LLB, University of Nairobi Diploma in Legal Studies, Kenya School of Law Higher School Certificate obtained from Limuru Girls' School Ordinary Level School Certificate from Butere Girls' School.

In countries where girls don't go to school and you offer a meal to girls in school, we see enrollment rates about 50 percent girls and boys.

Secondary school St. Catharine's Girls' Secondary School, Nkwerre Imo State 1971 1975

That is a school for little girls.

In 1956, the Omdurman Secondary School for Girls, with about 265 students, was the only girls' secondary school operated by the government.

Girls outperform boys now at every level, from elementary school to graduate school.

In Australia, Watts attended Mosman High School and North Sydney Girls High School.

More and more girls are completing primary school.

In Nigeria alone, six million girls do not attend school around the world, ten million girls each year become child brides, and seven million school age girls are full time workers.

However, school enrolment among Afghan girls remains among the lowest in the world, with less than 10 percent of girls enrolled in secondary school.

A survey conducted among primary school girls indicated that they wanted to attend secondary school.

Boys and girls had equal access to school but unfortunately many girls eventually dropped out of school a plan of action had therefore been developed to implement measures aimed at increasing the number of girls who attended and stayed in school and encouraging girls to study subjects such as the sciences.

About 115 million primary school age children are not attending school, and girls are disproportionately excluded.

In several African countries, girls' education clubs help to enrol out of school girls and encourage completion.

The Government should increase efforts to ensure that children, particularly girls, are able to attend school and that the percentage of girls attending secondary school is increased.

Primary school fees and uniforms had been abolished and school books were supplied free, generating an increase in girls' school attendance.

43 of school effectives in EP1 and EP2 are girls

Programmes for Girls and Women who have left School Prematurely

A higher percentage of boys than of girls attend school.

At the high school level the percentage increase for boys' school was 4.4 compared to 4.1 for girls.

Increasing primary school completion and secondary school access for girls and ensuring secure tenure of property to women

Liberia established a girls education newsletter, written and edited by girls, to support and disseminate information encouraging all girls to attend and stay in school.

While a significant campaign to increase primary school enrolment has raised the enrolment of girls to almost 40 per cent, compared to 67 per cent for boys, overall school enrolment among girls remains among the lowest in the world, with less than 10 per cent of girls enrolled in secondary school.

28 of the school registrations at the pre university level were girls

In spite of this, more than 30,000 boys and girls of primary school age are not currently enrolled in school.

Worldwide, 121 million primary school age children were not enrolled in school 65 million were girls and 56 million boys.

In the school year 1998 1999, out of the total number of secondary school graduates in gymnasiums and art schools, 65 of them are girls, and in secondary teachers' schools 83 are girls.

Boys are 30 percent more likely than girls to drop out of school.

In rural Pakistan, remittances are associated with higher school enrollment, especially for girls.

Young Afghan girls reading a school book in front of a closed shop.

Comparative data show that indigenous girls attend school less often than boys do.

Assessing sexist stereotypes in school books and protecting girls at risk of abuse

Girls receive an additional take home ration of vegetable oil as an incentive for families to continue to send girls to school.

It recommends that the State party take steps to ensure equal access of girls and young women to all levels of education, to retain girls in school and to strengthen the implementation of re entry policies providing for girls to return to school after pregnancy.

8. Increasing and improving girls education by paying mothers to send them to school

But many more girls are attending and completing school now than a decade ago.

This requires sensitive debate, thoughtful leadership, and financial assistance to keep girls in school.

Target 1 Policies and practices to reduce the number of out of school girls

In 2002, the number of mountainous girls going to school was only 10 15 .

There is also a hesitation in some rural areas to sending girls to school.

13.2 The revision of school textbooks to eliminate stereotyped images of women and girls.

In countries where the family s cost of schooling girls is lowered either by a no fee policy or by a stipend for girls who enroll in school, girls enrollment rate increases.

UNICEF assisted early learning programmes in some 53 countries specifically supported girls' preparation for school.

Families are reluctant for safety and cultural reasons to allow girls to go to school.

(a) Poor, out of school girls and women were trained and supported in finding employment.