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Rwanda’s Speaker on Girls’ Ed, Oprah in South Africa, and More

Keeping Girls in Northern Uganda in School
Only 38 percent of the Gulu population of girls is enrolled in school, but a unique project in Northern Uganda is working to change that stat. The Gulu and Amuru Districts are keeping girls in school with the production of their own sanitary pads. Menstruation is a major reason girls drop out of school at a young age. The UN reported that the girls are now staying after school to make their own sanitary pads from cheap, locally-procured materials. Read more here.

Rwanda’s Speaker of Parliament Talks Girls’ Ed
Rwanda’s Speaker of Parliament, Rose Mukantabana, held talks with a delegation of members from the European Union Parliament on girls education and gender-based violence over the weekend. Read more here.

Girls Gain a Global Voice
Tabby Biddle of the Huffington Post recently wrote an article on her participation with the second annual Global Girl Media Training Academy. Last summer the pilot project called KICK IT UP! trained 30 high-school age girls in Soweto, South Africa and East Los Angeles during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. This year, Global Girl Media provided training to eight teenage girls from underserved communities in Los Angeles and 10 HIV-positive girls from Soweto, South Africa. Be sure to check out the article for some inspiring quotes and messages from some of the girls. Read more here.

Oprah Steps to the Front of the Class
We’ve seen her in just about every arena and she’s been known for her philanthropic efforts in school-building, but this fall Oprah will step to the front of the class in South Africa not as a guest speaker, but as a teacher. Oprah will teach a class at the all-girls school she opened in South Africa four years ago.  The class will be called “It’s Life 101.” I want to know: Are there any open slots, Oprah?! Read more here.

Three Months Later — Learnings from the Greg Mortensen Controversy
Adam Braun gives his take on the Mortensen controversy in a recent Huffington Post article: What have we learned from CAI’s mistakes? See what he thinks here.