Her Future: Removing Barriers to Education for Girls

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Her Future: Starts Now

Through the Her Future campaign, WUSC is contributing to girls’ empowerment to pursue educational pathways in crisis-affected areas. Canadians and people living in Canada can take small, everyday actions to have a tangible impact on the lives of girls in fragile, conflict and crisis situations globally.

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By raising awareness of the challenges girls in crisis situations face in accessing education through volunteering, donating, and supporting the Her Future campaign, you will be helping to increase literacy rates, improve health outcomes, and empower girls to be agents of change in their lives. Get involved and help remove barriers to accessing education for girls so that they can achieve their goals.

Get involved and help remove barriers to accessing education for girls so that they can achieve their goals

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Two times less likely

Did you know that girls in crisis situations are two times less likely to access secondary education than their male peers?

16,593 girls

WUSC has directly supported 16,593 girls in crisis situations by removing barriers to education.

15,900 girls

Last year, thanks to our program, 15,900 girls received education support

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Amelie Fabian

Amelie Fabian is a candidate in the Dual Masters’ degree in Public Policy and Global Affairs at SciencesPo Paris and the University of Toronto.

Ella Ininahazwe

Ella Ininahazwe is a Healthcare Management graduate and works as a Refugee College Guidance Counselor in Rwanda with Kepler - an organization that provides students in East Africa with access to higher education.

Foni Joyce Vuni

“My dream has been to improve the identity, image and reputation of refugees, to become a role model to young ladies and to be an advocate for other forcibly displaced children and youth who don’t have a platform to have their voices heard.” - Foni Joyce Vuni, community worker, youth activist, and Refugee Education Council member.