{"id":6256,"date":"2018-10-11T10:39:46","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T07:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fawe.org\/?p=6256"},"modified":"2018-10-11T10:39:46","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T07:39:46","slug":"blog-teaching-african-girls-to-thrive-not-just-survive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fawe.org\/en\/blog-teaching-african-girls-to-thrive-not-just-survive\/","title":{"rendered":"BLOG: Teaching African girls to thrive, not just survive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>October 11 is the International Day of the Girl.<\/p>\n<p>In Africa, girls are too often left behind when it comes to obtaining the skills they need to be able to get good jobs. Two solutions show promise: competency-based curriculum and gender-responsive training.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalpartnership.org\/blog\/teaching-african-girls-thrive-not-just-survive#.W74x9amA8tc.twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read our guest blog post by Martha Muhwezi , the Acting Executive Director, FAWE in celebration of the International Day of the Girl 2018.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 11 is the International Day of the Girl. In Africa, girls are too often left behind when it comes to obtaining the skills they need to be able to get good jobs. Two solutions show promise: competency-based curriculum and gender-responsive training. 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