Progress Needed in Global Women's Education

In the Global section of the Nov. 2, 2015 issue of The Atlantic, US First Lady Michelle Obama says,

Right now, 62 million girls worldwide are not in school. They’re receiving no formal education at all – no reading, no writing, no math – none of the basic skills they need to provide for themselves and their families, and contribute fully to their countries.

Women’s Rights Timeline

For today’s post I’m sharing the International Women’s Rights Timeline from Womankind.org, which is an organization dedicated to furthering women’s rights globally since March 8, 1989. Their focus is twofold:

• Supporting women’s rights organizations in the belief that, just as a group of women has greater strength than one woman alone, women can best bring about significant change by getting together.
• Development rather than welfare, with an emphasis on funding projects that enable women to become aware of and use their human rights.