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Taking CARE by Tricia Bisoux earn only 10 percent of the world's income. They make up 70 per- cent of the world's poor and three quarters of those without access to education. Due to the lack of proper maternity care, many women in developing regions die in childbirth, leaving their children behind to continue the cycle of poverty. F "Statistics show that women and girls are most affected by poverty, but they also show that by investing in girls, you start a virtuous cycle, creat- ing the greatest and most or Helene Gayle, ending poverty is really all in the num- bers. Women, she says, do two-thirds of the world's work and produce nearly 60 percent of its food; however, they own less than one percent of the world's farmlands and Ending global poverty will take no small effort. In fact, it will take millions of small efforts, says Helene Gayle, CEO of CARE USA—efforts that are carefully coordinated and compounded to produce significant and lasting change. long-lasting change," Gayle says. "Educated girls are more likely to marry later, have fewer children, earn an income, and make sure their own children go to school. That's why we emphasize empowering girls and women in all of the work that we do." 20 BizEd JULY/AUGUST 2010