UK Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Girls’ Education visits Uganda
The Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Girls’ Education, Helen Grant MP, visited Uganda to see the work the UK is doing to help girls access quality education.
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26 April 2021
Helen Grant MP, visited Uganda from 24 to 26 March to see first-hand the work the UK is doing to help girls access and benefit from quality education in Uganda to build back better together from coronavirus. Her visit included a meeting with the First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, the Honourable Janet Museveni.
Uganda was the Special Envoy’s first overseas visit since her appointment, highlighting the importance the UK places on girls’ education in Uganda and beyond.
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday announced the appointment of a new special envoy for girls education, underlining that empowering women and girls through education will be the UK s key focus as part of its G7 presidency this year.
Helen Grant, member of Parliament for Maidstone and the Weald and women s rights campaigner, will take on the new role to champion the UK s global expertise on education and secure backing for ambitious initiatives to get 40 million more girls in primary and secondary school in developing countries by 2025.