Girl Rising is a Film， a Movement， and Now the Future

Film - Girl Rising is a groundbreaking feature film about the strength of the human spirit and the power of education to transform societies. The film presents the remarkable stories of nine girls around the world， told by celebrated writers and voiced by renowned actors. It uses powerful storytelling to deliver a simple， critical truth： Educate Girls and you will Change the World.

Movement - Girl Rising is a grassroots global action campaign for girls’ education， powered by girls， women， boys and men around the world who stand for equality. Millions have seen the film and are spreading its message across campuses and communities of all kinds - raising both awareness and funds. Girl Rising partners with established nonprofit organizations that drive donations to programs that help girls get in school and stay in school.

Future - Girl Rising works to identify ways that world leaders can support and protect girls. For every girl to reach her full potential， new policies must be enacted and enforced. The first step to becoming an advocate is to educate yourself about the issues. Seeing the film is a good start， and there are lots of other small and large ways you can make a difference.

10 FACTS ABOUT GIRLS’ EDUCATION

An educated girl can empower herself， lift her family， help her community， change her country.

1. There are 32 million fewer girls than boys in primary school - Education First： An Initiative of the United Nations Secretary General， 2012.

· A girl with an extra year of education can earn 20% more as an adult - The World Bank， 2011.

2. 65 million girls are out of school globally - EFA Global Monitoring Report， 2012.

· An educated mother is more than twice as likely to send her children to school - UNICEF， 2010.

3. There are still 31 million girls of primary school age out of school - EFA Global Monitoring Report， 2012.

· 10% fewer girls under the age of 17 would become pregnant in sub-Saharan Africa and South and West Asia if they had a primary education - EFA Global Monitoring Report， 2012.

4. There are 34 million female adolescents out of school globally - EFA Global Monitoring Report， 2012.

· If India enrolled 1% more girls in secondary school， its GDP would rise by $5.5 billion - CIA World Factbook， Global Campaign for Education， and RESULTS Education Fund.

5. 14 million girls under 18 will be married this year. That’s 38 thousand today – or 13 girls in the last 30 seconds - UNFPA， 2012

· Girls with secondary education are 6 times less likely to be married as children - International Center for Research on Women， 2006.

· If all girls had a secondary education， there would be two-thirds fewer child marriages - EFA Global Monitoring Report， 2012.

6. In a single year， an estimated 150 million girls were victims of sexual violence - UNIFEM， 2011.

7. And 50 % of sexual assaults in the world victimize girls under the age of 15 - UNFPA， 2005.

· Education empowers women to overcome discrimination. Girls and young women who are educated have greater awareness of their rights， and greater confidence and freedom to make decisions that affect their lives， improve their health， and boost their work prospects - Education First： An Initiative of the United Nations Secretary General， 2012.

8. In developing countries， the #1 cause of death for girls 15-19 is childbirth - World Health Organization， 2012

· Child deaths would be cut in half if all women had a secondary education， saving 3 million lives. And all maternal deaths would be reduced by two-thirds if each mother completed primary education - EFA Global Monitoring Report， 2012.

9. Two-thirds of the 792 million illiterate adults in the world are female - EFA Global Monitoring Report， 2012

· A literate mother has a 50% higher chance that her child will survive past the age of 5 - UNESCO， 2011.

10. There are 9.9 million girls out of school in Nigeria， Pakistan， and Ethiopia - World Bank Education Statistics， 2012.

· By attaining a secondary education， a Pakistani woman can earn 70 percent what men earn， as opposed to only 51 percent with a primary education - EFA Global Monitoring Report， 2012.

《女童的崛起》是一部具有開創性意義的紀錄片，它歌頌了人文精神和教育在社會改革中的作用。《女童的崛起》還是一場運動，是由所有追求平等的人推動的一場提高女童受教育機會的全球性行動。它的未來在于人們可以從觀看這部紀錄片開始，從小事做起，尋找到世界領袖們所能采取的支持和保護女孩的途徑。受過良好教育的女孩不僅能自立，還能幫助家庭和社會，甚至改變整個國家。關于女童及女童教育的一些數據令人觸目驚心，比如《教育先行：聯合國秘書長的2012倡議》稱，小學生中女生比男生少3200萬人；《2012全民教育行動全球監測報告》中寫到，全球范圍內有六千五百萬失學女童；聯合國婦女發展基金會2011報告中寫到，每年有約一億五千萬女童淪為性侵受害者等。

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