Learn more about empowering girls through education; education as a way to break cycles of poverty; and the importance of educational equality for nation-building and economic development.
The event includes:
– a screening of Girl Rising, a documentary that uses storytelling to inspire action and get girls into classrooms worldwide, a panel discussion with Sandra Turner, Ph.D., associate professor and director of the Institute for Women and Girls, and Abigail Harris, Ph.D, associate professor of School Psychology at GSE
– a screening of Every Girl Is Important, a project from Diane Rodriguez, Ph.D., about building a boarding high school for girls in Western Kenya