Published On: December 24th, 2015|

Brookings – Rebecca Winthrop, Fred Dews & Bill Finan

“In this podcast, Rebecca Winthrop, senior fellow and director of the Center for Universal Education at Brookings, walks us through the evolution of girls’ education and how “Twenty-five years ago, girls’ education was an issue in every single country in the world.” She reminds us that there’s a reason to be optimistic: “There are a lot of huge gains in girls’ education. There is a lot to celebrate. Over the last twenty years, the number of girls who have been out of school have been cut in half.””(more)