Michelle Obama has made an impassioned speech in Qatar calling for an end to “outdated laws and traditions” preventing millions of girls around the world from completing their education.
The US first lady, on a seven-day trip to the Middle East, told an education conference in Doha that an “honest conversation” was needed around the globe about how women were treated and how it stopped millions of girls finishing their schooling.
“If we truly want to get girls into our classrooms then we need to have an honest conversation about how we view and treat women in our societies and this conversation needs to happen in every country on this planet, including my own,” she told delegates at the World Innovation Summit for Education.
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