From Day One: Why Supporting Girls Aged 0 to 10 Is Critical to Change Africa's Path

by Caroline Lambert and Joyce Banda

The case for narrowing the gender gap is well established, and programs seeking to empower women in sub-Saharan Africa have multiplied. Yet a critical piece is missing: a focus on rural girls from zero to ten years old. Discrimination and social norms that penalize girls and women do not start at adolescence, and by the time many rural girls are 10, it is often too late to undo the damage that has already been done. As an African woman leader who...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1944691073
• ISBN13: 9781944691073
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Center for Global Development
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"