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Jul 13, 20212 min
British Ambassador to Somalia Kate Foster said:
The UK-funded Adolescent Girls Education in Somalia programme has made significant contributions to the lives of tens of thousands of young Somali women. With this new USAID funding, we are expanding our approach to reach even more marginalised households and communities. It will build their resilience by providing young Somali women basic financial, literacy, numeracy and life skills.
USAID Somalia Mission Director Patrick Diskin said:
USAID is very excited to contribute to this successful UK-led initiative in order to provide more young Somali women with a foundational education they lack, yet so rightly deserve. These skills will provide women with increased livelihood and civic opportunities, which are critical for advancing Somalia’s economic and social development.
Access to primary education remains a major challenge in Somalia, particularly for girls. According to the 2020 Somali Health and Demographic Survey, only 27 per cent of primary school‐aged children are receiving primary education, and only 25 per cent of them are girls.
Sixty-five per cent of young women aged 20 to 24 have not attended school at all or have only some primary education, compared to 53 per cent of young men of the same age.
Multiple barriers affect access to education for adolescent girls in Somalia. The combination of the COVID‐19 outbreak and economic conditions has further worsened the exclusion of the most vulnerable adolescent girls and young women from education opportunities.
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