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As an all-girls school and as a large female employer, it was important to celebrate International Women’s Day last week.
As an all-girls school and as a large female employer, it was important to celebrate International Women’s Day last week. Whilst we have access to everything a good education can provide, girls continue to be among the most discriminated against and excluded in the world. I find it shocking to think that one in five adolescent girls around the world is denied their right to an education by the daily realities of poverty, conflict and discrimination. Globally:
• 15 million girls will never have the opportunity to learn to read and write in primary school.
• 5 million girls marry before the age of 18 each year – the equivalent of one every 2 seconds.
• 41,000 girls are forced into marriage every day.
• Some child brides are as young as 8 years old when they are married.
• Pregnancy and childbirth is a leading cause of death among adolescent girls in developing countries.
Girls are taken out of school and forced into work or marriage every day, where they risk isolation and abuse. Having no education, or being removed from education, can mark the end of a girl being able to choose her own future. Plan UK’s ‘Because I am a Girl’ campaign is campaigning to see a world in which girls can realise their rights by accessing a safe and fulfilling education, living a life free from violence and being heard. This organisation works with girls and their communities to eliminate all the barriers that stand in the way of gender equality – such as child marriage, violence in and around schools, poor sexual and reproductive health and rights, and economic insecurity. They work closely with communities, young activists and government officials around the world.
If you have not already discussed International Women’s Day 2017 with your daughter/son, please do take a look at what this campaign is doing.
http://e-activist.com/ea-action/action?
ea.client.id=59&ea.campaign.id=22752&_ga=1.55282281.370950704.1488887043
As we embark upon Hustings this week for our Year 12, I have no doubt that we will see some very strong women! I am really looking forward to listening to the presentations. This, along with STEM Week celebrations and the Kent Speaker’s Competition, will, all highlight the leadership capacity of so many of our girls at Invicta!
