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Girls get tips on defending right to education

Jane watches during a training for girls to stop FGM, teenage pregnancies and early marriages in Ngong. [File: Standard]

Despite the steps Kenya has made in basic education, 23 per cent of girls are still being forced out of school by early marriages, teenage pregnancies and female genital mutilation (FGM).

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