Girls all over the world are working incredibly hard — sometimes facing impossibly dangerous circumstances — to remain in school. But new challenges are emerging every day. In Afghanistan, girls have been barred from attending secondary school since March 23, 2022. Following COVID-19 school closures, an estimated 10 million girls who attended school may never return to their classrooms. The list goes on and on.
Without our support, their love of learning could be weakened or even lost forever.
When girls enroll and stay in school, it can positively impact their safety, improve their health and well-being and increase their potential for economic prosperity. Girls know how important education is to their future, but they need our support to return to school.
Urge Congress to remove the barriers that keep girls from reaching their full potential, by supporting the bipartisan Keeping Girls in School Act >> |
UNICEF is already providing basic school supplies and digital access for online and remote learning, as well as helping to remove obstacles like child marriage and child labor and defending every girl’s fundamental right to education.
The Keeping Girls in School Act will allow UNICEF and partners to keep up this good work, harnessing the power of the U.S. Government and creating educational systems that actually address the needs of girls. |
