School is just the start. Here's how to help girls succeed for life | Angeline Murimirwa

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🗓️ 7 July 2023

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Education activist and 2023 Audacious Project grantee Angeline Murimirwa knows the power of educating girls, especially in places where they may not have easy access to schooling. But she says that's not enough. In an inspiring talk, she clarifies why a support network around girls -- from the moment they enter the classroom to years after they graduate -- makes a radical difference for their lives in school and beyond. Learn how how her nonprofit CAMFED is building a sisterhood to do just that. (This ambitious idea is a part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:10.8	I'm Elise Hugh, you're listening to Ted Talks daily.
0:14.3	Education activist Angeline Murray-Murwa knows the power of educating girls in places where
0:19.6	they might not have previously had access to schooling.
0:23.1	But she says that's not enough.
0:25.0	In her talk from Ted 2023, she makes a case for why context and a support network around
0:30.5	girls makes a huge difference for their futures.
0:34.0	And how her audacious project Grantee Cam Fed is doing the work to help them succeed
0:39.4	after the break.
0:42.9	You've all had the story about girls' education.
0:46.6	It goes like this.
0:48.4	To end poverty, educate at girls.
0:51.8	To tackle climate change, educate a girl.
0:55.5	To solve the health crisis, educate a girl.
1:01.1	It seems like girls' education is the closest thing we have to an actual silver bullet.
1:07.6	There's just one problem.
1:09.8	When it's not a girl to school, without radically reshaping the support structures around her,
1:15.8	you're just putting a diploma in her hand.
1:18.6	Because she gets that far.
1:21.2	It's notting a right back into a world of poverty and inequality.
1:26.8	What's more, as one of the few survivors of his system, Stegdagannister, she feels isolated
1:34.1	and overwhelmed by all of the expectations of how her education will somehow change
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