Sec. Condoleezza Rice: When Girls Succeed, the World Benefits

hello I'm condalisa rice and it's a pleasure to talk a little bit about daring girls an organization that works to ensure women have the knowledge tools and mentorship to design their own Futures I stand before you today not only a product of hard work but as a product of the people who believed in me people who made sure I knew that I deserved a high quality education people who saw something in me and helped me cultivate my talents and skills I've worked in my life to pay this forward investing in young people and their ability to become who and what they want to be yet there are far too many young women in this world who do not have someone in their Corner who are not offered or encouraged to take part in education that will transform their future 122 million girls and women are out of school globally today more than half of them live in Africa this is why organizations like daring girls are so important when girls have access to education and mentors who help motivate them to apply themselves societies change economies grow future Generations become healthier societies become safer and more secure when you support organizations like daring girls you send a powerful message that every girl regardless of background of circumstances has a right to a dream a right to Aspire to achieve and to succeed every girl deserves the knowledge and confidence to design her own future and dare to become exactly who she wants to be because when she does the world benefits