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Thursday 09 February 2012
Gbowee fight for girl's education in Liberia
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Nobel Peace laureate Leymah Gbowee
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By Michel Arseneault

Leymah Gbowee, the Liberian woman who won the Nobel peace prize alongside President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf last year, has launched a foundation aimed at lifting young girls out of social squalor. Gbowee says teenage pregnancy and low literacy are among the main problems facing girls in Liberia. But those challenges are surmountable.
 

tags : Education - Liberia - Nobel - Peace - Women
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