Around the world girls are faced with far greater social, health and economic risks than boys - we have to correct that imbalance, argues activist Chernor Bah (Photo: Tugela Ridley/EPA)
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One in three girls aged 15 to 19 in Sierra Leone has been pregnant or had a child at least once.
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Arriving at Port Loko, one of the largest towns in the north of Sierra Leone, is like reaching a country under siege. In the face of Ebola, the 500,000 inhabitants of this district have been sealed off from the world, stigmatized like a cellblock of criminals, and left largely to fend for themselves.
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Chernor Bah, a global youth advocate and education activist from Sierra Leone, recently returned from a visit to his home country. He discussed his findings with Judith Bruce.
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As in most emergencies, girls in Sierra Leone serve as primary care givers and providers in their families. They are at the frontline of the fight against the deadly Ebola outbreak but invisible in the national response — receiving little or no protection, recognition or support. Youth programs, government policy and interventions — under normal circumstances — typically bury or exclude girls. (Photo: Frances M. Ginter/Getty)
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Young people around the world are responding in a defiant manner: mobilizing for education in a way that has never before been seen and calling for world leaders to respond urgently to the global education crisis. (Photo: Michael Fleshman/Flickr)
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Excited and curious, we drove closer to the mountainous ranges of the landscape, not knowing quite what to expect. We were on our way to a school visit in Bogotá, to see first hand how the city has integrated citizenship into its education curriculum.
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I grew up in a war that made me a refugee from my home in Sierra Leone, and left so many of my friends and loved ones without education — and with it, little hope that they can contribute meaningfully to their societies. (Photo: DFID/Flickr)
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Thirteen years after world leaders committed to providing access to education to all primary-school-aged children by 2015, there are more than 57 million boys and girls out of school. Immediate action is needed, or there could be irreparable consequences. (Photo: United Nations Photo/Flickr)
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Today’s youth are more connected, more aware and more engaged than we probably ever have been. And on the one issue that is the most important for our future — and the present — the issue of education, we are now taking over! (Photo: The UN Secretary-General’s Global Education First Initiative/Flickr)
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Malala Yousafazai is just one of millions of girls who have been denied their right to education. Girls are more vulnerable in conflict-affected states and must be provided with education so they can survive during emergency and conflict scenarios.
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