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The Republic of the Ivory Coast for example has made a concerted effort to get more children into school and made school compulsory for boys and girls The government also increased its education spending to 25 percent of the state budget A strong focus was on schools and trained teachers in underserved remote areas On a recent trip to Malawi one of the poorest countries in Africa I had eye opening meetings with young female sex workers many of whom were HIV positive as well as with health workers mothers groups teachers and school and community leaders I learned that many girls in Malawi are forced to drop out of primary school due to changes in their life circumstances such as loss of a parent That puts them at high risk of HIV infection and early marriage It put me face to face with the reality that for too many children education is quite literally a matter of life and death It s why we ve been working with the government of Malawi to do everything possible to give girls and many other disadvantaged children the opportunity of a quality education 33THE MAGAZINE 3 18 Alice Albright is Chief Executive Officer of the Global Partnership for Education a partnership of government and non goverment institutions the private sector and foundations that aims to give children in developing countries the opportunity of a quality education She is the daughter of former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright

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