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girls and women, but a comprehensive approach involves addressing all aspects of their lives, including education, economics, social status, and political participation.Empowering Women and Girls in Africa
"But over the years of working with adult women, we've realized that some of the barriers to economic and social empowerment start when they're younger. Hence, we've adopted the lifecycle approach of trying to target young girls, adolescent girls, and young women earlier, so that we already begin to remove barriers and release their potential for being people who are empowered and who can empower their communities and families.
"Gender norms and culture still prioritize sending young boys to school, when there are resource constraints, as opposed to young women. This is because a lot of society still believes that women have value when they get married and have children, rather than being able to deploy their economic potential and achieve livelihood security in their own right, which then contributes to lifelong security for their families and communities.
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