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

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 has grown up on the African soil, Joyce Banda, Malawi's first female president and Africa's second, has seen firsthand how young rural girls face obstacles in areas that are critical in shaping their future. This book makes the case of how, if African girls are to realize their potential as leaders and change the narrative of their continent, gender interventions should and can be started from day one. For we cannot to leave any girl behind.

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

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 has grown up on the African soil, Joyce Banda, Malawi's first female president and Africa's second, has seen firsthand how young rural girls face obstacles in areas that are critical in shaping their future. This book makes the case of how, if African girls are to realize their potential as leaders and change the narrative of their continent, gender interventions should and can be started from day one. For we cannot to leave any girl behind.

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

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

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

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

by Joyce Banda

Overview

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 has grown up on the African soil, Joyce Banda, Malawi's first female president and Africa's second, has seen firsthand how young rural girls face obstacles in areas that are critical in shaping their future. This book makes the case of how, if African girls are to realize their potential as leaders and change the narrative of their continent, gender interventions should and can be started from day one. For we cannot to leave any girl behind.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781944691080
Publisher: Center for Global Development
Publication date: 12/30/2018
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 100
File size: 19 MB
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About the Author

Her Excellency Joyce Banda served as the President of the Republic of Malawi from 2012-2014. She was Malawi's first female president and Africa's second. Prior to assuming office, President Banda served as a Member of Parliament, Minister of Gender and Child Welfare, Foreign Minister, and Vice President of the Republic of Malawi. While serving as Minister of Gender and Child Welfare, she championed the enactment of The Prevention of Domestic Violence Bill (2006), which provided the legal framework to support the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls. President Banda is a former Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Center for Global Development.

Caroline Lambert is an award-winning former journalist and former visiting fellow at the Center for Global Development. While a staff journalist for The Economist, Lambert won several awards for her coverage of Southern Africa's politics and business from Johannesburg. She also reported on conflict and post-conflict situations in Algeria, Afghanistan, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Zimbabwe. Before becoming a journalist, she worked for the World Bank. She is the coauthor of Oil to Cash: Fighting the Resource Curse through Cash Transfers (Center for Global Development, 2015).


Her Excellency Joyce Banda served as the President of the Republic of Malawi from 2012-2014. She was Malawi’s first female president and Africa’s second. Prior to assuming office, President Banda served as a Member of Parliament, Minister of Gender and Child Welfare, Foreign Minister, and Vice President of the Republic of Malawi. While serving as Minister of Gender and Child Welfare, she championed the enactment of The Prevention of Domestic Violence Bill (2006), which provided the legal framework to support the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls. President Banda is a former Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Center for Global Development.


Caroline Lambert is an award-winning former journalist and former visiting fellow at the Center for Global Development. While a staff journalist for The Economist, Lambert won several awards for her coverage of Southern Africa’s politics and business from Johannesburg. She also reported on conflict and post-conflict situations in Algeria, Afghanistan, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Zimbabwe. Before becoming a journalist, she worked for the World Bank. She is the coauthor of Oil to Cash: Fighting the Resource Curse through Cash Transfers (Center for Global Development, 2015).

Table of Contents

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: Challenges for Girls Age 0-10

1. Nutrition

2. The Burden of Work

3. Sexual Violence and Harmful Traditions

4. Valuing Education

Part II: Interventions

5. Invest in Data and Evidence

6. The Weight of the Law

7. Shifting Mind-Sets

Conclusion

Notes

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