Tamara Larson,
Ambassador For
Empowering Girls Initiative
Our very own Tamara Larson was chosen to be an Ambassador for Rotary President Shekhar Mehta's The Empowering Girls Initiative.
This past Tuesday Tamara shared with the club the importance of Why empower girls?
• It makes families healthier.
• Educated girls have better educated children and earn higher wages, helping get their families out of poverty.
• Women participating in the labor market at the same rate as men would add up to $28 trillion to the annual global gross domestic product in 2025, shares the World Economic Forum.
• Every girl should be in charge of her own future.
We have an obligation to protect girls’ rights and promote their well-being. Through the Empowering Girls Initiative, Rotary members worldwide can enhance girls’ safety, health, education, and wellbeing. Equality is a fundamental human right that's critical in order to have a peaceful, prosperous, and sustainable world. Still, girls and women worldwide face inequities in areas including health and education, and they experience significant violence and disproportionate poverty. Rotary encourages clubs and districts to prioritize projects that improve the health, well-being, education, and economic security of girls in their communities and around the world. Develop a club-based initiative, a district grant, or a global grant that engages members of your community in a project that will protect and empower girls. Work to increase equity by ensuring their access to resources that will improve their lives.
Thanks so much for sharing this with us, Tamara.