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Michelle Obama sings the praises of girls’ education with TV host James Corden

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Michelle Obama appears on Carpool Karaoke with James Corden

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Her eight years in the White House are coming to an end. But Michelle Obama is making sure that she国产视频檚 using her final few months as First Lady of the United States to campaign on a cause close to her heart.

With two daughters, she knows the importance of education for girls 国产视频 especially those in parts of the world where they are disadvantaged and discriminated against.

Obama launched the Let Girls Learn initiative earlier this year and recently went to Africa to promote girls国产视频 education.

But she also got her message across in an unusual way this week 国产视频 by singing in a car being driven around the White House by TV star James Corden.

The British host of the Late Late Show in the US has a feature called Carpool Karaoke, in which he chats to famous people and sings along to music on the radio. Michelle Obama was Corden国产视频檚 guest on July 21.听

After climbing into his car at the White House, she talked about how she joined Snapchat ahead of her trip to Morocco and Liberia with Let Girls Learn听国产视频 so that she could her message across to a younger audience.

In Africa she talked to adolescent girls about their struggle to get into education.

She told Corden about her work to help the 62 million girls globally who aren国产视频檛 getting an education. Obama said: 国产视频淲e国产视频檙e really focusing on trying to get girls around the world educated.

国产视频淪o much could be corrected in the world if girls were educated and had power over their lives.

国产视频淢y message to kids here is don国产视频檛 take your education for granted because there are girls around the world who would die to get the education that we have. They would move mountains to make it happen.国产视频

The pair then launched into a singalong version of This Is For My Girls 国产视频 a song specially written for Let Girls Learn and featuring the voice of Missy Elliott. She suddenly appeared in the back seat to sing along on Carpool Karaoke.

You can watch the full Late Late Show sketch here.

Even before the launch of Let Girls Learn, Obama was a strong advocate for educating all children around the world.

On a trip to China in early 2014, she told high school students: 国产视频淓ducation is an important focus for me.听

The First Lady talks to students in Chengdu Picture: The White House

国产视频淚t国产视频檚 personal, because I wouldn国产视频檛 be where I am today without my parents investing and pushing me to get a good education.国产视频

She said she and President Barack Obama were determined to use their final three years in the White House and beyond to make education a 国产视频渒ey focus of our work国产视频.

The First Lady then became one of many celebrities and high-profile supporters to back the #BringBackOurGirls campaign after the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria in April 2014.

Later that year, she听spoke to world leaders, NGOs and youth activists at a Global Education First Initiative forum titled Quality Education For The World We Want.

The First Lady told the gathering at the United Nations in New York that听attitudes towards girls and women must be changed before the goal of universal schooling can be achieved.

In March 2015, Let Girls Learn was launched as a collaboration between Michelle Obama and the US Peace Corps to expand access to education for adolescent girls around the world.

Starting in 11 countries, the plan was to build on the investments and progress that the America government has made in global primary school education.

She added: 国产视频淭hese girls are our change-makers 国产视频 our future doctors and teachers and entrepreneurs. They国产视频檙e our dreamers and our visionaries who could change the world as we know it.国产视频

Obama then visited Cambodia 国产视频 one of the 11 featured countries 国产视频 and visited a school to see up how community-driven solutions are changing girls国产视频 lives.

Last summer, she visited a school in London and听gave an emotional speech on the importance of education for girls around the world.

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Wtih students from Mulberry School for Girls in London

She said:听国产视频淭here are more than 62 million girls around the world who are not in school国产视频 This isn国产视频檛 just a devastating loss for these girls, it国产视频檚 a devastating loss for all of us for missing out on their promise.国产视频

Michelle Obama国产视频檚 husband has also been getting in on the act. At the African Union in Ethiopia last year, the US President told leaders:听国产视频淚f you want your country to grow and succeed, you have to empower your women.国产视频

He added:听国产视频淲hen girls cannot go to school and grow up not knowing how to read or write that denies the world future women engineers, future women doctors, future women business owners, future women presidents. That sets us all back.国产视频

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