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Get thee to http://www.itonlytakesagirl.org/movie.html. Learn something.
Yes, it’s maybe the best of a strong year of political video — and it’s not even partisan. (And no, it’s not Occupy either.)
Visit www.itonlytakesagirl.org for more info, and to donate!
This addresses something that everyone who studies international development and global poverty and related matters knows — but that (so far as I can tell) most Americans either don’t know or don’t consider: promoting the education of girls is one of the major things that we can do to reduce overpopulation and promote greater well-being in the world. That’s what www.itonlytakesagirl.org asks us to understand.
The cycle of being used by older men, by the way, is why reactionary and traditionalist cultural movements — mostly foreign, but some domestic as well — are opposed to equal (or even decent) education for young girls. If that child “got her own,” how are you going to get 15-year-old brides for 55-year-old men who prey on their desperation? This is an issue that ought to unite right and left, religious and secular, in this country. Will it?
Nice video. But it’s itonlytakesagirl.org (not .com). The web address you gave will redirect though.
Thank you, guest. Fixed!