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Women’s Global currently focuses our work in sub-Saharan Africa, where poverty rates are among the highest in the world, and, correspondingly, literacy and school attendance rates for girls-- especially those from rural communities--are among the lowest. According
to UNICEF, almost half of all school-age girls in Africa are out of
school and only 15 percent of those who do attend finish to go on to
secondary school. Women's Global found many factors that contribute to these low attendance and literacy rates in the communities where we work. These include lack of family funds and resources for school fees and supplies, bias towards boys, overreliance on women and girls for household and farm labor, practices such as early marriage and female genital mutilation, and the undervaluing of education for girls. Our model for girls’ education is designed to address these factors, as well as to help teachers, families and community members promote and support girls’ education at all levels. Currently, Women's Global operates programs in rural communities in Senegal, West Africa, and Kenya, East Africa.
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