Heba Ibrahim, 8, left, the youngest daughter in a family of Kurdish refugees, receives a rose from a friend of the family in Nashville, Tenn. Aug. 30. The girl's family had been in Turkey after fleeing Syria's civil war and was now relocating to the U.S. Caseworkers from Catholic Charities of Tennessee were also on hand to greet the refugees and will offer case management services to the family as they resettle in the U.S. (CNS photo / Theresa Laurence, Tennessee Register)
"Investing in girls is both the right thing to do, and the smart thing to do. It has a powerful ripple effect across all areas of development, and reaches forward to future generations. But what cannot be measured cannot be managed. "
- Excerpt from message from United Nations for International Day of the Girl Child
Today is the International Day of the Girl Child, a day that focuses on the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals of gender equality in a world where female children face discrimination and disadvantages because of their gender. Learn more about how progress for girls means progress for families and in turn, progress for whole communities here.
