- If you make it into the world you've already achieved something. More female babies are aborted than male.
- You have less change of being educated than a boy. Twice as many girls as boys will never start school.
- Millions of girls are at risk of FGM. The UN has called it a violation of the human rights of girls and women.
- You are more likely to get married young. One in four girls globally are maried before they reach 18.
- Each month when you get your period you could be shunned. In some countries you're seen as untouchable and forced to sleep outside.
- As a girl, you're at greater risk of HIV. Girls aged 10-14 are more likely than boys to die of AIDS-Related illnesses.
- Worldwide, the biggest killer of girls aged 15-19 is suicide.
- Teenagers are at more risk of having unsafe abortions than older women.
- Maternal death is the second biggest cause of mortality for girls aged 15-19.
- If you make it through school, dodge early marriage and get into paid employment, the odds are you'll earn less for doing the same job as your male colleagues.
- Currently, it will take more than 100 years to end inequality between girls and boys. World leaders have promised they will by 2030.
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