{"id":10084,"date":"2015-10-02T00:07:16","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T00:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=10084"},"modified":"2015-10-02T05:37:35","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T05:37:35","slug":"beyonce-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/beyonce-obama","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Obama Teams Up With Beyonc\u00e9 To Promote Gender Equality In Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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Mrs. Obama used the moment to highlight a sad reality in our world &#8211; there are 62 million girls who are not in school. The speech sparked a hashtag campaign on Twitter and has quickly gone viral.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>She delivered a message to the festival and the world<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before the First Lady appeared on stage, they played a videotaped message that she had prepared for the event. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I see myself in these girls. I see my daughters in these girls. These girls are our girls, and I simply can&#8217;t walk away from them. So for me, this is truly a moral issue,&#8221; she says in the video.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10086\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10086\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10086\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/117912-michelle-obama-in-africa-6-of-9.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/117912-michelle-obama-in-africa-6-of-9.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/117912-michelle-obama-in-africa-6-of-9-600x403.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/117912-michelle-obama-in-africa-6-of-9-85x57.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10086\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gdb.voanews.com\/DF726D11-EB6E-447E-BDC7-BCA473F71B6B_mwdynamic_mhdynamic_s.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{adinserter CNP5}<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>A social campaign started<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She then asked supporters to post photos of themselves on Twitter and Instagram with a message about what they learned in school and to use the hashtag #62milliongirls. The first lady posted an example on her <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FLOTUS\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0account<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, captioning a selfie with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIn school, I learned how to speak up for myself.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/62MillionGirls?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> #62MillionGirls<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> don&#8217;t have that chance.\u201d<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other celebrities quickly joined in on the movement. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These photos will be posted on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.62milliongirls.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">62milliongirls.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in order to bring attention to the number of girls who are not able to attend school. This social media campaign was created by Girl Rising and the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/letgirlslearn\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Let Girls Learn<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> initiatives that the first lady and the President announced in March.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10087\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10087\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10087\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/michelle-obama-1024.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/michelle-obama-1024.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/michelle-obama-1024-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/michelle-obama-1024-85x64.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10087\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.lilu.md\/2015\/09\/michelle-obama-1024-1024x768.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>When girls are not educated, the entire world is affected<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The mission statement of the campaign is &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When girls aren\u2019t given the chance to realize their potential, the whole world loses out.&#8221;<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0The 62 million statistic comes from the United States Agency for International Development. The agency stated that without an education, &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">these girls have diminished economic opportunities and are more vulnerable to HIV\/AIDS, early and forced marriage, and other forms of violence.&#8221;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10088\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10088\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10088\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/03098541ff495bed8246368615560592.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/03098541ff495bed8246368615560592.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/03098541ff495bed8246368615560592-600x328.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/03098541ff495bed8246368615560592-85x47.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10088\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/736x\/03\/09\/85\/03098541ff495bed8246368615560592.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>The campaign goes beyond the hashtag<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While the hashtag spreads awareness about the initiative, organizations are working to fund girls\u2019 education in countries like the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Liberia. The project in the DRC is called The Empowering Adolescent Girls to Lead through Education, or EAGLE for short. It is a five-year and $15.9 million initiative that aims to give adolescent girls in the nation educational, life, and leadership skills. There will be sessions on health, HIV\/AIDS awareness, and self-esteem. In addition, there will be teacher training and programs to reduce school-related gender-based violence; and EAGLE will provide scholarships for 3,000 primary school students. \u00a0In Liberia, the project Girls Opportunities to Access Learning (GOAL) is working to support 7,000 girls with scholarship packages that include uniforms, supplies, backpacks and hygiene kits.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10089\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10089\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10089\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/LGL_Branded_LowRes_4.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/LGL_Branded_LowRes_4.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/LGL_Branded_LowRes_4-600x400.jpg 600w, 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