Over 1,600
secondary school girls from Serengeti and Bunda districts in Mara Region recently
convened at Singita Grumeti Fund to discuss challenges hindering girls’
access to education .
Women
from a myriad of professions came together to impart knowledge on reproductive
health, menstrual hygiene, the importance of solidarity among girls, how to
succeed in education and career development.
All in
hopes that these girls will come out of these sessions, empowered and
determined to succeed in life.
Frida
Mollel, Head of COP at Grumeti Fund, said " Girls have to know the
circumstances hindering their success in order to tackle them. Compared to
their male counterparts, many challenges stand between them and education;
early marriages, teenage pregnancies, FGM. But we want them to know that being
a girl is not bad luck but a blessing. You can be a girl and do great things in
this world."
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