The Justice and Imperative of Girls’ Secondary School Education – Ann Cotton at IATEFL 2015
Channel: Campaign for Female Education - CAMFED
Date: 06/05/2015

On 13 April 2015, Camfed Founder and President Ann Cotton addressed an international gathering of educators in Manchester, UK, describing the Camfed Model for addressing girls’ educational exclusion, and charting the change in attitudes and perception around the issue internationally over the past 25 years. Camfed’s work has demonstrated that girls' exclusion from education is rooted in family poverty and the enforced decisions as to which child should go to school. She describes how Camfed partners with Ministries of Education and with rural communities in five African countries (Ghana, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe) where family poverty is endemic, creating a coalition for change involving traditional and faith-based leaders, head teachers and teachers, parents and children. This inclusion is a fundamental principle of the Model and one that shows evidence-based results in delivering sustainable systemic change. She describes how the young women graduates of CAMA are now leading the way in ensuring that the next generation of girls goes to school, succeeds, and leads.