According to a Project Drawdown report, empowering women and girls in developing countries ranks number two out of 76 different ways to meet the Paris Agreement targets.Women in developing countries who have a secondary school education are “less likely to marry young and more likely to lead healthy, productive lives” according to Unicef.According to Project Drawdown, educating girls and family planning will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 85 billion tons by 2050.“When family planning focuses on health-care provision and meeting women’s expressed needs, empowerment, equality, and well-being are the result; the benefits to the planet are side effects.” Project DrawdownTo help girls in developing countries get an education, consider donating to the Malala Fund.A wise man speaks because he has something to say; a fool because he has to say something Plato
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