SHE CAN FIGHT HUNGER

TODAYs ADOLEsCENT GIRLs ARE TOMORROWs WOMEN. THEY HOLD THE POTENTIAL FOR A HUNGER-FREE FUTURE.

WOMEN HAVING EQUAL ACCESS TO: TECHNOLOGY, LAND, EDUCATION FINANCIAL sERVICEs, MARkETs = 100-150 MILLION FEWER HUNGRY PEOPLE WORLDWIDE
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H C I H W N A C E H s s N A E M E R O M E T U B I R CONT Y R T N U O C R E H TO
INCREAsE IN LIFETIME EARNINGs IF A GIRL COMPLETEs PRIMARY EDUCATION LIFETIME COsT TO THE COUNTRY IF GIRLs LEAVE PRIMARY EDUCATION EARLY

ETHIOPIA INDIA UK NIGERIA USA

SOURCE 2.1

15% 27% 9% 23% 8%

$2.1 BILLION $1.3 BILLION $704 MILLION $34.2 BILLION $29.6 BILLION

CASE STUDY THE EMPOWERING ADOLEsCENT GIRLs SAVING AND LENDING PROGRAMME IN ETHIOPIA GAVE GIRLs A WAY TO HAVE MONEY FOR THEIR sCHOOL FEEs
SOURCE 2.2

IMPACT: 21% INCREAsE IN GIRLs WHO ENROLLED IN sCHOOL

SHELL GET PREGNANT LATER WHICH Is GREAT FOR HER COUNTRYs ECONOMY
14 MILLION GIRLs AGED 15-19 GIVE BIRTH EVERY YEAR AT AN INCREDIBLE COsT TO THEIR OWN LIVEs AND TO THEIR COUNTRIEs ECONOMIES
KEY: COUNTRY PREGNANCY RATE PER 1,000 GIRLs (15-19) COsT TO GDP

NIGERIA 124 26%

UGANDA 148 30% KENYA 103 17% TANZANIA 130 18% MALAWI 133 27%

SOURCE 3.1

CASE STUDY THE EMPOWERMENT AND LIVELIHOOD FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS PROGRAMME TAUGHT GIRLS IN UGANDA ABOUT INCOME, BUDGETING AND SAVING
SOURCE 3.2

IMPACT: 26% LEss LIkELY TO HAVE A BABY 50% MORE LIkELY TO ALWAYs UsE A CONDOM
(THAN GIRLs IN THE CONTROL GROUP)

SHE CAN sIGNIFICANTLY BOOsT HER COUNTRYs GDP

IF YOUNG NiGERiAN WOMEN HAD THE SAME EMPLOYMENT RATE AS YOUNG MEN, THE COUNTRY WOULD ADD $13.9 BiLLiON TO GDP ANNUALLY
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$1 3.9

CASE STUDY IsHAkA IN BURUNDI RAN A ONE-YEAR GROUP sAVING AND LENDING PROGRAMME
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IMPACT: 78% OF GIRLs INVOLVED IN INCOMEGENERATION ACTIVITIEs

SHE WILL INVEsT IN HER COMMUNITY

INCOME UNDER FEMALE CONTROL GIVEs FAR GREATER RETURN FOR HUMAN CAPITAL THAN COMPARABLE INCOME UNDER MALE CONTROL

5 1 2 3

SOURCE 4.2

1
ISHAKA GiRLS SAViNG SCHEME, BURUNDi 78% USE SAViNGS FOR MiCRO ENTERPRiSES, FAMiLY SCHOOLiNG ANDMEDiCAL EXPENSES
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VALUE GiRLS PROGRAMME, KENYA 25% SAVE FOR FAMiLY EMERGENCiES 25% PAY FOR SiBLiNGS EDUCATiON
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3
CAMFED SEED MONEY SCHEME, ZiMBABWE AND TANzANiA 65% CONTRiBUTE TO THE COMMUNiTY THROUGH MENTORiNG ADViCE AND SUPPORT FOR OTHER WOMEN
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OECD, BRAziL 20% iNCREASE iN CHiLD SURViVAL WHEN HOUSEHOLD iNCOME iS iN MOTHERS HANDS
SOURCE 5.4

