Additional Resources Guide

GIRL RISING CURRICULUM RESOURCES

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES GUIDE

GIRL RISING NGO PARTNER CNN’s video How Girls Around the World Are ORGANIZATIONS Educated: http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2016/10/07/ girls-education-orig.cnn/video/playlists/cnn-films-we- • A New Day Cambodia www.anewdaycambodia.org will-rise/ (Please note: This video may play with ads) • CARE at www.care.org/work/education/ Ramdevi’s Story video on YouTube, which addresses girls-education the family pressures girls face to marry young: • Partners In Health at www.pih.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=76pmNiYqsr0 • Girlup at www.girlup.org • PLAN www.planusa.org/because-i-am-a-girl / www. INTERNET RESOURCES plan-international.org CIA World Factbook at • World Vision at www.worldvision.org • www.ciaworldfactbook.org Khan Academy at • Room to Read at www.roomtoread.org/ • www.khanacademy.org literacy-girls-education/girls-education/ • National Geographic at www.nationalgeographic.com/education • UNICEF at www.unicef.org Additional resources: • UNFPA at www.unfpa.org/child-marriage Girls’ Education Program: • United Nations Girl’s Education Initiative at www.ungei.org www.roomtoread.org/page.aspx?pid=465 • World Bank at www.worldbank.org Invisible Barriers video on YouTube, which is about • World Health Organization at www.who.int media can break down cultural and social norms that hold so many girls back from reaching their full potential. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SsUfpztQQo BOOKS Graduates Give Back video on YouTube, which is about These books may supplement the Issue Fact Sheets the “ripple effect;” or how shifts and changes within a community’s culture can spawn more positive change Girl Rising: Changing the World One Girl at a Time by and open girls’ access to education: Tanya Lee Stone www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnnDIcJhxBg Impact of Development Programs Souphy’s Story video on YouTube, which tells the Beatrice’s Goat, by Page McBrier and Lori Lohstoeter moving story of a family from Laos, the challenges girls face, and the tough decisions they have to make in One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference, by Smith Milway and Eugenie Fernandes order to prioritize their education: www.youtube.com/ watch?v=85BEy55grjs The Good Garden: How One Family Went from Hunger New York Times article on one father’s commitment to to Having Enough, by Katie Smith Milway send his daughter to school in Vietnam. Original piece The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families, by by Nick Kristof: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/ Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore opinion/kristof-girls-just-want-to-go-to-school.html?_r=0 Wangaris Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa, by

Jeanette Winter Let’s Dance: The Struggle to Attend School http://assets.girlrising.com/lets-dance During the filming of Girl Rising, the filmmakers not only Nasreen’s Secret School: A True Story from heard stories of overcoming barriers, of resilience, and Afghanistan, by Jeanette Winter of hope, but they also captured many moments of joy. (This video is appropriate for all audiences.) Sold, by Patricia McCormick I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education Ruksana Draws Her Dream House: and Changed the World, Malala Yousafzai and Patricia http://assets.girlrising.com/ruksana-draws McCormick (Young Readers Edition) Although Ruksana and her family live on the pavement in Kolkata, India, she imagines her dream house. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education (This video is appropriate for all audiences.) and Was Shot by the Taliban, by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb (Adult version) Ruksana Sings Her Favorite Song: Natural Disasters and Education http://assets.girlrising.com/ruksana-sings (This video is appropriate for all audiences.) A Pen Pal for Max, by Gloria Rand Kamlari: http://assets.girlrising.com/kamlari GIRL RISING VIDEOS Selling a child into indentured servitude, while outlawed in Nepal, is still common in poor, rural areas for families Meet the Writers: These are short videos about the who desperately need the income. Girl Rising met and women who wrote the film chapters. interviewed former Kamlari girls. Here are their stories. Afghanistan: (This video is for mature audiences. Teachers are highly http://assets.girlrising.com/meet-the-writer-afghanistan encouraged to view the video in advance.)

Egypt: http://assets.girlrising.com/meet-the-writer-egypt Melka: http://assets.girlrising.com/melka Ethiopia: In 2004, the Ethiopian government made it illegal for http://assets.girlrising.com/meet-the-writer-ethiopia girls under 18 to marry. Despite the law, each year, tens of thousands of girls are married by age 15. This Haiti: http://assets.girlrising.com/meet-the-writer-haiti is Melka’s story. (This video is for mature audiences. India: http://assets.girlrising.com/meet-the-writer-india Teachers are highly encouraged to view the video in advance.) Nepal: http://assets.girlrising.com/meet-the-writer-nepal Peru: http://assets.girlrising.com/meet-the-writer-peru 2:12 Video: http://assets.girlrising.com/212 Watch as street artist 2:12 brings stories of courage to Sierra Leone: life with the music of Filistine. (This video is for mature http://assets.girlrising.com/meet-the-writer-sierra-leone audiences. Teachers are highly encouraged to view the video in advance.) Walking to School: http://assets.girlrising.com/walking-to-school From the Women in the World Conference: One reason we made Girl Rising is because of the millions of girls around the world who can only dream Senna: http://assets.girlrising.com/witw2014-senna of getting an education. But, as we traveled the globe Marquesha: making the film, we were struck by the powerful energy http://assets.girlrising.com/witw2014-marquesha of the girls who are in school — their enthusiasm, their spirit, their sheer joy. The pride they take in their Senna and Marquesha: uniforms, in their schools and in their studies is http://assets.girlrising.com/witw2014-senna-marquesha infectious. You won’t be able to resist the rhythm of their feet as they walk to school and march into a better future. (This video is appropriate for all audiences.)

ARTICLES AND REPORTS

Reaching Girls, Transforming Lives http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/ en/212341467999691082/pdf/98450-REVISED-PUBLIC- WB-EGP-Reaching-Girls-040816-final6-web.pdf This World Bank report explains some of the key interventions used to help girls overcome the barriers to education caused by poverty, cultural norms and poor infrastructure.

What Works in Girls’ Education: https://www.malala.org/brookings-report This data set, crafted by the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institute and visualized by the Malala Fund, provides a comprehensive body of evidence on why and how to imrpove girls’ education around the world.

The New York Times, Why Young Girls Don’t Think They Are Smart Enough https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/26/well/family/ why-young-girls-dont-think-they-are-smart-enough

The Los Angeles Times, Child brides sold for cows: The price of being a girl in South Sudan http://www.latimes.com/world/africa/la-fg-south-sudan- child-marriage-snap-story.html

The Washington Post, The ‘saddest bride I have ever seen’: Child marriage is as popular as ever in Bangladesh https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/ wp/2015/08/28/the-saddest-bride-i-have-ever-seen- child-marrige-is-as-popular-as-ever-in-bangladesh/?utm_ term=.b9369800bbc4

The Guardian, Syrian mother’s agony: Why I made my teenage daughter become a child bride https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/17/ syrian-mothers-child-brides

Teen Vogue, Zendaya and Michelle Obama Deliver a VERY Important Message About Worldwide Education for Girls http://www.teenvogue.com/story/zendaya-coleman- michelle-obama-interview-december-issue-let-girls-learn