Skip to main content
GOV.UK
Blog DFID bloggers
Organisations:
Department for International Development
DFID bloggers

DRC's youth got talent

Posted by: Cleo Blackman, Programme Manager, DFID DRC, Posted on: 27 November 2014 - Categories: Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Girls & Women
In DRC half the female population aged 15 to 24 are illiterate. Only 10% of girls reach some secondary level of education. Picture: DFID DRC

...youth workshop as the official follow-up to the London Girl Summit. The objective was simple: to get the DRC government to listen to the views of boys and girls on...

Read more of DRC's youth got talent

When we empower girls, everybody benefits

Posted by: Graça Machel, Posted on: 11 October 2012 - Categories: Development Debates, Girls & Women

Girls who are educated, healthy and free can transform their communities and pass on the benefits to their children, and to their children’s children.

Read more of When we empower girls, everybody benefits - 3 comments

Related content and links

Please note: this blog is no longer being updated. Read our final post for how to stay in touch.

On this blog DFID staff share their personal experiences of helping to eliminate extreme poverty across the developing world.

Our Priorities

  • Economic Development
  • Girls & Women
  • Humanitarian

Categories

Archives

Recent Posts

  • Looking for DFID Bloggers? 14 October 2016
  • South Africa and the search for a better life 25 November 2015
  • Entering the final phase of the Civil Society Partnership Review 10 November 2015
  • Putting digital principles into practice in our aid programmes 10 November 2015
  • More coffee, less conflict 9 November 2015

Recent Comments

  • Sam Ursu on Looking for DFID Bloggers?
  • ADAMU SALIFU on It takes a whole village to educate a child
  • James Willsher on Small solar panel, big difference
  • Raja mansoor on Pakistan - a personal perspective
  • Adamu Salifu on Balancing BEAM

Follow us on Social Media

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Google+
  • LinkedIn
  • Flickr
  • Instagram

Useful links

  • All GOV.UK blogs
  • All GOV.UK blog posts
  • GOV.UK
  • All departments
  • Accessibility statement
  • Cookies
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated
© Crown copyright