Both individuals and countries benefit from girls’ education. Better educated women tend to be more informed about nutrition and healthcare, have fewer children, marry at a later age, and their ...

The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has advocated for more education for the girl child, saying the more the girl-child is educated, the more the cycle of poverty is broken in Nigeria.

Ensuring access to education for all children, especially girls, should be a central part of all countries’ response to HIV/AIDS. However, access to education is not enough. Children who attend ...

Minister of Women Affairs, Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has emphasized the need to use education as a tool to reduce poverty and empower the girl child in Nigeria. The Minister stated this ...

The devastation of child marriage effectively ends a girl’s childhood. How? Forced marriage robs a girl of her education and more, replacing lessons learned in the classroom with adult ...