September 11, 2016

Michelle Obama asked girls to build solutions to improve access education

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, March 8 at Union Market in N.E. DC, First Lady Michelle Obama speaks at an event with young women, students, and stakeholder hosted by the U.S. Department of State's Office of Global Women's Issues. This is the one year anniversary of Let Girls Learn and celebrates International Women's Day. (Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Worldwide, there are 62 million girls without access to traditional education due to a lack of resources, safety and general attitudes about girls and women. In order to address this issue, First Lady Michelle Obama teamed up with AOL (TechCrunch's owner) to launch the Let Girls Build track as part of the Built By Girls challenge, which recently culminated with a pitch day at… Read More

Source: TechCrunch