Educating girls is an important investment which governments across the world need to prioritize. Research shows us that there are over 53 million girls who are not in school in Africa. Over the last few months, ONE Africa has been mobilizing Africans to add their voices to our campaign to encourage African governments to ensure that these girls who are not in school on the African continent get access to education.
In this blog we share some amazing messages to African governments by different people from eleven African countries which governments should not be ignore:
- “I call upon Ugandan government to invest more in girl child education by providing infrastructure and facilities that foster and promote girl child education. Enact a policy on re-entry for the many child mothers who are left hopeless and continue to languish in poverty” – Nafuna Jackline (Uganda)
- “Being born as a girl is not luck but a blessing to my country and my continent, Africa; a great opportunity to change Africa into a better place. For that to happen I, you, we, the youth of Africa need to be educated, empowered with the capacity to develop Africa into a future economic stable state.” – Fiona Doreen Ashimwe (Rwanda)
- “Women represent over 60% of the population in Africa, they are pillars and the drivers of our economy; and subsequently the development of the entire continent; ensuring that they are educated is a guarantee for prosperity of a continent.” – Ayak Chol Deng Alak (South Sudan)
- “I call for African leaders to see the girls who are not going to school, especially in the rural areas where they don’t even know how to write their own names in their national languages. So I say come invest and let these girls go to school and give them a chance to build a better Africa.” – Tsigereda Getnet (Ethiopia)
- “I am writing to the AU to kindly request you to empower our women and girls by educating them. Education is the key: through education, there will be awareness. Issues like SRHR will be addressed, poverty issues will equally be addressed, early marriages and many other issues related to girls”– Priscilla Moraa Kabinga (Kenya)
- “Educate a man, you educate an individual. But if you educate a woman (girl), you educate a nation.” – Fafali Myonator (Ghana)
- “By not empowering our girls we are fielding half of our team and expecting to win. Let’s field our entire team by empowering our girls through education now!” – Darlington Muyambwa (Zimbabwe)
- “It would be a dream come true to see all girls in Africa have access to education. That is one of the ways Africa will take its place as a world economic leader!” – Anna Ekeledo (Nigeria)
- “African leaders have to invest in the youth as the future of Africa is in their hands. If you refuse to invest in them, you will be playing with the future of a great continent” – Eunice Mustapha (Sierra Leone)
- “Girls play a significant role in the lives of all of us. Being the mothers of tomorrow, the nurturing of the next generation depends on them. One of the best investments we can make for the next generation is to EDUCATE the girls of today” – Fortunatus Ekklesiahs (Tanzania)
- “This is our opportunity to brighten the future of the continent it starts with investing in education. These 51 million girls are the future leaders, farmers, doctors of our Nation. Thus make their dreams come true. This is our chance, make it count” – Vivian Onano (South Africa)
This is just a snippet of some of the important messages people from across the continent have been raising to push for an education reform in Africa.
Read our Index on The Toughest Places For A Girl To Get An Education.
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