Half A Billion Reasons: How Investing in Adolescent Girls Can Change the World

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Publication - 7th March 2018

Half A Billion Reasons: How Investing in Adolescent Girls Can Change the World

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Now is Australia’s chance to unlock the potential of adolescent girls globally. This report calls on all Australians – parliamentarians, policymakers, donors and individuals – to recognise that investing in adolescent girls can change the world.

Adolescent girls aged 10 to 19 hold the key to lifting their families out of poverty and transforming their country’s economies. Our new report paints a picture of the lives of adolescent girls globally and makes the case for why we need to do more and why we need to act now.

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