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Kakenya Ntaiya and Razia Jan

16/01/2017 GMT

Schools for Girls

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Two women overcome hurdles to give girls an education

Having fought for her own education, Kakenya Ntaiya set up a girls' school in her village in Kenya; and Razia Jan faced her critics when she began to educate girls in Afghanistan

Two women fighting to educate girls in Afghanistan and Kenya talk to Emily Webb about the ingenious ideas they've come up with to deal with opposition from men in the community.

Imagine searching classrooms for bombs before the start of every school day: that's the reality for Razia Jan who decided to open a school for girls in a village in rural Afghanistan. Razia had lived a comfortable life in the US for over 30 years, but after the fall of the Taliban, she decided to return to her home country, and was shocked by what she saw. Despite strong local opposition, she is now educating hundreds of girls who were previously denied any schooling.

Kakenya Ntaiya dreamt of becoming a teacher, but she had to make an unimaginable deal with her father to stay in education. She went onto gain a PhD in education, and having graduated, she returned to her own Maasai village in Kenya to set up a primary boarding school for girls. She hopes that her students will be the leaders and decision-makers of the future.

(L) Image: Kakenya Ntaiya. Credit; Kakenya's Center for Excellence.
(R) Image: Razia Jan. Credit: Razia's Ray of Hope.

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