Getting girls into school
The potential benefits of educating girls are enormous. Educated women and their children are likely to be healthier, and their earnings tend to increase, meaning they can afford to send their daughters, as well as sons, to school. In Liberia, Oxfam is training women to help girls take advantage of free schooling.
Photos: Aubrey Wade
You can help
Women like Korpo are making a big difference in their local communities. But for girls' educational prospects to improve on a national and global scale, we need governments to act too. That's where you come in.
