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An AGE Africa CHATS Girls' Club session |
Today is
International Day of the Girl
-- a day to lift up young women and girls worldwide. It's also the last day of AGE Africa's
Tri for Malawi Team Challenge, a movement to raise $150,000 to support 200 scholarships for Malawian girls.
Right now, there are 50 million girls around the world who are out of secondary school. In Malawi, the poorest nation in the world by GDP per capita, the statistics are especially shocking. Less than 6% of women in Malawi have graduated high school, and girls are under-enrolled in secondary school compared to boys nearly 2:1. By providing marginalized young women with the resources and support they need, AGE Africa is enabling adolescent girls to complete secondary school and to leverage their knowledge and skills.
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