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Global Activism: Keeping Girls in School in Africa

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Safoura Deme has been part of the scholarship program for the past five years. (Amy Maglio)

UNICEF estimates that worldwide, some 117 million school-aged children don’t attend school. 62 million of them are girls. Attendance rates are lowest in sub-Saharan Africa.

Amy Maglio decided to do something about that. She’s Founder and Executive Director of the Women’s Global Education Project. The organization helps make sure that girls stay in school. Amy gave us an update on what the Women's Global Education Project has been doing.

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