October 6, 2010——The World Bank wants to expand to Haiti and Yemen an international public-private initiative that helps adolescent girls and young women improve their lives and economic prospects, World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick announced today.

The announcement of the expansion of the AGI took place during the Adolescent Girls Initiative – Where We Are event, which underscored the innovations and achievements of development programs for adolescent girls living in developing countries. The event, held at the World Bank in the lead up to the institution’s Annual Meetings, also featured as speakers Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, World Bank Managing Director; Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the U.S. President and Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls; Maria Eitel, President of the Nike Foundation; actress Anne Hathaway, Christy Turlington-Burns, from the RED campaign, musician and ex-child soldier from South Sudan Emmanuel Jal, and adolescent girls from developing countries.

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