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What stops a girl from going to school?
What stops a girl from going to school?
Providing girls with a good quality education can help to build self-esteem, to enable girls to become economically productive and independent, to become empowered and take control of their lives. Educating girls helps to break the cycle of poverty and inequality. However, there are many barriers that stop girls from getting an education. Here, we explain six of the biggest barriers to girls’ education in the infographic below.
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