Standing Up For Girls Education

Besides Malala, other activists have lead the way in standing up for girls education. Michelle Bachelet, president of Chile, stood up for girls education too. In her second non-consecutive term, she championed the Fund for Gender Equality. It provides grants to support innovative programs by government agencies and civil society groups to promote equal gender access to quality education.

Another great activist is Julia Gillard, former Prime Minister of Australia and Chair of the Board of the Global Partnership for Education. She is a global advocate on strengthening the right for girls to go to school.v“The education of girls has to be at the center of any nation’s effort to transition from poverty to prosperity.” She says.

Graca Machel

also promotes girls education. She stood up with an organization called the Graca Machel Trust organization. Her goal is to get girls to reach their full potential instead of getting married off early. All teen activists who promote girls education should know with satisfaction that they are stopping the unfair civil rights. “This creates a gender disparity that threatens to undermine stability in future generations and must be addressed by policymakers.” She says.

Those are only three other activists besides Malala. Many other activists stand up for girls education too. Anyone can. These three women are a president with authority over a whole country, and two middle aged women living an average life. Graca Machel and Julia Gillard don’t have as much power as Michelle Bachelet, but they can speak out just as much. Not much was needed for those three. They just acted on what was needed. Just be you and stand up for what’s right.