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ABOUT THIS PROJECTLet Girls Learn is a multi-media reporting project from the Evening Standard. Over the next year we will shine a light on innovations and solutions that are helping girls to fulfil their right to education and healthy, productive futures. In a series of 12 visually powerful stories from around the world, we’ll spotlight the work of global change-makers and local heroes striving to ensure that every girl can learn and flourish. The series is part of the European Journalism Centre’s Solutions Journalism Accelerator, in partnership with the Solutions Journalism Network, with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Schoolgirls Doreen, Shelly and Natasha practise outside Project Elimu dance school in Kibera, a sprawling informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya
Let Girls Learn

The ballet school giving girls hope in a tough Nairobi neighbourhood

Project Elimu in Kenya is a dance school like no other - giving young women a sanctuary from the dangers of the streets and the chance to transform their futures

By Robbie GriffithsFlavian Mbusi
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India’s night schools give women a second chance at education

By Mridula ChariRadhika Aligh
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‘School in a box’ helps children back to class in war-ravaged Ukraine

By Kate Rice
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Sierra Leone’s pregnant teens matched with mentors to save their lives

By Ros RussellRadhika Aligh
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In El Salvador, girls find power in talking about their periods

By Julia GavarreteVictor Peña
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The Yazidi girls boxing their way to a new future after ISIS

By Emma LoffhagenCharline Bou Mansour
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In Morocco’s Atlas mountains, education opens new horizons for girls

By Alex GoldsmithRos Russell
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Zimbabwe’s girl footballers kick back against teen pregnancy

By Farai Shawn MatiasheTafadzwa Ufumeli
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With millions of girls out of school, how can we Let Girls Learn?

Our new global reporting project will search for the answers

By Ros Russell