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Plan International have produced the 2011 (5th) edition of their excellent annual 'Because I am a Girl' report. Below is an excerpt from the Foreword to the report, written by President Fernando Henrique Cardoso:

"There remains, however, a long way to go until we reach true equality of opportunity. And this is not a fight which should be left to women and girls alone. It is up to all our leaders, particularly male political, religious and civil leaders, to challenge and change those practices and attitudes, however long-established, which allow and foster discrimination and unfair treatment.

Men still hold many of the key levers of power and therefore have the power to bring about change. This is true also within the family, where fathers in particular have a key role to play. Their attitudes and actions will influence how both their sons and their daughters behave, think and feel throughout their lives; as violence against women can be handed down from father to son so too can gentleness, fairness and openness."
 

Read a full PDF version of the report by clicking below:  

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Recommended - Because I am a girl 2011.pdf