In Côte d’Ivoire, the government is expanding access to education, especially for girls. Juliana is the first girl in her family to attend school. At age 11, she is in CM2 (fifth grade). Each morning and evening, she walks four kilometers to get to school and return home.
In an opinion piece for The Huffington Post on International Women’s Day, Julia Gillard explains why a better educated girl is less likely to get HIV and more likely to make her own choices about when she marries and how many children she'll have.
Key education and peacebuilding thought leaders, practitioners, and researchers will share and discuss latest evidence from the Learning for Peace program.
