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THE CAUSE Women and girls are often the faces of poverty, yet they are essential to overcoming it. By investing in a girl, she can lift herself out of poverty and abuse, altering the condition of her family, her community and, ultimately, the world.  Yet, a girl in the developing world faces overwhelming odds from the day she is born.       THE FACTS Sixty-six percent of the world’s work falls on women’s shoulders, yet women earn only 10 percent of the world’s income. Attending an extra year of primary school can increase a girl’s eventual wages by 10 to 20 percent. The world’s low income countries (2.4 billion people) account for just 2.4 percent of world exports. Each day, poverty claims the lives of 22,000 children. Fifty percent of the world's population lives on less than $2.50 a day.   THE FUND The Global Impact Women & Girls Fund brings together four of the most respected, best-in-the-business international organizations focused on helping women and girls.  Through this fund, you will join with millions of people to change the world by helping to provide education, protection and rehabilitation from violence and exploitation, job training, healthcare, safe drinking water and a host of other services to women and girls around the world. Your contributions go directly to supporting real and meaningful work to improve the lives of women and girls.