{"id":91969,"date":"2018-05-16T16:42:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T16:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=dd24161d522a1df1a197dfc10364ba7d"},"modified":"2018-05-16T16:42:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T16:42:00","slug":"press-release-boris-johnson-pursues-global-figures-to-ensure-girls-education-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=91969","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Boris Johnson pursues global figures to ensure girls\u2019 education around the world"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Political heavyweights Boris Johnson and Gordon Brown today (Wednesday 16 May) joined forces to discuss improving education for the world\u2019s most marginalised girls.<\/p>\n

The Foreign Secretary met the former Prime Minister as part of his campaign to deliver 12 years of quality education for women and girls around the world.<\/p>\n

The meeting with Mr Brown \u2013 now the UN\u2019s Global Education envoy<\/a> \u2013 is the latest in a series of high profile engagements Mr Johnson has held as part of his #LeaveNoGirlBehind campaign.<\/p>\n

In recent weeks, Mr Johnson has discussed his campaign with girls\u2019 education activist and Nobel Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai, senior adviser to President Trump, Ivanka Trump and philanthropist Melinda Gates.<\/p>\n

The Foreign Secretary has also spoken to HRH Prince Harry and Ms Meghan Markle about his campaign during a star-studded launch at last month\u2019s Commonwealth Summit.<\/p>\n

Mr Johnson hopes that his drive will build a coalition of political heavyweights and cultural icons that will lobby the world\u2019s leaders to prioritise girls\u2019 education.<\/p>\n

Speaking after the meeting the Foreign Secretary said:<\/p>\n

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Girls\u2019 education is manifestly in the global interest. It is the Swiss Army knife, the Rosetta Stone, the Black and Decker toolkit that solves a multitude of the world\u2019s problems.<\/p>\n

If we fail to educate girls, we store up huge problems for the future and wilfully miss out on boosting economic growth, managing population pressures and creating stable, prosperous societies \u2013 and most importantly, it is the right thing to do.<\/p>\n

Gordon understands this, which is why he is a passionate advocate of improving education for women and girls around the world.<\/p>\n

It was a pleasure to listen to his ideas and exchange views on the ways which the UK can become the global leader in ending the gross sexism behind attitudes which shut 130 million girls out of the classroom.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Appallingly 90% of world\u2019s poorest children leave school unable to read and write. Mr Johnson believes that one of the root causes of girls\u2019 illiteracy and poor schooling is sexism masquerading as \u2018tradition\u2019, which is holding millions of the world\u2019s poorest girls back. Britain is leading by example by providing \u00a3212 million through the Department for International Development<\/a> to ensure 1 million vulnerable girls across the Commonwealth get 12 years of quality education by 2030.<\/p>\n

The Foreign Secretary believes that the single biggest thing that can be done to improve stability and reduce conflict in the world is to make sure that every girl gets 12 years of quality education.<\/p>\n

During last month\u2019s Commonwealth Summit, Mr Johnson pushed for firm commitments from Foreign Ministers to make girls\u2019 education a priority<\/a>. The Foreign Secretary wants to remove the barriers to girls\u2019 education, and will use the UK\u2019s Presidency of the UN Security Council in August, and the UN General Assembly in September, to pursue this.<\/p>\n

Further information<\/h3>\n