Vision Impact Institute highlights the crucial role of good Look for women and girls on International women’s day

Dallas (ots/PRNewswire) – On this international women’s day, the Vision Impact Institute highlights the crucial role that good vision in the creation of a more equitable world for women and girls plays. The organization launched today, the campaign Vision is for Balance, to encourage women and girls to report it, how good to See a positive impact on your life.

The campaign’s Vision for Balance aims to eliminate the stigma, the women Wearing glasses prevent.

Worldwide, women and girls face barriers to good facing, including lack of awareness, limited access to eye care, and cultural stigma against Wearing glasses. „Worldwide, women make up 55 percent of all people with impaired vision and two-thirds of the Blind, therefore, it is important that you have access to vision correction,“ says Kristan Gross, Global Executive Director, Vision Impact Institute. „In many places, a woman or a girl who wears glasses, with long ends of the Stigmata continued to face, which are often associated with your marriage ability. This can cause you to lose the opportunities for an education or a Job, which could affect the development of their future.“

A recent study on rural Indian pupils at the age of 7 to 15 years suggests that the Rate of myopia in girls is short higher, which means that the need for Correction in the case of girls is greater than for their male classmates. A further study for students of classes 8 to 10 identified the need for clarification regarding the wearing of a pair of glasses and found that 32 % of the students to avoid Wearing glasses to not be as „unattractive to the opposite sex“ considered – 65% of these students were girls.

„If a woman or a girl is wearing a pair of glasses, it is important that she sees herself as a self-conscious member of society, able to reach their highest potential,“ says Gross.

The Vision for Balance-the campaign runs until the 31. March. To participate, can tell the reader here is her story:
https://visionimpactinstitute.org/vision-for-balance/

Information about the Vision Impact Institute

The Mission of the Vision Impact Institute is to raise awareness of the importance of vision correction and eye protection, to make good to See a global priority.

The organization is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that is supported by the Vision for Life Fund of Essilor, the world’s leading provider of ophthalmic optics,. The Vision Impact Institute operates an interactive web platform, a unique research database that is available at the following address: visionimpactinstitute.org .

Andrea Kirsten-Coleman
Global Communications Manager
andrea.kirsten@visionimpactinstitute.org
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