girls education

Meet Tigist

Girls Education: Tigist’s Story In the Amhara region, more girls than boys enrol in primary school but throughout secondary school more female students drop out and, nationwide, only three in ten university students are female. One problem that holds girls back at school is periods. Girls who are from poor families in particular are unable …

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Helping Families to Keep Girls in School

Girls Education: Business Start-ups for Mothers Ethiopia has made progress towards improving the equality of enrolment rates for boys and girls in schools. Yet, the higher in education you go, the more likely girls are to drop out. 30% fewer girls join higher education than boys Voluntary National Reviews on SDGs of Ethiopia, 2017 One …

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