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Girls Discovered: Global Maps of Adolescent Girls originated with the publication of Girls Count: A Global Investment and Action Agenda in 2008.

Authored by Ruth Levine from the Center for Global Development, Cynthia Lloyd of the Population Council, Margaret Greene of the International Center for Research on Women, and Caren Grown of American University, Girls Count uncovered adolescent girl–specific data and insights to drive meaningful action.

Today, Girls Count has gone into its second printing, and the authors have continued beyond that groundbreaking work to explore girls’ lives further. More importantly, new contributors have joined the effort.

Girls Discovered: Global Maps of Adolescent Girls is part of that growth. Here, Alyson Warhurst and Siobhan Tuohy-Smith at Maplecroft use their unique quantitative analysis of girl-specific data to literally put girls on the global map.

Taken together, the Girls Count series presents a powerful platform for action. Please visit coalitionforadolescentgirls.org for more information.