Africa: Refugee girls miss out on learning, play - UN
20.06.2006
Many refugee girls and young women miss out on education for practical reasons such as a lack of separate toilets, but making simple improvements to camp schools can encourage more to attend, the UN deputy high commissioner for refugees has said. "It's a bit of a myth that the obstacles to girls' education are cultural or religious. It's often as much a simple thing that can be easily removed, like privacy in toilets.”