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Worldview 9/24/2009
Global Activism: Keeping Girls in School in Africa
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Safoura Deme has been part of the scholarship program for the past five years. (Amy Maglio)
UNICEF estimates that worldwide, some 117 million school-aged children don’t attend school. 62 million of them are girls. Attendance rates are lowest in sub-Saharan Africa.
Amy Maglio decided to do something about that. She’s Founder and Executive Director of the
Women’s Global Education Project
. The organization helps make sure that girls stay in school. Amy gave us an update on what the Women's Global Education Project has been doing.
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