When a young girl can’t go to school she is more vulnerable to violence, poverty, and disease. But it doesn’t just hurt girls: it affects their families, their communities – even their countries. Investing in girls’ education is an essential way to invest in a better world. -Michelle Obama
Barely enough food to eat. The only clothes she owns are those on her back. Forced into marriage before her teenage years. Living a life of servitude to her husband and in-laws.
As devastating and incomprehensible as this might sound, all of these examples represent the sad, frightening reality for thousands of young girls in the poorest parts of rural India.