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WORLD BANK, KENYA 17% iNCREASE iN CHiLDRENS HEiGHT WHEN HOUSEHOLD iNCOME iS iN MOTHERS HANDS
SOURCE 5.5

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SOURcE INFO (ALL FUNDED bY NIKE FOUNDATION) 1.1 CARE: ENDING POVERTY WHY EMpOWER WOMAN AND GIRLS? HTTp://WWW.cARE.ORG/GETINVOLVED/ADVOcAcY/pDFS/WHYEMpOWERWOMEN.pDF EDUcATION 2.1 MEASURING THE EcONOMIc GAIN OF INVESTING IN GIRLS THE GIRL EFFEcT DIVIDEND HTTp://EcON.WORLDbANK.ORG/EXTERNAL/DEFAULT/MAIN?pAGEPK=64165259&THESITEPK=46 9372&pIPK=64165421&MENUPK=64166093&ENTITYID=000158349_20110808092702 2.2 FUNDED bY NIKE FOUNDATION AND IMpLEMENTED bY CATHOLIc RELIEF SERVIcES FAMILY pLANNING 3.1 MEASURING THE EcONOMIc GAIN OF INVESTING IN GIRLS THE GIRL EFFEcT DIVIDEND HTTp://EcON.WORLDbANK.ORG/EXTERNAL/DEFAULT/MAIN?pAGEPK=64165259&THESITEPK=46 9372&pIPK=64165421&MENUPK=64166093&ENTITYID=000158349_20110808092702 3.2 ELA PROGRAMME, UGANDA, IMpLEMENTED bY BRAC. EVALUATION OF ELA PROGRAMME HTTp://WWW.bRAc.NET/cONTENT/ELA-EVALUATION#.UPLbRKX7U1A EMpLOYMENT 4.1 WORLD BANK LIVING STANDARD SURVEYS (1998-2008) 4.2 ISHAKA PROGRAMME, BURUNDI, IMpLEMENTED bY CARE: A pROMISING INNOVATION FOR GIRLS SOcIAL AND EcONOMIc EMpOWERMENT HTTp://WWW.YFSLINK.ORG/RESOURcES/pRESENTATIONS/cOpY3_OF_YOUTH-FINANcE COMMUNITY 5.1 ISHAKA PROGRAMME, BURUNDI, IMpLEMENTED bY CARE: A pROMISING INNOVATION FOR GIRLS SOcIAL AND EcONOMIc EMpOWERMENT HTTp://WWW.YFSLINK.ORG/RESOURcES/pRESENTATIONS/cOpY3_OF_YOUTH-FINANcE 5.2 POpULATION COUNcIL AND MIcROSAVE: SAFE AND SMART SAVINGS PRODUcTS FOR VULNERAbLE ADOLEScENT GIRLS IN KENYA AND UGANDA HTTp://WWW.pOpcOUNcIL.ORG/pROJEcTS/48_SAFESMARTSAVINGSVULNERAbLEGIRLS.ASp 5.3 EXpLORING THE cOSTS AND OUTcOMES OF CAMFEDS SEED MONEY ScHEME pDF.USAID.GOV/pDF_DOcS/PNADW617.pDF 5.4 WORLD BANK: WHY IS WOMENS EcONOMIc EMpOWERMENT IMpORTANT FOR DEVELOpMENT? BRIEFING NOTE ON WORLD BANK WEbSITE. HTTp://SITERESOURcES.WORLDbANK.ORG/INTGENDER/RESOURcES/WOMENS_E cONOMIc_ EMpOWERMENT.pDF 5.5 WORLD BANK WHY IS WOMENS EcONOMIc EMpOWERMENT IMpORTANT FOR DEVELOpMENT? HTTp://SITERESOURcES.WORLDbANK.ORG/INTGENDER/RESOURcES/WOMENS_EcONOMIc_ EMpOWERMENT.pDF