GIRLS NEED FUNDERS WHO:

• Support programs in communities, as well as at the state, national, and international level, that promote girls' health, recreation, safety, leadership, and achievement.
• Finance educators, researchers, and advocates working to develop and implement curricula that promote gender equity and cultural awareness.
• Fund innovative teacher and counselor training programs, and continuing education programs that encourage adults in schools to work on gender and cultural issues.
• Fund job training and professional development programs for teens and their families.
• Support the development of quality, affordable daycare programs in workplaces, schools, and communities, and fund elder care and home health care pro- grams so that adolescent girls are released from adult family responsibilities.
• Fund victim services, immigrant rights, and disability rights programs that support girls, their families, and their communities.
• Support programs for girls who may be marginalized in school and community programs, including lesbian and bisexual girls, immigrant girls, girls of color, and girls who are from poor or low-income families.
• Fund community-based healthcare organizations that provide quality, affordable, preventive health care for girls and their families; accurate and confidential sexuality education for adolescents; and confidential family planning services, abortion services, and services to detect and prevent HIV/AIDS and other STDS, and offer care for those who live with such diseases.
• Support programs and consciousness-raising efforts that promote healthy behaviors and encourage adolescents to resist such practices as smoking, binge drinking, drug misuse, excessive dieting, and engaging in unprotected intercourse.
• Finance the efforts of schools, programs, and community groups to form partnerships through which concerned adults can share insights and work collaboratively to support the needs of girls.

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