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African Girls

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Why Girls?Empowering Girls, Empowering the World!What women around the world have in common is the ambition to advance their families, their communities and themselves. What they lack are opportunities, particularly access to education, healthcare and economic development. Research has shown that girls continue to be the most excluded group in the world and because of this, they face discrimination and abuse. According to a UN 2015 report, an estimated 481 million women, 15 years and over, lack basic literacy skills, 64% of the total number of those who are illiterate. Mission -AG is a Non-Governmental Organization providing girls facing adversity with strong and enduring professional support. -AG works to improve the quality of girl's education in support of MDG2-AG works to promote gender equality and empower women to support MDG3 and MDG5VisionAll girls achieve success in life and grow to their full potentialChallenges Faced by African Girls A mixture of economic challenges, traditional and cultural practices affect the girl child, consequently creating a high percent pull factor to the continent's underdevelopment. The common verb that defines this challenges is known as "prejudice", drawn from every reality within the African society, between males and females. Women in Africa face numerous challenges that is a call to concern as can be seen in the social and economic problems:1. Social problemsa. Low educational levelb. Early marriagesc. Child traffickingd. Breast ironinge. Domestic violencef. Female circumcision2. Economic Problems . High unemployment ratesa. Poverty