{"id":62167,"date":"2015-09-26T21:09:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-26T21:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=a82c7d02548a428e36d50dd0f84aaf46"},"modified":"2015-09-26T21:09:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T21:09:00","slug":"press-release-britain-to-help-6-5-million-girls-in-poor-countries-go-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=62167","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Britain to help 6.5 million girls in poor countries go to school"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Speaking at the Global Citizen Festival, a major festival in Central Park featuring world leaders, activists and celebrities, International Development Secretary Justine Greening said:<\/p>\n

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For me the big step forward in the global goals is goal five, women and girls and gender equality.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t believe that any country can develop if half its population is left behind.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s about voice, choice and control for girls and women. That starts with education.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m committing that the UK will help 6.5 million more girls to go to school over the next 5 years, and we\u2019ll take on the things that keep them out of school like FGM and child marriage.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Justine Greening made the pledge at the Global Citizen festival in New York. Picture: Global Citizen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

31 million girls of primary school age around the world have never been to school. Because of this they not only face a lifetime of lower wages and fewer opportunities. Research shows that they are also more likely to marry young and to have children earlier.<\/p>\n

Many more do not get a quality education \u2013 one that gives girls the knowledge and skills they need to thrive in later life in an environment that is safe, respectful and inspiring.<\/p>\n

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Follow the DFID Press office on Twitter – @DFID_Press<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The UK will help 6.5 million girls in the world\u2019s poorest countries get a decent education over the next 5 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62167"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62167"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62175,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62167\/revisions\/62175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}