Famous Faces help launch the Girls Stand #UpForSchool campaign by sharing their school pictures online

Sarah Brown tweeted her school picture to mark International Women国产视频檚 Day

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To mark International Women国产视频檚 Day 2015, 国产视频 President Sarah Brown听and many others have听posted their school pictures to help launch the Girls Stand #UpForSchool petition and show their support for the millions of girls currently starved of a chance to go to school and learn.

There are approximately 31 million girls denied their right to education.听听 At least two-thirds of these girls are never expected to enroll in school and over 500 million girls will drop out before completing their basic education.听 The odds are even worse for girls living in areas affected by conflict and emergencies.

Sarah Brown said: 国产视频淓ducation is pivotal in changing, and often saving, the lives of hundreds of thousands of girls and women each year. We need to make sure it can change the lives of the 31 million girls who still do not receive a single day at school.

国产视频淭his International Women国产视频檚 Day we can all stand #UpForSchool for the next generation and ensure that they have the opportunity to grow, learn at school and lead.国产视频�

In 2000 world leaders made a promise, enshrined in the Millennium Development Goals, of universal primary education in 2015. The Girls Stand #UpForSchool is part of a wider campaign using this unique window of opportunity to build the biggest petition in history to be delivered to world leaders in September 2015 to demand this promise of universal education is met.

Join the petition at听www.upforschool.org.听If you would like to share your own school picture, click here.