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MICHELLE OBAMA PUSHES FOR GIRLS' EDUCATION IN LIBERIA





 U.S. first lady Michelle Obama visited a leadership camp for girls Monday in
Liberia, part of an effort to promote girls' education in Africa. Obama met with
young women in Kakata at a project sponsored by the Peace Corps, after receiving
a red-carpet welcome in Liberia's capital that included traditional dancers.
Early in the day, she met with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the
first elected woman head of state in Africa. read more is traveling with her
daughters ? Malia, 18, who graduated from high school this year, and Sasha, 15 ?
as well as the girls' grandmother, Marian Robinson. Their six-day trip includes
stops in Morocco and Spain, and will highlight Let Girls Learn, among Michelle
Obama's core initiatives. This program addresses obstacles ? such as for example
forced marriage, poverty and violence ? that keep a lot more than 62 million
girls globally out of school. Actress Meryl Streep is scheduled to join Obama
and her party Tuesday and Wednesday in Morocco for a conversation on helping
girls head to school. About 85 percent of the North African country's girls are
enrolled in primary school, but only 14 percent attend high school. The ultimate
destination abroad is Spain, a longtime U.S. ally that, the White House noted,
has dealt with significant economic challenges in recent years. At the three
countries, Michelle Obama has the capacity to speak not only to government
[officials], but to talk with people and to explain that ? a key part of our
leadership is what we can do to lift up the lives of teenagers, particularly
girls, said White House deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes. Related
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