Today’s homepage recognizes the International Day of the Girl, a UN-sponsored event to raise awareness about the 1.1 billion girls in the world, the unique challenges they face, and what the future could promise if they’re empowered to overcome those challenges. That future is a bright one. Research from UN Women indicates that when girls are provided an education, the rate of child marriage is reduced, as well as rates of disease. When women work, economies grow. And when the share of household income controlled by women increases, children benefit. It’s all the more reason to invest in education and equality for women and girls around the world.
1.1 billion opportunities for a better world
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Commemorating peace in Antarctica
-
Taking the forest to the cloud
-
A horse of many colors
-
World Elephant Day
-
Dancing waters of Dubai
-
Lanterns alight in Pingxi
-
The ‘Night of Nights’
-
Kissing Day
-
Arches National Park, Utah
-
Watch your step
-
National Go Birding Day
-
SantaPark, Lapland, Finland
-
Keep your hands inside the ride at all times…
-
National Park Week continues
-
Ringing in the new year at Teotihuacan
-
International Day for Monuments and Sites
-
It s ∞ Day!
-
New Year s Eve
-
Burrowing owls
-
Seven Magic Mountains art installation, Jean Dry Lake, Nevada
-
Lionfish off the coast of Indonesia
-
Gateway to America
-
Saskatchewan s spookier side
-
Corjuem Fort in Goa, India
-
Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
-
Can you see the family resemblance?
-
A summertime light show
-
Get on your bike and ride
-
A lush, green escape
-
The Guggenheim turns 60