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And encourages girls to aim high
Challenges harmful gender norms
Sport unifies in crisis
Girls are more likely to progress beyond primary education when they are empowered
Image Credit: UNICEF
Only 56 percent of Sierra Leonean girls aged 15 to 24 are literate
Compared to 73% of boys
Many girls will not complete primary education
because of gender inequalities
worsened by poverty
exposure to harms
and social instability
This is enshrined in international law
Every girl and boy have
an equal right to education
And the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
Beyond Inequality
Beyond Inequality
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