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Girls Inc.: Inspiring all girls to be strong, smart and bold.

I am strong because I can lift my own weight. I am smart not just because I get As. I am bold because I am not afraid to stick up for my rights.  

A'lece, 10 

Executive Summary

Choosing Community: Girls Get Together to Be Themselves explores how society can support girls in confronting gender inequality. This survey'which included a nationally representative sample of 1,933 public-school students in grades 3 through 12 and a nationally representative sample of 2,447 adults'focused on the role of girls' communities in supporting girls in exercising their right to be themselves and resist gender stereotypes.

Read highlights from this study in our Choosing Community Fact Sheet.

Taking the Lead: Girls' Rights in the 21st Century, a nationally representative survey about girls' rights, girls have told us that they want this world for themselves. We asked over two thousand girls and boys in grades 3 through 12 to tell us what rights girls have and don't have and how those rights shape girls' lives today and their hopes for the future. The Executive Summary is also available as a PDF file.