Tagged: girls’ education

A ‘Menstravaganza’ is taking place in Malawi

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By Matshidiso Barsky

A ‘Menstravaganza’ is taking place in Malawi

During a recent Menstravaganza session with teen secondary school girls in northern Malawi, I took out a little decorated compact box from my bag and asked the girls what they thought it was. The common answer – a make-up kit. They all gasped in shock and awe when I told them it was a container to keep my sanitary products clean and… Read more →←

Giving girls a chance

Sisters complete schoolwork together in Kenya

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By Michelle Mills

Giving girls a chance

Mounting evidence from systematic reviews, such as these on early childbearing and HIV risk, suggest that cash transfers have positive impacts on youth transitions into adulthood. Yet, data illustrating how these programs affect outcomes is generally scarce. Now new research from the UNICEF Office of Research-Innocenti and the University… Read more →←

The Girl Summit: progress after one year

Hamamatou (15), from Niger, is the recipient of a UNICEF-supported girls' scholarship that is helping her stay in school.

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By Cody Donahue

Story also available in: Español

The Girl Summit: progress after one year

Not too long ago UNICEF staff in Uganda shared a story about a girl they called Alice. Alice has spoken at a conference in Uganda recently about how, at 10-years-old, she was forced to drop out of school to prepare for marriage. But marriage at the age of 10 was only the first injustice. The second? Before marriage, she had to undergo… Read more →←

An unusual music video but a familiar tale

In a still from the Shadow music video, a young girl attempts to teach herself to write by copying words from a piece of newspaper.

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By Changu Mannathoko

An unusual music video but a familiar tale

Though I am hardly an expert on the music industry, I understand that it is fairly unusual to see a music video about the life and struggle of a young girl in pursuit of an education. But that’s exactly what has been accomplished with the music video for SOJA’s ‘Shadow’ – produced in collaboration with UNICEF. It… Read more →←

Nepal: how after-school programmes help educate the hardest to reach

Kick-off in Nepal: the girls of the after-school sports programme take on the UNICEF visitors.

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By Pi James

Nepal: how after-school programmes help educate the hardest to reach

To get to the Bagwana school in the Parsa district of Nepal, we fly 20 minutes in a tiny plane from Kathmandu to the south of the country. After that, it is another a one-hour drive along a rough road to reach the village where the school is. It is not the easiest of places to get to. But that is exactly the point. We are here to visit… Read more →←

Nigeria: girls’ education coming soon to an inflatable screen near you

Zack Amata playing with children at the cash transfer flag-off ceremony in Wusa, Sokoto State.

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By Zacka Mata

Nigeria: girls’ education coming soon to an inflatable screen near you

I was recently in a dusty yard outside a primary school in Wusa, in Sokoto state, watching women gratefully receive money to help them send their daughters to school. It was the launch of a cash transfer initiative. There were, of course official speeches and the usual formalities. But what really grabbed my attention and moved me was… Read more →←