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<p>2021 is a year of UK leadership on the world stage, including on girls' education.
Meeting under the UK Presidency, G7 Foreign and Development Ministers endorsed two
new, global, SDG 4 milestone targets on girls' education, which we are calling on
the world to help deliver. G7 Foreign and Development Ministers also endorsed a girls'
education declaration, which specifically states that the G7 will work in collaboration
with developing country partners, multilateral institutions, civil society, girl-led
groups, and youth leaders, to remove the obstacles to education that stand in the
way of girls. This includes committing to address the social, environmental, and institutional
barriers to education for adolescent girls, such as reducing violence, including sexual
and gender-based violence in and out of schools, increasing access to comprehensive
sexuality education, promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights, and amending
restrictive policies or legislation that prevent girls from thriving in school.</p><p>The
Prime Minister is calling on G7 Leaders to re-endorse both the targets and declaration
in the Leaders' Communique, and we have already met with a number of stakeholders
to discuss how we can galvanise action towards our two global objectives.</p>
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