BECAUSE I AM A GIRL - Plan Canada

DID YOU KNOW...IN THE POOREST REGIONS OF THE WORLD, GIRLS FACE UNIQUE BARRIERSTO SURVIVAL AND DEVELOPMENT SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY’RE GIRLS.An estimated 100 million girls are“missing” because of gender-basedabortion or infanticide.Girls are three times more likely to sufferfrom malnutrition because their familiesfeed boys first.Pregnancy is the leading cause of deathfor girls between the ages of 15 and 19worldwide.Globally, two-thirds of new HIV infectionsamong youth are in girls.Over 60 million girls are not inprimary school.Each year, roughly two million girls betweenthe ages of 5 and 15 are trafficked, soldor coerced into the sex trade.