Start with the questions that change how the subject looks.
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The classroom is only the beginning
Education expands choices when girls can attend safely, learn confidently and continue beyond the first years of school.
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The invisible work of care
Girls often carry household responsibilities that compete with study, rest and play. Fairness begins by making that labour visible.
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Confidence is a public resource
When a girl is heard at home and school, she learns that her ideas belong in the world.
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Safe journeys to learning
Distance, transport, sanitation and harassment can turn an available school into an inaccessible one.
View the complete journal →Original caption states, "Afghanistan: Girl's Classroom Scene -- USAID has povided extensive educational programs to improve the education level for young girls and women."Girls in the Methodist Mission classroom in zhenjiangA postcard of a sewing class in Noshiro Practical Girls' High School, Noshiro , Akita Prefecture, Japan.Tags: classroom, blackboard, education, tableau, math, girls, man, braidIpswich Girls Grammar School, classroom, 1925The UK government is joining forces with Global Citizen + CHIME FOR CHANGE to bring global attention to the issue of girls’ education. On 7 July, we will host the Girls’ Education Forum bringing together governments, private sector stakeholders, civil society partners and education champions to drive the implementation of Global Goal 4 to achieve universal, quality education. Attendees will also include returned volunteers and representatives fromVoluntary Services Overseas, a leading international development organisation funded by the UK government as part of International Citizen Service. The benefits of educating girls are overwhelming, yet 63 million girls remain out of school. What’s more, many of those in school are not getting the quality education they deserve and are dropping out. New commitments will be secured which will contribute to improving girls’ learning; ensuring that even the poorest and most marginalised girls have the opportunity to learn; and helping girls get a secondary education. The UK has helped 11 million children get an education in the last 5 years, training 177,000 teachers, building classrooms and ensuring the poorest girls and boys have school bursaries and textbooks. This work will continue with a commitment to help 11 million girls and boys gain an education by 2020. Picture: David McClenaghan/VSO
Editorial approach
Context before certainty.
Every entry identifies what is known, what is interpretation and where evidence remains incomplete. Complex experiences are not compressed into slogans for easy sharing.
The visual archive is locally preserved and credited. Images support the subject rather than treating people, belief or pain as decoration.
