The evidence that educating girls creates healthier, wealthier, fairer, and more stable communities is overwhelming—so why isn’t every girl getting a quality education? The barriers, particularly for girls in the poorest countries, are wide-ranging and complex but these are some of the most challenging:

Cost: Even in areas where school fees are non-existent, there’s still a price to pay. Students are often required to buy uniforms, transportation, and supplies, like textbooks, pens, and notebooks, not to mention the indirect costs such as loss of potential income from missed labour opportunities or contributions around the home.

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Companies should learn that it is for their own benefit to empower women and ensure that they move into leadership positions in businesses‚ the late Nelson Mandela’s widow‚ Graca Machel‚ said on Tuesday.

 “Women must be allowed to assume positions where they can unleash their transformational power in business and society. There’s still an enduring view that women have a collateral and auxiliary role‚ rather than reflecting the 52% of the society which they make up‚” Machel said.

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As you read through our site, the inspiration for supporting girls through womanhood is really what we hope our great impact will be. Looking at this video, gave us hope that the works we do and others have done, with support from communities, especially fathers, our dreams for the girls we work with are possible.

Have you ever wondered who the most powerful women in world are? Forbes had created a list which answers all the questions you have ever had on this topics. Please follow the link here: Forbes List.

Let us know what you think about this list or if you have anyone to add to this list.

With the news of Hillary Clinton breaking the glass ceiling in American politics, it is important for us to do a check on how many women presidents Africa has had over the last decade. This is not to downlight any of Hillary’s achievements and what this means for American politics and World politics for that matter, we want to instead highlight the fact that Africa has tried and tested women presidency. Though the list is short for a continent with 54 country states, to satisfy your curiosity find the list of these formidable women here.

When we started working on The Girl Impact program, we were so grateful for all the resources available to us online. There are many other resources we can share, but we have found this to be  a really good place to start for organisations and people working with girls, working on fundraising for girls and for thinking through working with girls. This link will send you directly to the download page for the toolkit the Population Council created, but we will encourage you to see what else is available on the website that could be of use to you and your organisation. Happy reading!