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First Lady to Promote Education in Liberia, Morocco, Spain | AP

First Lady Michelle Obama will travel to Morocco with her daughters this month:

APThe first lady also plans to visit a school in Unification Town, Liberia, to speak with adolescent girls about their obstacles to getting an education. Pinto, an advocate for girls’ education, will moderate the discussion. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will join Mrs. Obama during the visit.

[Actresses Meryl] Streep, also a girls’ education advocate, is scheduled to accompany Mrs. Obama in Marrakech, Morocco, for another conversation with adolescent girls that is to be moderated by CNN’s Isha Sesay. The visit will also highlight U.S. commitments through the Millennium Challenge Corporation, an independent U.S. foreign aid agency, and USAID to help Moroccan girls attend and stay in school.

In Madrid, the first lady plans a speech on the Let Girls Learn initiative, launched in March 2015 to encourage developing nations to educate the more than 62 million girls worldwide who currently don’t attend school. Mrs. Obama also plans to meet with Queen Letizia while she is in Spain…[FULL STORY]

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