Girl Rising

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Founded Since 1850

Company Description

Around the world, millions of girls are denied their right to quality education. Girl Rising is working to right this wrong, and build a world where all girls learn, rise, and thrive.

Why Girls’ Education

Girl Rising is working to create a world where all girls learn, rise, and thrive. Education is a basic human right. Access to quality education lifts people out of poverty, levels inequities and builds a more sustainable world. But around the world 129 million girls are out of school and millions more have access only to subpar education due to gender-related barriers such as forced marriage, trafficking, the burden of domestic work, gender-based violence, and gender discrimination. Girl Rising is working to right this wrong.

Years of research prove that education is transformational, not only for girls who complete school, but also for their families, communities, and nations. The positive ripple effects are especially beneficial to lower-income countries. Educated girls grow into adults who have healthier, wealthier families. Their children are more likely to be educated themselves. Educated girls grow into women who participate in civic life and take on leadership roles in their communities. Research also shows that educating girls is one of the world’s most potent ways to tackle climate change, which is why we launched Future Rising.

Educate a girl – change the world.

Educating girls has positive ripple effects on…

Health

A child born to a mother who can read is 50 percent more likely to survive past the age of 5 than a child born to a mother who has been prevented from learning to read due to education barriers. (UNESCO)

Children of an educated mother are less likely to be malnourished. Malnutrition accounts for 45% of all deaths among children under five worldwide (Lancet Report)

When girls stay in school their risk of HIV infection is reduced. Higher levels of educational attainment among women are also associated with increased control over sexual and reproductive health and rights. (UNAIDS)

Prosperity

Every $1 spent on girls’ rights and education would generate a $2.80 return – equivalent to billions of dollars in extra GDP (Plan International)

Girls who finish secondary school can expect to earn twice as much as those who never enter a classroom. (World Bank)

Limited educational opportunities for girls and barriers to completing 12 years of education cost countries between $15 trillion and $30 trillion USD. (World Bank)

Peace

Girls’ education strengthens economies and reduces inequality, addressing root causes of conflict. (UNICEF)

Research led by the UN has shown that girls’ education and gender equity has the potential to transform circumstances that lead to conflict and violence

Climate Change Mitigation

For every additional year of schooling a girl receives, her country’s resilience to climate disasters improves. (ND GAIN Index)

Education has the potential to develop girls’ green skills for green jobs. (Brookings Institution)

A growing body of evidence demonstrates that female political leaders are especially effective in creating environmental protection measures and more likely to ratify climate protective laws and treaties. Girls’ education is the pathway to women’s leadership. (Brookings Institution)

Environmental Health

By increasing girls’ participation in STEM subjects, girls and women have greater awareness of factors that lead to environmental well-being (UNGEI)

Girls and women are the primary managers of water and agricultural resources, especially in relatively lower-income regions. Education provides the critical knowledge and skills to sustainably manage natural resources. (UN Women)

The Power of Storytelling

Girl Rising launched as a nonprofit after witnessing the power of storytelling to catalyze change. The stories of nine ordinary, extraordinary girls in the original Girl Rising film help spark a global movement for girls’ education. Today, storytelling remains at the heart of our education programs and Future Rising.

How we work

We Create

We create films, media content and educational resources that tell the stories of girls and how the ripple effects of educating girls transform families, communities and entire nations.

We Collaborate

We collaborate with organizations around the world to support locally led change that accelerates and strengthens quality education and greater opportunity for girls.

We Activate

We activate change by inspiring individuals, from parents to presidents, to support action for girls’ education.

Support our work

Girl Rising is a girls’ education non-profit with a mission to use the power of storytelling to change the way the world values girls and their education. Through our global programs, we are working to break the barriers to girls’ education.

Educating girls is one of the world’s very best investments – transforming lives and unleashing positive ripples effects across families, communities and nations. Learn more about the ripple effects of girls’ education.

Get In Touch

834 State Route 203,

Spencertown, NY 12165