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Media Advisory

MCC to Bring Girls CHARGE Initiative Partners Together to Discuss Measuring the Advancement of Girls

For Immediate Release

July 28, 2015

Contact: 202.521.3686

Email: Renee Kelly

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Thursday, July 30, the Millennium Challenge Corporation will bring together partners from the Girls CHARGE initiative -- Collaborative for Harnessing Ambition and Resources for Girls' Education -- as well as government officials, subject-matter experts, and key stakeholders to discuss strategies for measuring the advancement of girls' secondary education. MCC CEO Dana J. Hyde will deliver opening remarks, followed by keynote speaker Tina Tchen, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama, and Executive Director for the White House Council on Women and Girls.

MCC recognizes that poverty reduction and economic growth are possible when countries invest in educating their people. Sixty-two million girls around the world - half of whom are adolescent - are not in school. MCC invests in education projects and supports efforts like Girls CHARGE and Let Girls Learn to ensure that girls, boys and adolescents obtain the foundational knowledge and skills needed to get better jobs and increase their livelihoods.

Thursday's event will include discussions on creative indicators and tools to support girls' learning, girls' empowerment and social transformation within communities. Technical workshops will also provide opportunities for participants to share resources specific to the five Girls CHARGE priorities: access, safety, quality learning, transitions and supporting local leadership on these issues.

The Girls CHARGE initiative, which was launched at the 2014 Clinton Global Initiative, has grown to more than 40 government, non-governmental, multilateral and private sector partners who work together to collectively advance girls' secondary education across these five priority areas. Girls CHARGE is co-chaired by No Ceilings: The Full Participation Project at the Clinton Foundation and the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution.

Other event participants will include: Dr. Erlinda Hándal, Vice Minister of Science and Technology at the El Salvador Ministry of Education; Ms. Ketevan Natriashvili, First Deputy Minister of the Republic of Georgia's Ministry of Education and Science; Rachel Tulchin, Deputy Director of the No Ceilings Initiative at the Clinton Foundation; Jeni Gamble, Associate Director of the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution; and co-chair of the Girls CHARGE initiative; and Angélique Kidjo, board member and founder of the Batonga Foundation and West African singer, songwriter and UNICEF International Goodwill Ambassador.

WHAT: Discussion on measuring adolescent girls’education and benchmarking creative approaches to monitoring and evaluation.

WHO: Dana J. Hyde, Chief Executive Officer, MCC; Tina Tchen, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to First Lady Michelle Obama, and Executive Director for the White House Council on Women and Girls.

WHEN: 9 a.m., Thursday July 30

WHERE: Millennium Challenge Corporation Headquarters, 875 15th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 2nd Floor.

RSVP: Media interested in attending this event should contact Renee Kelly at kellyrm@mcc.gov or 202.521.3686. Interview requests will be considered.

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The Millennium Challenge Corporation, a U.S. Government agency designed to work with some of the poorest countries in the world, is based on the principle that aid is most effective when it reinforces good governance, economic freedom and investments in people that promote economic growth and elimination of extreme poverty. Learn more about MCC at www.mcc.gov