Educating Women and Girls Is Key to Meeting 21st Century Demands

Melanne Verveer is the State Department ambassador-at-large for global women’s issues.
The education of women and girls is essential not only [...]

Educating Girls: What Works

THE BENEFITS OF GIRLS’ EDUCATION
The benefits of educating girls — to countries, to families and to girls themselves — [...]

More than Building Schools

In Rwanda, access to affordable sanitary pads can help keep girls in school
How can countries encourage girls to attend school? [...]

Inspiring the Next Generation of Teachers

Tajik teacher Zebo Murodova explains importance of female educators
Zebo Murodova is a secondary school English teacher in southern Tajikistan. Her [...]

A Down Payment on a Brighter Future

School stipends in Bangladesh have led to more girls in secondary school
In the 1980s, the U.S. Agency for International Development [...]