The Peace Corps will train its current and future volunteers as well as thousands of community leaders to become champions of girls’ education and empowerment around the globe, as part of an integrated, global initiative that U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are announcing Tuesday.
Let Girls Learn brings all girls’ empowerment initiatives of the U.S. State Department, U.S. Agency for International Development, Peace Corps and Millennium Challenge Corp. under one umbrella.
“This new effort will build on investments we have made and successes we have achieved in global primary school education, and expand them to help adolescent girls complete their education and pursue their broader aspirations,” said a White House press release.
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