""These groups are changing the way girls see themselves in their own communities and in our world, helping create the leaders we need for the brighter future we all deserve,""
""Because when our girls succeed, we all do.""
""The need right now, I think more than ever, is crucial,""
""We were just in Mauritius and we heard it time and time again that organizations need funding. They need support.""
Michelle Obama is intensifying efforts to help adolescent girls overcome educational barriers in economically disadvantaged areas. The Obama Foundation's Girls Opportunity Alliance pledged $2.5 million to support dozens of grassroots groups covering school-related costs, challenging patriarchal practices such as child marriage, counseling survivors of sexual abuse and providing other forms of support. The alliance grew from a White House initiative that invested $1 billion in U.S. government programs promoting adolescent girls' education abroad and launched in 2018 to help girls aged 10-19 graduate. UNICEF reports 119 million girls are out of school, nearly three-quarters of them of secondary age, and warns that a 24% drop in wealthy countries' education funding could push six million girls out of school by the end of next year. The alliance convened Asian and African network members in Mauritius, where local leaders emphasized urgent funding needs.
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