To bring change, we must must do the following:
Raise awareness: Educate everyone about educational issues affecting girls and women in Africa. Join our “Why Educate Girls” campaign to spread the word!
Celebrate: AERC proudly celebrates the successes and the positive changes educated women are making in Africa today. Send us success stories of educated African women and we’ll feature them on our website.
Learn More About Girls’ Education
Country profile:Kenya
AERC Programs: Promoting Education for All
BBC. (April 10, 2006.) Brown unveils Africa school funds.
Karwitha Mwenda. (2003). A poem celebrating the African Woman. The African Woman: Our Joy, Our Pride
UNESCO (2006). Secondary education in Africa represents a big challenge. Link
UNESCO (2006). Education for All Report Link
United Nations (2005). Millennium Development Goals Link
UNICEF. (2006). School Fees for Africa: Coming to grips with an elusive promise.
UNGEI.(2006).United Nationals Girls’ Education Initiative
UNGEI.(2006). Many countries fail to meet goals for girls’ education
UNGEI.(2006). Kenya’s progress. Regional disparities threaten progress towards education for all
UNESCO. (2006). 2006 EFA Global Monitoring Report – Literacy for Life
World Bank. (2005). Reaching Out to Africa’s Orphans: A framework for public action.
World Bank. (2006). Girls’ education.
World Bank. (2006). Girls education: Designing for success.
East African Standard. (March 8, 2006). Women at the Top 
East African Standard. (March 22, 2006). Finally woman named public university V-C.
Song of African Woman by Okot p’Bitek. Link to or 
