Educating girls key to open up opportunities

Much more needs to be done to help developing countries build education systems that will give girls the chance to realise their potential, writes Julia Gillard

COMPLETING primary school in Niger was never a certainty for Aishetu Mahmoudu Hama, given all the obstacles that stood in her way.

“It was hard to study,” she recalls. “We sat on the ground — sometimes on a mat, sometimes just in the dirt.”