Because I am a girl
Subtitle: the state of the world's girls 2009 : Girls in the global economy: adding it all up
By: [principal writer and editor, Jonathan Blagbourgh ; additional writing: Nikki van der Gaag]
Contributors: Gaag, Nikki van der; Plan (Organization)
Publisher: Plan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Toronto, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780955047985
Copyright date: 2009
Subjects: Girls; Economic conditions; Cross-cultural studies; Social conditions; Girls and young women
Other titles: Girls in the global economy; State of the world's girls 2009
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-295).
Table of contents: title: Section 3. Introduction; title: Because I am a Girl campaign; title: Girls' economic rights and empowerment under the law; title: Global legal mapping; title: How are girls faring? Some statistical evidence from around the world; title: Table 1: Gender, institutions and development database (GID); title: Social institutions; title: Table 2: Gender, institutions and development database (GID); title: Economic status of women; title: Table 3: Social institutions and gender index (SIGI); title: Table 4: Gender-related development index; title: Table 5: Gender empowerment measure; title: References; title: Information on girls; title: About Plan International; title: Plan offices.; title: Section 2. Because We are Girls: Real choices, Real lives Cohort Study update; title: This is how we support ourselves.; title: Chapter 6. Call to action; title: 6.1. Start young, involve everyone; title: 6.2. The early years: building the foundations; title: 6.3. The benefits of girls' education; title: 6.4. The middle years: equipping adolescent girls for economic empowerment; title: 6.5. The work years: supporting young women as equal economic citizens; title: 6.6. A global charter for Investment in Girls: 10-point action plan; title: 6.7. Policy recommendations; title: 6.8. Law, poverty and girls by Professor Geraldine Van Bueren.; title: Chapter 4. Working life; title: 4.1. Opportunities for young women; title: 4.2. Working in the formal sector; title: 4.3. Accessing opportunity; title: 4.4. The informal economy; title: 4.5. At work, at home; title: 4.6. Feature: Girls, young women and migration; title: 4.7. Acknowledging risk; title: 4.8. The pay gap; title: 4.9. Money of your own; title: 4.10. Opinion piece: Girls, agriculture and globalisation; title: 4.11. I can make money: microfinance; title: 4.12. A safety net: social protection; title: 4.13. Getting organised; title: 4.14. Feature: The African Movement of Working Children and Youth.; title: Chapter 5. Girls mean business; title: 5.1. What's good for girls is good for business; title: 5.2. Strategy and society; title: 5.3. Opinion piece: 10,000 women; title: 5.4. Be a part of it; title: 5.5. What next?; title: 5.6. Opinion piece: Trade unions working for girls.; title: Chapter 3. Preparing girls for the world of work; title: 3.1. Quality as well as quantity: primary education; title: 3.2. The real stepping stone to the future: secondary education; title: 3.3. 'A dream of becoming'; title: 3.4. Building skills for life: what else do girls and young women need?; title: 3.5. Financial education; title: 3.6. Social support and safe spaces; title: 3.7. Vocational training; title: 3.8. Getting into business; title: 3.9. The importance of mentoring; title: 3.10. Feature: Information technology for girls; title: 3.11. Feature: Roma girls in Europe.; title: Preface by Graça Machel; title: Foreword by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; title: Because we are girls: real choices, real lives; title: Introduction.; title: Chapter 2. Building the foundations; title: 2.1. Survival; title: 2.2. Legal identity; title: birth registration is a passport to opportunity; title: 2.3. Girls need time and space; title: 2.4. Girls need friends; title: 2.5. Girls need land and property; title: 2.6. Feature: A day in the life of; title: 2.7. Feature: The hidden cost of AIDS care.; title: Section 1; title: Chapter 1. Putting girls first; title: 1.1. Structure and agenda of the 2009 Because I am a Girl report; title: 1.2. Girls in the global economy; title: 1.3. The tip of the iceberg; title: 1.4. Girls need economic rights; title: 1.5. Feature: Pushed into poverty; title: How might the current economic crisis affect girls and young women?