<p><strong>Why is Catapult investing in girls and women? </strong></p>
<p><strong>Because equality for girls and women makes a better planet for everyone.</strong></p>
<p>To some people — it’s about rights. To others — it’s about smart economics. Either way — we cannot see progress in our world without addressing gender equality.</p>
<p><strong>Because there are so many organizations are already doing brilliant work for girls and women — they just need funding.</strong></p>
<p>They have the expertise, the cultural understanding, and they’ve scoped solutions for big changes. They just need funds.</p>
<p><strong>Need more convincing that investing in girls and women is worth it? </strong></p>
<p>These should help:</p>
<p><u>The World Bank Development Report 2012</u>  Gender equality is smart economics. Misallocating women’s skills and talent comes at a high (and rising) economic cost. Read it here &gt; <a href="http://wdronline.worldbank.org/worldbank/a/browsebytitle" target="_blank">The World Bank Development Report 2012</a></p>
<p><u>Women Deliver’s ‘Focus on Five: Women’s Health and the MDGs’&nbsp;</u> Investing in women will produce far-reaching economic and social benefits. Healthier, better educated women are more productive economically, and are critical to ensuring healthy children, strong families and communities, and productive nations. Read it here &gt;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.womendeliver.org/knowledge-center/publications/focus-on-5/" target="_blank">Women Deliver’s ‘Focus on Five: Women’s Health and the&nbsp;MDGs’</a></p>
<p><u>The World Health Organization’s ‘Women and Health’ report, 2009</u>  Gender-based inequalities — for example in education, income and employment — limit the ability of girls and women to protect their health. Read it here &gt; <a href="http://www.who.int/gender/documents/9789241563857/en/index.html" target="_blank">The World Health Organization’s ‘Women and Health’ report, 2009</a></p>
