Author: Erna Solberg, Graça Machel and Kpakpando Akaeze
As the 59th Commission on the Status of Women meets at the United Nations in New York, there are many reasons to be hopeful about the future of the world. Better and more education, in combination with increased access to information technology, enables youth to demand more from their governments, as well as achieving more through their own talents.
In a meeting in Davos last January on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), young changemakers and global leaders discussed the power of education and the possibilities it creates. Just months after schoolgirls had been brutally abducted by the extremist group Boko Haram in Nigeria, it is more important than ever to push for gender equality.
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