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Global Push for Education is Needed to Get All Children in School
60milliongirls Jun, 25, 2014The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) is meeting in Brussels this week to make a push for funding the education of all of the world’s…
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Sex and Rural Uganda
60milliongirls Jun, 17, 2014This week, I am re-posting a blog from one of our volunteers, Nathalie Karneef, who is currently working in Uganda at the Nyaka Aids Orphans…
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Education Gives Girls a Voice
60milliongirls Jun, 03, 2014The World Bank has released a report detailing the importance of empowering women and girls and giving them the tools to become equal members of…
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Education is Important Step to Better Health
60milliongirls May, 29, 2014The conference ‘Saving Every Woman, Every Child’ is taking place in Toronto this week, gathering together world leaders and non-governmental players to discuss global maternal…
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For the Biggest Bang in Foreign Aid, Small and Targeted is the Best Strategy
60milliongirls May, 07, 2014In a Globe and Mail article yesterday, McGill’s Professor Chris Ragan highlights the value of giving money in a focused way to development projects. He…
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Nigerian Abductions Put Spotlight on Obstacles to Girls’ Schooling
60milliongirlsThe kidnapping of more than 200 teenage girls in northern Nigeria has brought the world’s attention to some of the difficulties girls can face in…
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Wanda Highlights Successes
60milliongirlsAt a cocktail last week, supporters of the 60 million girls Foundation gathered at the Forest and Stream Club in Dorval to mingle and learn more…
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Democratization of Learning
60milliongirls Apr, 22, 2014Technology is causing a paradigm shift in education and learning around the world, bringing students closer together and allowing for the dissemination of knowledge on…
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Focus on Gender Equality Key to Girls’ Success
60milliongirls Apr, 10, 2014UN member states are currently working toward a new development agenda to replace the Millennium Development Goals in the post -2015 period. The new framework,…
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Financing the Post-2015 Development Framework
60milliongirls Apr, 02, 2014The UN member states established the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2000 with the objective of achieving fundamental improvement in eight target areas over 15…