One of the big issues that we’re engaging more and more with at ActionAid Australia is Education. I hate quoting numbers all the time as I think it can sometimes dehumanise a problem that impacts on people and their families. However sometimes these numbers are so horrific they have to be put out there to give us an understanding of how widespread a crisis is.
Some 77 million children are denied an education today. Although active campaigning from organisations such as ActionAid has helped drop this number from 100 million in 2000, it is still an unacceptably high figure. This is even worse for girls – as more girls than boys don’t attend school.
