UK PM appoints new special envoy for girls’ education

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday announced the appointment of a new special envoy for girls’ education, underlining that empowering women and girls through education will be the UK’s key focus as part of its G7 presidency this year.

Helen Grant, member of Parliament for Maidstone and the Weald and women’s rights campaigner, will take on the new role to champion the UK’s “global expertise” on education and secure backing for ambitious initiatives to get 40 million more girls in primary and secondary school in developing countries by 2025.

“It is my fervent belief that educating girls is the simplest and most transformative thing we can do to lift communities out of poverty, end the scourge of gender-based violence and build back better from the pandemic. It can change the fortunes of not just individual women and girls, but communities and nations,” said Johnson.

“That’s why I am delighted to appoint Helen Grant as my Special Envoy on Girls’ Education today to drive forward the UK’s vital work in this area,” he said.

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