 new public schools in Jordan
$70 million towards new
and ongoing programs in
Pakistan
$340 million dedicated to
gender sensitive education
programs in Japan
14. #LetGirlsLearn Take Action
• Assisting Peace Corps Volunteers with
community based projects
• Donating to Peace Corps’ Let Girls Learn
Fund
• Watch We Will Rise: Michelle Obama’s
Mission to Educate Girls Around the World,
a film about girls overcoming incredible
odds to achieve their education.
• Pledge to Let Girls Learn by signing their
petition.
• Raise awareness by sharing #62milliongirls
and #LetGirlsLearn on Social Media.
17. Works Cited
"About Us." Girl Rising. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2016.
Anderson, Chandler. "Girl Rising Stats." Pinterest. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2016.
Couch, Robbie. "11 Celebrity Tweets in Favor of Michelle Obama's New Girls'
Rights Initiative." Upworthy. N.p., 30 Sept. 2015. Web. 22 Nov. 2016.
ItOnlyTakesaGirl. "It Only Takes a Girl." YouTube. YouTube, 11 Dec. 2011. Web. 22 Nov. 2016.
Kaur, Davinder. "Stop Child Marriage | CARE." Pinterest. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2016.
"Let Girls Learn." The White House. The White House, n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2016.
Store, Girl Rising. "The Film." Girl Rising Store. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2016.
"Take Action." Girl Rising. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2016.
@usaid. "Let Girls Learn Social Media Toolkit." U.S. Agency for International Development. N.p., n.d.
Web. 22 Nov. 2016.
"Video Showing of "Girl Rising" - Tau Epsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority,
Incorporated." Tau Epsilon
Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Nov. 2016.
Editor's Notes
The video demonstrated how big of a cycle this is. Girls in the developing world are too often overlooked, underfed, and undereducated. Of every international aid dollar spent, only 2 cents goes to girls. Women make 10% of the world’s income and own only 1% of property even though they perform 66% of the world’s labor.
If she can stay in school, fight custom and tradition, and refuse to be married to a strange and older man she can pursue an education and get a job. She would not change only her own fate she would change the fate of her community and perhaps her entire nation.
Girl Rising mission is to change the way the world values the girl and ensure that girls’ education is part of the mainstream conversation. The global movement launch's high profile campaigns to bring visibility to the issues girls face and inspire people to dismantle the barriers that hold them back.
The documentary tells the stories of nine girls from different parts of the world who face arranged marriages, child slavery, and other heartbreaking injustice. By getting an education, they're able to break barriers and create change.
Released: March 7, 2013
Director: Richard E. Robbins
Girl Rising ENGAGE is a USAID-supported public-private partnership that aims to to change the way girls are valued, help people understand her worth and share the benefits of educating and empowering her.
Education helped Girl Rising become who they are today. But more than 62 million girls around the world are denied the right to an education.
Girl Rising and Let Girls Learn have come together to raise awareness of the barriers to education that girls are facing.
Girl Rising is a key partner in the Obama Administration’s commitment to expand access to education for adolescent girls everywhere.
With that #62milliongirls and #LetGirlsLearn hit social media.
Girl Rising has proven to be a powerful catalyst in sparking people all over the United States – and the world – to action.
Let Girls Learn is a hugely exciting step forward in making a change for girls everywhere.
Let Girls Learn and the Obamas have done a great job leveraging their power in order to recruit the help of government agencies, private institutions (you can see Silicon Valley has their hands in Let Girls Learn) and of course Non-Profits. I want to emphasize the efforts of Peace Corps because without them, LGL would not be possible. They have thousands of trained volunteers working on new and or existing programs in over 60 different countries around the world.
LGL has achieved quite a lot of success in the year or so they’ve been around. Some of these successes include” 25 new public schools in Jordan (70% of which will be girl schools) … $70 million towards new and ongoing programs in Pakistan that emphasize girls education … and lastly a partnership with the Japanese government that dedicated $340 million to gender sensitive education programs in Japan. A more complete outline of their achievements can be seen on letgirlslearn.gov.
Different ways of contributing to this movement.
LGL has also done a great job with getting celebrity endorsements… Some examples include Alicia Keys, Tyler Perry, Missy Elliot Denise Richards, Meryl Streep and more.
This graph shows the activity of #LetGirlsLearn from Nov 12, 2016 to Nov 17, 2016. I want to conclude the presentation by highlighting the fact that movements advocating for girls education have been in existence for a long time, but with the recent launch of let girls learn and the backing of the Obamas, these movements have been tremendously more successful in achieving their goals and being present in the mainstream conversation
