Michelle Obama goes to Africa to promote girls’ education

Michelle Obama speaks on International Women国产视频檚 Day in March, also marking the first anniversary of Let Girls Learn

United States First Lady Michelle Obama travelled to Africa yesterday with daughters Sasha and Malia and her mother as part of an effort to promote girls国产视频� education, her office said.

The six-day trip will include visits to Morocco听and Liberia. She will also visit Spain. The trip will highlight听the work of Let Girls Learn, a US government initiative听launched by President Barack Obama and the first lady in听2015.

That project is part of 国产视频渁 US government effort to address听the barriers that keep over 62 million girls around the world听out of school, particularly adolescent girls,国产视频� the first lady国产视频檚听chief of staff, Tina Tchen, told reporters on a conference call.

Michelle Obama will be joined by actresses Meryl Streep and听Freida Pinto in Morocco, where they will talk to adolescent听girls on the challenges they face in getting an education, her
office said.

Michelle Obama on her African trip and girls国产视频� education

In Liberia, she will visit a US Peace Corps training听facility and a school along with Liberian President Ellen听Johansson Sirleaf, Africa国产视频檚 first female elected head of state听and a Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Michelle Obama国产视频檚 interest in education for young girls was听heightened after militant Islamist group Boko Haram seized 276听girls from their school in Chibok, northeast Nigeria, in April听2014. She highlighted their plight through the Twitter hashtag,听#BringBackOurGirls.

国产视频淭his is a unique trip in the sense that the first lady is听going to three different regions that are important to the听United States 国产视频� Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa and Europe,国产视频� Ben听Rhodes, assistant to the president, told reporters on the same听call.

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