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Go to School, Back to School, Stay in School
Part 4: This series covers Arts and Sports as learning strategies and important
components of child friendly school.
Go to school: Suku's story
July 2007: One year after the Government of Southern Sudan launched its 'Go to
School' initiative, enrolment has increased to over 850,000 and more than one-third
of all students are girls.
Uganda: Go to School, Back to School, Stay in School
Part 3: This series covers launches in Soroti, Amuru, Gulu and Kitgum
districts. All images by members of the Girls Education Movement.
Uganda: Go to School, Back to School, Stay in School
Part 2: UNICEF kicks off the “Go to School, Back to School, Stay in School”
Campaign in
Uganda: Go to School, Back to School, Stay in School
Part 1: The “Go to School, Back to School, Stay in School” Campaign teams up
with the Girls’ Education Movement in
The life cycle of girls: Womanhood
9 March 2007: Part IV of IV: Despite advances, gender violence and discrimination
is still on the rise.
The life cycle of girls: Adolescence
9 March 2007: Part III of IV: Adolescence, the passage between childhood and
womanhood, is a time of particular vulnerability to exploitation.
The life cycle of girls: Primary school years
6 March 2007: Part II of IV: Education is essential for the elimination of
discrimination and violence against girls and women.
The life cycle of girls: Early childhood
6 March 2007: Part I of IV: Despite significant gains, girls and women continue
to face unique challenges and threats throughout their life cycle.
A day in the life of an Angolan school girl
Rosalia Zita’s life so far is typical for many 13-year-old Angolans. Her family
was displaced during the war and she lost her father to malaria. She missed
years of schooling due to destroyed infrastructures. But the recent renovation
of her school building in São João, Huambo, brings hope for more stability and
a better future.
A day in the life of a girl in
Papua New Guinea
Emily Olto’s family is too poor to pay school fees and, like many girls in the
area, Emily almost had to drop out. Thanks to a government scholarship, she can
stay in school.
I Have a Story to Tell
A selection of images from Mark Read's work for CAMFED. Limited-edition, signed
prints are available for purchase.
Girls' education in rural Kenya
Regional disparities threaten to undermine progress towards education for all
in
Southern Sudan: Changing the Odds for Girls
Only one per cent of girls complete primary school in southern
A day in the life of a Senegalese schoolgirl
Aminata Kâ, 14, pictured here with her mother, lives outside
Community funds girls' education
In Papua New Guinea's isolated highlands, where Tine Samson, 16, lives, many
people survive as subsistence farmers and lack the cash for their children’s
school fees
A day in the life of a determined schoolgirl
Fifteen-year-old Haitza Ortiz lives with her mother and younger sister in a
poor suburb of
A day in the life of a schoolgirl in the Central African
Republic
In the