Meryl Streep
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Girl Rising is a girls' education non-profit which uses storytelling to change how the world values girls and their education. We work in Ghana, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, and the US. Future Rising unleashes the power of girls' education to tackle climate change.
Girl Rising is a global movement for girls' education, based primarily around a 2013 feature film, Girl Rising.
Directed by Academy Award Nominee, Richard E. Robbins, produced by Martha Adams, written by acclaimed female writers, and voiced by celebrated actresses including Meryl Streep, Kerry Washington, Anne Hathaway and more, Girl Rising helped fuel a global movement for girls’ education.
Girl Rising uses the power of storytelling to share the simple truth that educating girls transforms societies. We raise awareness about the barriers that prevent girls from going to school.
From Academy Award-nominated director Richard E. Robbins and the award-winning Documentary Group, in association with Paul Allen's Vulcan Productions comes Girl Rising - an innovative new feature film about the power of education to change a girl - and the world.
Sep 1, 2014 · Girl Rising: Directed by Richard Robbins. With Amina, Azmera, Arindol Bagchi, Rekha Banerjee. This film follows 9 girls from Haiti, Nepal, Ethiopia, India, Egypt, Peru, Cambodia, Sierra Leone, and Afghanistan on their journey to education.
Girl Rising is a 2013 documentary film produced by Kayce Freed, Tom Yellin and Holly Gordon at The Documentary Group, in partnership with Paul G. Allen and Jody Allen of Vulcan Productions.
Every year, approximately 15 million girls are forced into early marriage, puting an end to their formal education and limiting their access to future opportunities. Forced marriage perpetuates cycles of poverty, gender roles and power dynamics, and also increases risks of violence and abuse.
9 unforgettable girls—striving beyond circumstance, pushing past limits—spotlighted in a film about the strength of the human spirit and the power of education to change the world.
Girl Rising. Girls around the world - striving beyond circumstance, pushing past limits. Their dreams, their voices, their remarkable stories - captured in an unforgettable feature film about the strength of the human spirit - and the power of education.
