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Posted: 10/11/2012 2:43:27 PM EST
A young Muslim girl waits to be lifted down from a cycle rickshaw on International Day of the Girl Child in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. In India, where there are 914 girls under age 6 for every 1,000 boys, discrimination happens through abortions of female fetuses and sheer neglect of young girls, despite years of high-profile campaigns to address the issue. Every few years, federal and state governments announce new incentives, from free meals to free education, to encourage people to take care of their girls. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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Posted: 10/11/2012 2:43:27 PM EST
A young Muslim girl adjusts her scarf as she descends the staircase of the Jama Masjid on International Day of the Girl Child in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. In India, where there are 914 girls under age 6 for every 1,000 boys, discrimination happens through abortions of female fetuses and sheer neglect of young girls, despite years of high-profile campaigns to address the issue. Every few years, federal and state governments announce new incentives, from free meals to free education, to encourage people to take care of their girls. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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Posted: 10/11/2012 2:43:27 PM EST
An Afghan refugee girl and her sister stand at the doorway of their home in a slum, on the first International Day of the Girl Child, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. The UN has declared October 11th as the International Day of the Girl Child. Girls face double discrimination due to their gender and age, and are the most marginalized and discriminated group across the globe. Writing on the doorway reads, "we have separate partition for women and children." (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
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Posted: 10/11/2012 2:43:27 PM EST
An unidentified school girl walk past a bus park, on the first International Day of the Girl Child, in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. The UN has declared October 11th as the International Day of the Girl Child. Girls face double discrimination due to their gender and age, and are the most marginalized and discriminated group across the globe.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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Posted: 10/11/2012 2:43:27 PM EST
An unidentified girls hawk soft drinks at a bus park, on the first International Day of the Girl Child, in Lagos, Nigeria, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. The UN has declared October 11th as the International Day of the Girl Child. Girls face double discrimination due to their gender and age, and are the most marginalized and discriminated group across the globe.(AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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Posted: 10/11/2012 2:43:27 PM EST
An Indian girl carries water for cleaning utensils, in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. In India, where there are 914 girls under age 6 for every 1,000 boys, discrimination happens through abortions of female fetuses and sheer neglect of young girls, despite years of high-profile campaigns to address the issue. Every few years, federal and state governments announce new incentives, from free meals to free education, to encourage people to take care of their girls. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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Posted: 10/11/2012 2:43:27 PM EST
An Indian girl cleans utensils, as another plays with a broken bucket outside their roadside shanty, on International Day of the Girl Child in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. In India, where there are 914 girls under age 6 for every 1,000 boys, discrimination happens through abortions of female fetuses and sheer neglect of young girls, despite years of high-profile campaigns to address the issue. Every few years, federal and state governments announce new incentives, from free meals to free education, to encourage people to take care of their girls. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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Posted: 10/11/2012 2:43:27 PM EST
Two Indian girls react to the camera as they play on a street outside their roadside shanty, on International Day of the Girl Child in Hyderabad, India, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012. In India, where there are 914 girls under age 6 for every 1,000 boys, discrimination happens through abortions of female fetuses and sheer neglect of young girls, despite years of high-profile campaigns to address the issue. Every few years, federal and state governments announce new incentives, from free meals to free education, to encourage people to take care of their girls. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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Posted: 10/11/2012 2:43:27 PM EST
Pakistani student Farah Muneeb from Islamabad's slums sits with fellow students at a makeshift school set up by a volunteer in a park in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Oct 11, 2012. The UN has declared October 11th as the International Day of the Girl Child. Girls face double discrimination due to their gender and age, and are the most marginalized and discriminated group across the globe.(AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)
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Posted: 10/1/2012 3:43:24 AM EST
In this Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012 photo, an elderly woman speaks on her mobile phone at a shrine in Tokyo. The U.N. Population Fund has urged governments to build safety nets to ensure that older people have income security and access to essential health and social services as the world's elderly population grows. The U.N. agency said discrimination toward and poverty among the aged are still far too prevalent in many countries. It released its report Monday, Oct. 1, 2012 in Tokyo, capital of the world's fastest-aging country. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
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Posted: 10/1/2012 3:43:24 AM EST
In this Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012 photo, elderly women rest at a shrine in Tokyo. The U.N. Population Fund has urged governments to build safety nets to ensure that older people have income security and access to essential health and social services as the world's elderly population grows. The U.N. agency said discrimination toward and poverty among the aged are still far too prevalent in many countries. It released its report Monday, Oct. 1, 2012 in Tokyo, capital of the world's fastest-aging country. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
