To: 1311 English Class
From: Estefanía García
RE: The Coalition for Adolescent Girls, Poverty Ends with Her
This organization is very interesting because they focus on educating girls from developing countries in every aspect; education plays an important role in the life of these girls because they will end generations of poverty. The organization was founded by the United Nations Foundation and the Nike Foundation in 2005. More than thirty leading international organizations such as the int’l Women’s health coalition and the int’l center for research on women, including its founding members have joined the coalition for adolescent girls. The goal for this organization is “to unleash the untapped potential of the developing world’s six-hundred million adolescent girls by raising awareness and driving action.” Millions of girls in third world countries get married being underage. These girls are not fully developed and are definitely not ready for marriage and for pregnancy. Being a teenage mom and not being physically mature enough her body may not withstand childbirth or she may just not be able to take care of her baby’s health. By eliminating marriage for girls under eighteen and let them mature can prevent health risks caused by an early pregnancy and disease such as the HIV/AIDS. It is important to educate girls through a comprehensive sexuality class to let them know on how to prevent diseases, but it is also more important to work with men and young boys to make them change their behavior against women.
I chose this website to use as my memo as well. It was a very interesting site to visit, especially because of all the statistics that were presented to the reader in order to understand the change that would be brought to the world if these girls were to obtain a better education. I really hope that this organization is capable of bringing a new hope to all of these girls.
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