Changing the tide: 'Girl Rising' bets on children to bring gender equality

Nidhi Dubey, country representative, Girl Rising, says, the organisation leverages powerful storytelling tools to alleviate barriers that diminish agency and self-confidence

Years ago, a group of journalists undertook an extensive research and found scores of diverse reports that prompted them to think “how can we eradicate global poverty?”. The answer to their quest lay in girls’ education, they found, because “educating girls is one of the foremost strategies with potential to bring change not only in the lives of girls themselves, but also within their own families and communities”. Thus was born Girl Rising. Stories of eight girls from around the world was captured in a film to spotlight their courage and perseverance that empowered them to transcend those barriers and