The Girls Count is shaping an ambitious, far-reaching  but practical agenda for global action. The agenda’s goal? Unleash the power of the 600 million girls in the  developing world to change their lives, their communities and nations. For those who shape policy, design programs and allocate resources,  the agenda highlights concrete steps they take in their arenas of  influence, today. It starts with 10 Actions that apply across all sectors, then goes deep  into critical areas for girls, like health and education:

1.  Give adolescent girls an officially recognized identification,

2. Collect data on adolescent girls and  disaggregate it by age and gender to  assess whether programs are reaching adolescent girls,

3.  Increase funding for adolescent girls – and track what it achieve,

4. Expand opportunities for girls to attend secondary school,

5. Re-focus HIV/AIDS prevention strategies to focus on adolescent girls,

6.Re-orient Health delivery systems to work for adolescent girls,

7.  Economically empower adolescent girls by building and protecting their assets,

8. Make the law work for adolescent girls.

9. Equip adolescent girls to advocate  for themselves and their communities,

10. Mobilize communities, families, men  and boys to support adolescent girls.