Are your material needs satisfied? Beyond your basic material needs, research has consistently shown that not much else will drastically increase your happiness.
So why not help someone else?
The number one thing we can do to help the world is to educate girls and give them economic opportunities. This is a sentiment I've been hearing consistently for many years, and I'm trying to figure out how I can continue to contribute more to this initiative, since as Sheryl says, helping people isn't always easy. What do you think is the most efficient way to bring about social change to address the inequality and challenges women through out the world face?
International Women's Day: Are We There Yet?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cecile-richards/international-womens-day_b_489752.html
Three Proven Steps to Advance the World's Women
http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/08/three-proven-steps-to-advance-the-worlds-women-on-international-womens-day/
Women's Rights: A Matter of Peace and Stability
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anders-fogh-rasmussen/womens-rights-a-matter-of_b_489629.html
"True equality for women, both in the developing world and in the United States, will not be realized until there is an end to gender-based violence and discrimination, until women have equal economic opportunities, until women have full rights over and education about their bodies, and until women's voices and lives are held in equal value with men." -Ruth Messinger
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