Helen Grant
Prime Minister's Special Envoy for Girls' Education
15th May 2023
Last week, over 100 Education Ministers from across the globe came together for the 19th Education World Forum (EWF). The EWF takes place in London every year and is the largest gathering of Education Ministers in the world. This year’s event was an excellent opportunity to showcase UK leadership on global education following the launch […]
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29th July 2022
This time last year, leaders and ministers from all over the world were in London for the Global Education Summit. Co-hosted by the UK and Kenya, our mission was to raise as much money as possible for the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), the world’s largest fund dedicated to transforming education in lower-income countries. I […]
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1st July 2022
In my role as the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Girls’ Education I have been lucky enough to visit many countries across Africa and Asia. Last week I was privileged to visit Jordan for the first time and got to meet children being supported by UK aid to get an education even in challenging settings […]
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8th March 2022
This International Women’s Day, I am very proud to share details of our new Girls’ Education Skills Partnership, launched by the Prime Minister last night. Boris Johnson appointed me his Special Envoy for Girls’ Education just over a year ago. In that time, I have seen first-hand that investing in girls’ education truly is a […]
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