Advertisement

Girl-child education

Bishop Mathew Remijio Adam during his June 12 pastoral visit to Our Lady of Fatima Parish of Wau Diocese. Credit: Courtesy Photo

“We are not happy with fathers”: Catholic Bishop in South Sudan on Girls’ School Dropout

Jun 17, 2023

The Catholic Bishop in South Sudan’s Wau Diocese has faulted fathers in the East-Central African nation for not doing enough to keep their daughters in school, and contributing to the low levels of formal education completion for the girl child.

Bishop Anthony Adanuty, Founder of St. Catherine Girls Senior High and Bishop Gabriel Kumordji of Keta-Akatsi with Dignitaries at the decade celebration at Agbakope on October 19, 2019. Extreme right is Madam Benedicta Tenni Seidu, the Director of Girls’ Education Unit at the Ghana Education Service. / Damian Avevor

Ghana’s Development “inextricably tied to girl-child education”: Catholic Educationist

Oct 23, 2019

Despite significant strides by the West African nation of Ghana in realizing Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that governs the right to education for everyone, the universal education of girls remains a challenge, a Catholic educationist has said and encouraged literacy for the girl child as a way of guaranteeing national development.

Latest headlines

Fr. Thomas Oyode. Credit: Nigerian Catholics

How Rector at Minor Seminary in Nigeria Offered Himself to Kidnappers to Save Seminarians

Preside Over, Celebrate Sacraments “properly vested”: Catholic Archbishop in Kenya at Priestly Ordination

Pilgrims at Annual Marian Pilgrimage in Angola Urged to Foster Listening to Shun “cycles of violence”

Cardinal Onaiyekan Foundation Official Urges Parents, Caregivers to Protect Children’s Rights, “eliminate mistreatment”

Opening and blessing of St. Stanislaus Ekule Catholic Church of Ngong Diocese in Kenya that the Local Ordinary, Bishop John Oballa Owaa, presided over on 29 October 2024. Credit: Nicholas Waigwa

The Time to Be “closer to God ... is now”: Catholic Bishop in Kenya to Young Christian Workers

At the Angelus on Nov. 3, 2024, Pope Francis asked for prayers for Valencia, a region in southeast Spain that was hit by devastating flash flooding in late October. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: The heart of our faith is love

Trending

Preside Over, Celebrate Sacraments “properly vested”: Catholic Archbishop in Kenya at Priestly Ordination

Opening and blessing of St. Stanislaus Ekule Catholic Church of Ngong Diocese in Kenya that the Local Ordinary, Bishop John Oballa Owaa, presided over on 29 October 2024. Credit: Nicholas Waigwa

The Time to Be “closer to God ... is now”: Catholic Bishop in Kenya to Young Christian Workers

Pope Francis prays at the “Garden of Angels” section of the Laurentino Cemetery in Rome on All Souls’ Day, Nov. 2, 2024. / Vatican Media

Pope Francis Prays in Cemetery for Unborn Children on All Souls’ Day

Credit: ACN

Catholic Charity Foundation Reveals “a worsening situation” of Christian Persecution in Mali’s Mopti Region

Fr. Thomas Oyode. Credit: Nigerian Catholics

How Rector at Minor Seminary in Nigeria Offered Himself to Kidnappers to Save Seminarians

Pope Francis prays during the Synod on Synodality closing Mass on Oct. 27, 2024, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. / Credit: Vatican Media

 This is Pope Francis’ Prayer Intention for the Month of November

At the Angelus on Nov. 3, 2024, Pope Francis asked for prayers for Valencia, a region in southeast Spain that was hit by devastating flash flooding in late October. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: The heart of our faith is love

Videos