"Because I am a Girl,"

Almost 100 million girls "disappear" each year, killed in the womb or  as babies, a study has revealed.The report, "Because I am a Girl," exposes the gender discrimination which remains deeply entrenched and widely tolerated across the world, including the fact that female foeticide is on the increase in countries  where a male child remains more valued.The report highlights the fact that two million girls a year still suffer genital mutilation, half a million die during pregnancy - the  leading killer among 15 to 19-year-olds - every 12 months and an estimated  7.3 million are living with HIV/Aids compared with 4.5 million young men.  Almost a million girls fall victim to child traffickers each year  compared with a quarter that number of boys.

Web site : http://www.becauseiamagirl.org