World fails to educate its girls

GPE media coverage - March 07, 2016 | Source: Voice of America

Girls learn to read in a Madrasa in Hyderabad, India. Credit: GPE/Deepa Srikantaiah

According to a new report by UNESCO, nearly twice as many girls are denied an education as boys. In this article, Alice Albright explains the barriers that girls face to get an education and how discrimination against girls is even worse after elementary school.

Read the whole article in Voice of America

Focus areas: Gender equality

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