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Girls Don’t Run The World. But They Should.

It’s bad enough that 1.4 billion people live in extreme poverty, but did you know that 70% of them are women? To put that in perspective, the number women who live in extreme poverty is three times the population of the United States. That’s not OK. Share if you agree.

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