Investing in girls is both the right thing to do, and the smart thing to do. It has a powerful ripple effect across all areas of development, and reaches forward to future generations.

投资于女童是一个正确和睿智的行为。这种投资会在发展的各个领域产生强有力的涟漪效应，惠及子孙后代。

But what cannot be measured cannot be managed. If we do not gather the data we need, we will never know if we are delivering on our promises.

不过，一个承诺如无法计量就难以实现。我们如果不收集必要的数据，就永远不会知道是否履行了承诺。

We need to make sure that our initiatives are reaching all girls: girls in extreme poverty; girls in isolated rural areas; girls living with disabilities; girls in indigenous communities; girls who are refugees or displaced within their own countries.

我们需要确保我们的各项举措均惠及所有女童：赤贫中的女童、偏远农村地区的女童、残疾女童、土著部落的女童以及在各自国家内沦为难民或流离失所的女童。

Timely, high-quality data is vital so that we know where we are meeting our promises, and where we are falling behind.

及时提供优质数据对我们了解履行承诺的情况和不足之处至关重要。

Let us all work hard to make sure we count all girls, because all girls count.

让我们大家努力工作，确保不遗漏每个女童，因为每个女童都不能少。

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