Day of the Girl: "Girl Rising" Screening and Panel Discussion

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Thursday, October 10th, 2013
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

On October 10th, the world will be celebrating the second annual Day of the Girl. This year, The Didi Society will be hosting the documentary film �Girl Rising� at Cinecenta at the University of Victoria.

Admission will be by donation, with all proceeds going to our education program here in Victoria and to a scholarship fund for the women�s cooperatives we are partnered with in India and Guatemala. Click here for tickets to the screening.

After the screening, we will have a panel of women in education addressing some of the themes and questions derived from the documentary.

Here are 5 reasons why you should support this screening and girls in education:

1. Globally, 66 million girls are currently not enrolled in either primary or secondary education (UNESCO, 2012).

2. Girls with 8 years of education are 4 times less likely to be married as children. (Mensch, Singh, and Casterline, 2005)

3. A child born to a literate mother is 50% more likely to survive past the age of 5. (UNESCO, 2011) and educated mothers are more than twice as likely to send their children to school (UNICEF).

4. A girl on planet earth has a 1 in 4 chance of being born into poverty (The World Bank, 2008)

5. If India enrolled 1% more girls in secondary school, their GDP would rise by $5.5 billion (Global Campaign for Education and RESULTS Education Fund)