Paperback. Pub Date: 2010 02 Pages: 190 in Publisher: Random House UK Seven writers including Joanne Harris Marie Phillips. and Irvine Welsh of spent timewith a charity promoting the development of women and girls-and were inspired towritean extraordinary array of stories and essays that statistics cannot convey. Because I am a girl I am less likely to go to school. Because I am a girl I am more likely to suffer from malnutrition. Because I am a girl I am more likely to suffer violence in the home. Because I am a girl I am more likely to marry and start a family before I reach my twenties. Seven authors have visited seven different countries and spoken to young women and girls about their lives. struggles and hopes. The result is an extraordinary collection of writings about prejudice. abuse. and neglect. but also about courage. resilience and changing attitudes. Proceeds fr...