{"id":20832,"date":"2022-06-26T14:42:49","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T14:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/first-lady-roots-for-investment-in-the-girl-child-across-the-commonwealth"},"modified":"2022-06-26T15:00:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T15:00:05","slug":"first-lady-roots-for-investment-in-the-girl-child-across-the-commonwealth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/economy\/first-lady-roots-for-investment-in-the-girl-child-across-the-commonwealth","title":{"rendered":"First Lady roots for investment in the girl child across the Commonwealth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Every girl whose access to education is compromised by systemic forces is failed by her society and the world, the First Lady Jeannette Kagame has said.<\/p>\n

She was addressing fellow First Ladies and wives of other dignitaries from Commonwealth countries, on Saturday, June 25 at the Kigali Cultural and Exhibition Village, during an event organized to showcase the benefits of investing in women so they can achieve economic independence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are brilliant, educated girls across the Commonwealth. Their successes and contributions to society are a testament to the benefits of female education, not just for one gender, but for the entire society,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She briefly told them about Rwanda\u2019s efforts to empower women, in the aftermath of the Genocide against the Tutsi which was characterized by issues of women\u2019s health that spilt into challenges regarding girls\u2019 education, and worsened by women\u2019s economic subjugation.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe idea that a sole solution needed to cater to all these problems, in order to truly resolve any one of them, was intimidating. If all these issues were interwoven beyond our influence, a real way forward in girls\u2019 education needed to be supported by similar policies of empowerment, capacity building, skills training and other service provision; a solution was needed in all branches of the lifecycle,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She explained that this \u201clife cycle approach,\u201d from early childhood transitioning to adolescenthood towards a strong, informed and responsible adulthood, became the foundation of the girl’s education.<\/p>\n

Taking them through some of the work that her organisation \u2013 Imbuto Foundation – is doing towards girls\u2019 education, she noted that she bears a personal attachment to the cause.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe worked with a resolute, daring, and highly self-accountable Ministry of Education that helped us to design programmes, ranging from the Edified Generation to the Best Performing Girls Scholarships.<\/p>\n

Along our journey, countless fantastic partners have supported us. Since then, our Early Childhood Development programmes have also enabled Imbuto Foundation, to cater to the education of young girls at their most lively and magical learning stage: the stage of early education. The progress has been wonderful, and truly gratifying, to witness,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n

She urged her counterparts that if they want to improve girls\u2019 access to education around the world, their leadership choices must be a testament to the e vi goals.<\/p>\n

Here, she pointed out the need to elect leaders that defend the vision where girls and boys are equally able to access the classroom and equally empowered and equipped, to thrive in it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must agree that as a developmental issue, investment in girls\u2019 education, is an investment in Commonwealth countries\u2019 economies and progress,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDeveloping nations are set to gain two dollars and eighty cents, for every dollar that they invest in girl\u2019s education! Programmes that balance out inequities, in access to education, can and must, be created in the empowering spaces, where sustainable development by 2030, for Commonwealth nations, is a key priority,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

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