On the International Day of the Girl, it’s a good time to ask: Are girls safe in schools?
It’s Oct. 11, when the world celebrates the International Day of the Girl. Started in 2012 as a United Nations declaration, the day acknowledges the importance of issues girls face across the globe — including education, nutrition and child marriage — and the many benefits of the global initiatives working to address them.
These are important issues. But missing from the global celebration of the benefits of these initiatives — especially around education — is a more full discussion on the cost of these programs on girls’ lives.
I am the founder of the TWII Foundation, an organization that supports Ghanaian girls on their journeys to become first-generation college students.… Seguir leyendo »