How To Help Women This International Women's Day

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On March 6th, CARE released the "Top 10 Myths about Women" in partnership with Smith, MIT's Poverty Action Lab and The Girl Scout Leadership Research Institute. The brief is designed to celebrate accomplishments on this notable anniversary and raise public awareness about the challenges that girls and women face around the world today.

Myth No. 1: “A woman’s place is in the home.”
Myth No. 2: “Girls can’t do math or science.”
Myth No. 3: “It’s a man’s world.”
Myth No. 4: “Women crack under pressure.”
Myth No. 5: “She asked for it.”
Myth No. 6: “Women can’t be trusted with money.”
Myth No. 7: “Girls belong in marriage, not school.”
Myth No. 8: “Women can’t lead.”
Myth No. 9: “A woman’s health is not a man’s concern.”
Myth No. 10: “Women’s empowerment comes at the expense of men.”

To read the brief, click here

Helene Gayle, Barnard ’76, President and CEO of CARE USA, was recently interviewed by Rahim Kanani, Editor-in-Chief of World Affairs Commentary. To read the interview, go to Empowering Women and Girls Worldwide.