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Posted: 10/1/2012 3:43:24 AM EST
In this Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012 photo, elderly women rinse their mouths with holy water at a shrine in Tokyo. The U.N. Population Fund has urged governments to build safety nets to ensure that older people have income security and access to essential health and social services as the world's elderly population grows. The U.N. agency said discrimination toward and poverty among the aged are still far too prevalent in many countries. It released its report Monday, Oct. 1, 2012 in Tokyo, capital of the world's fastest-aging country. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
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Posted: 9/7/2012 2:28:29 PM EST
Pakistani men and children attend Sunday mass in a Church, in a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012. The plight of Pakistan's Christian minority has received renewed focus in recent weeks because of the arrest of a young, mentally challenged girl accused of insulting Islam. Christians are believed to make up two to three percent of Pakistan's population of 190 million people, and many face daily discrimination and hold low-level jobs, such as street sweeping. They often live in slums and celebrate their religion in humble, makeshift churches. (AP Photo/Nathalie Bardou)
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Posted: 9/7/2012 2:28:29 PM EST
In this Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012, photo, Pakistani Christians sit on a rooftop of a home performing their daily prayer, in a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan. The plight of Pakistan's Christian minority has received renewed focus in recent weeks because of the arrest of a young, mentally challenged girl accused of insulting Islam. Christians are believed to make up two to three percent of Pakistan's population of 190 million people, and many face daily discrimination and hold low-level jobs, such as street sweeping. They often live in slums and celebrate their religion in humble, makeshift churches. (AP Photo/Nathalie Bardou)
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Posted: 9/6/2012 2:13:28 PM EST
In this Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, photo, Pakistani Rachida Maqsood, 68, walks back to her home through an alley of a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan. The plight of Pakistan's Christian minority has received renewed focus in recent weeks because of the arrest of a young, mentally challenged girl accused of insulting Islam. Christians are believed to make up two to three percent of Pakistan's population of 190 million people, and many face daily discrimination and hold low-level jobs, such as street sweeping. They often live in slums and celebrate their religion in humble, makeshift churches. (AP Photo/Nathalie Bardou)
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Posted: 9/6/2012 2:13:28 PM EST
In this Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012, photo, Pakistanis walk in a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan. The plight of Pakistan's Christian minority has received renewed focus in recent weeks because of the arrest of a young, mentally challenged girl accused of insulting Islam. Christians are believed to make up two to three percent of Pakistan's population of 190 million people, and many face daily discrimination and hold low-level jobs, such as street sweeping. They often live in slums and celebrate their religion in humble, makeshift churches. (AP Photo/Nathalie Bardou)
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Posted: 9/6/2012 2:13:28 PM EST
In this Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012, photo, Pakistani girl Deia Hafeez, 4, right, lies on a bed on the rooftop of her family's house in a Christian neighborhood, in Islamabad, Pakistan. The plight of Pakistan's Christian minority has received renewed focus in recent weeks because of the arrest of a young, mentally challenged girl accused of insulting Islam. Christians are believed to make up two to three percent of Pakistan's population of 190 million people, and many face daily discrimination and hold low-level jobs, such as street sweeping. They often live in slums and celebrate their religion in humble, makeshift churches. (AP Photo/Nathalie Bardou)
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Posted: 9/6/2012 2:13:28 PM EST
In this Monday, Sept. 3, 2012, photo, Pakistani Nazia Mansoor, 26, reflected in a mirror while adjusting her hair at her home, in a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan. The plight of Pakistan's Christian minority has received renewed focus in recent weeks because of the arrest of a young, mentally challenged girl accused of insulting Islam. Christians are believed to make up two to three percent of Pakistan's population of 190 million people, and many face daily discrimination and hold low-level jobs, such as street sweeping. They often live in slums and celebrate their religion in humble, makeshift churches. (AP Photo/Nathalie Bardou)
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Posted: 9/6/2012 2:13:28 PM EST
In this Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012, photo, Pakistani Christians sit on a rooftop of a home performing their daily prayer, in a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan. The plight of Pakistan's Christian minority has received renewed focus in recent weeks because of the arrest of a young, mentally challenged girl accused of insulting Islam. Christians are believed to make up two to three percent of Pakistan's population of 190 million people, and many face daily discrimination and hold low-level jobs, such as street sweeping. They often live in slums and celebrate their religion in humble, makeshift churches. (AP Photo/Nathalie Bardou)
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Posted: 9/6/2012 2:13:28 PM EST
Pakistani men and children attend Sunday mass in a Church, in a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012. The plight of Pakistan's Christian minority has received renewed focus in recent weeks because of the arrest of a young, mentally challenged girl accused of insulting Islam. Christians are believed to make up two to three percent of Pakistan's population of 190 million people, and many face daily discrimination and hold low-level jobs, such as street sweeping. They often live in slums and celebrate their religion in humble, makeshift churches. (AP Photo/Nathalie Bardou)
