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The Girl Effect: What Do Boys Have to Do with It?
October 5-6, 2010 | Washington, D.C.

The Girl Effect, defined as “the unique potential of 600 million adolescent girls to end poverty for themselves and the world,” has contributed new attention and programming for adolescent girls. But what about the brothers, fathers, friends and partners of these girls?  Without the involvement and commitment of men and boys to girls’ empowerment and gender equality, the impact of the “girl effect” may fall short. Boys, too, are “gendered” – that is, affected and shaped by gender norms – and have an interest in changing rigid, inequitable and harmful gender norms.

In October 2010, ICRW with support from the Nike Foundation convened a gathering of experts to share research and programmatic experiences of working to engage girls and boys as “change agents” for a more equitable world.

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