SAFE SCHOOLS: Every girl’s right

 

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Amnesty International Publications, 2008

Education is key to women around the world responding to and creating their own opportunities. It is crucial to breaking cycles of poverty, violence and disease, but 60 years after human rights were enshrined in the Universal Declaration, a new Amnesty report shows that girls across the world face a range of barriers to their human right to education.