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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.
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