Education: Girl child education access still low in nyanza

BY LAWRENCE ALURU 

 Girl child enrolment in school is still very low in Nyanza compared to other regions in Kenya according to a research carried out by Girls Leading Our World Initiatives (iGLOW).
 The organization that advances its mission through political leadership training's, grassroots career development and community service indicates that there is still need to add more input in girl child self-esteem in the Nyanza region.

The Chief Executive Atieno Oduor said that one of the major contributors of low enrolment is the complex web of poverty that encourages child labour around market centres in Nyanza.  
 iGLOW is striving to bring change through  leadership empowerment in some parts of Nyanza.

 
Speaking at Sega Girls High School, the Chief Executive said; “Illiteracy exacerbates poor leadership and poverty, and studies have shown that education is one of the most important factors in shaping the future of women and girls and their families. Lack of parental responsibility and for the case of orphans, there are disadvantaged when their guardians assume that by virtue of their gender girls must not go to school. Children, especially girls, whose ages are not known to the employers, are working in these food joints with a daily wage of Shs50.’’

 Sega Girls High and Ukwala Girls Primary had an inspiring weekend when IGLOW organization inspired them to choose top class careers without fear for girls are also capable.
 IGLOW is currently preparing young women and girls for positions of personal, local and global leadership.

 Ukwala Girls boarding primary head teacher Sister Lucy Mengo also appreciated the good work that the organization has done in the past one year citing the motivation to excel as one big example.    

 The goal of the organization is to have young women and girls at the forefront of addressing pressures in their own lives and communities. The organization founded in 2010 has recruited female university graduates with passion in leadership and women’s empowerment to be mentors to rural girls.