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We partner with communities across the globe to promote literacy and girls' education. World change starts with educated children.

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"We need more children’s books with female main characters" We agree @ChelseaClinton
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“When there wasn’t a seat for me at the table, I made a seat for myself. I made space for myself.” — words of wisdom from @IISuperwomanII at our #DayoftheGirl celebration
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"We need more children’s books with female main characters" We agree @ChelseaClinton Her new book hitting shelves soon aims to do just that!
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"So now, it’s about redefining masculinity, it’s about creating your own footprints for your children to follow in, so that you can make a positive change for the future." We couldn't agree more with you Prince Harry!
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Celebrate International #DayoftheGirl with us and hear from a trifecta of trailblazing women -- @SusanWojcicki , @annewoj23 and @IISuperwomanII . Tickets on sale now! Be a game changer with us!
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ICYMI: All-female flight crew make historic landing in Jeddah - where women can't drive:
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An educated girl can change the world. @ash_r_dhanush advocates for #GenderEquality in #India
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Help us break the barriers #62MillionGirls face to get an education! Take the PLEDGE →
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“We should not ask children who flee their homes to also give up their dreams.”- @MalalaFund
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"Let us pick up our books & pens. One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world." @MalalaFund
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THIS 9-year-old girl inspires others after opening a street #library in #India @GlblCtznUK
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Big congrats to Miss Universe Vietnam @HHenNie92 for placing top 5 at Miss Universe & her commitment to global education as Room to Read ambassador! Support her fundraiser & help give the gift of education today:
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"We won't accept a world where our future is decided in rooms girls cannot enter." Happy 19th Birthday @MalalaFund !
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We are turning #classrooms into playgrounds w. @IKEA Foundation for 93,000 kids in Bangladesh+Indonesia. #LetsPlay !
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Happy #WomensHistoryMonth ! We may have come a long way, but the fight for equality still continues. #GenderEquality
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"Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world" - Nelson Mandela #DayofAfricanChild #DAC2016
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#FeministFriday Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on why we need diverse children’s books. We agree! #BeBoldforChange
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Amazing moment when @MalalaFund addressed #UNGA in support of #globalgoals w/193 youth holding lanterns http://t.co/FmFNTd6D7P
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#CareerGoals → 10 Syrian girls show us who they want to become in this photo series:
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#Education is vital in curbing violence against women. #GenderEquality starts in the classroom! @ash_r_dhanush
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. @GirlsWhoCode plan to break tech gender barriers with coding books for kids #GenderEquality
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#TBT to last December when the @ObamaFoundation & @girlsalliance visited our @RoomtoRead Vietnam Girls' Education Program. 1 year later, we're still so grateful for this partnership & a couple of students wanted to send some kind words to @MichelleObama :
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#Education of #refugee girls crucial in preventing child marriage -- @MalalaFund
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#WednesdayWisdom Diversity is the lifeblood of social, economic & political progress!
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Answer: This game changer just ensured children worldwide have access to a quality education. Question: Who is current Jeopardy! champion, James Holzhauer? Huge thank you to @James_Holzhauer for his recent donation to support hundreds of students in our programs! #jeopardyjames
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On #WomensEqualityDay we celebrate the increasing number of girls in school! http://t.co/iwPL3n5xoO via @UN http://t.co/64jrSuGBPb
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"When you invest in women and girls, you invest in the people who invest in everyone else." http://t.co/VITiEwat4C @MelindaGates
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. @Malala and @serenawilliams are getting their own constellations! Astronomers hope the new constellations will get more young people interested in #STEM @GlblCtzn
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Happy #InternationalLiteracyDay ! When you donate today, your gift will be MATCHED by our generous, newly-formed India Regional Development Board - Up to $100,000!
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Malala's mother speaks out for the first time: "Malala is not just my daughter but my friend as well."
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Five reasons the Malala Yousafzai documentary will be an important film @MalalaFund @bustle http://t.co/6pSaG8qaRM http://t.co/eYzcIY2UJT
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“We should not ask children who flee their homes to also give up their dreams.”- @MalalaFund
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"By 2030, we should be able to achieve #GenderEquality ." - @ash_r_dhanush on #India
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Rawdanu Syrian refugee & @malalafund advocate ‘Don’t forget us #education is only way for a better future' @WHSummit
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#wednesdaywisdom “We should not ask children who flee their homes to also give up their dreams.”- @MalalaFund
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Inspired by laughter and #GirlLove this week when Lilly Singh @IISuperwomanII spent the day with the students in our Girls’ Education Program in India.
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Congrats @Malala ! This 20 yr old activist & inspiring young woman was accepted to Oxford University today. @MalalaFund
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Happy #NationalLibrarianDay . Thanks for making our literary lives a reality throughout the world.
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Inspired by @MalalaFund this Syrian girl says "I do" to #education , not marriage! #WithMalala
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Bucket list item ✅. Come see @IISuperwomanII in Johannesburg and also a sneak peak of our new South African children's books. Who doesn't love a 2 for 1 deal???
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Monday. Meet and greet. Johannesburg. 8:30am. 200 wristbands. First come, first serve. ❤️🇿🇦 let’s cuddle.
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#WednesdayWisdom "Many parents don't realise... the best way to protect their daughters is to educate them."—Muzoon
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Inspired by @MalalaFund this Syrian girl says "I do" to #education , not marriage!
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Literacy in #Pakistan is 47% women vs 70% men. Burka Avenger a superheroine fights 4 change!
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#MondayMotivation Today @IISuperwomanII teamed up with Room to Read in #SouthAfrica to share the power of storytelling to unlock imaginations & potential with 200+ fans! We are bringing the joy of reading with 20 new titles in 5 African languages = 100 new stories!
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"Cambodia is proud of you. The First Lady of the United States is proud of you" - @FLOTUS to girls on @RoomtoRead program #LetGirlsLearn
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#FridayFeeling This 9-year-old girl inspires others after opening "street #library " in #India
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Tomorrow is World Book & Copyright Day! We'll be celebrating authors who inspire kids to read with @UNESCO #BookDay
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"Why is it that giving guns is so easy but giving books is so hard?" - Malala Yousafzai http://t.co/sfUywM7CAI
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Suma, Room to Read #GirlsEd graduate is standing up against child slavery. She’s our #MyGirlRising ! Who's yours? @girlrising
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#MondayMotivation A girl in school is realizing her right to an education. An educated girl can change the world.
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If all girls had a #secondaryeducation child deaths would be halved, saving 3MM lives #GirlsEd @MalalaFund
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The first of ten steps to improving #GirlsEd is increasing enrollment! Here's our impact on secondary school girls ↓
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Wow! Palestinian girl who entered med school at 14 is now the world's youngest doctor:
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The first ever #ChildrensBook , 1658. How much has changed? #ThrowbackThursday @openculture
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This 4 yr old takes being a #book worm to the next level. She's already read more than 1,000 #books !
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Read what this girl in Laos did when they told her she couldn't go to college. #girlsed
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How a bookmobile transported one woman away from a deadly life & towards her full potential
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Want to change the world? Simply educate a #girl : via @BrookingsInst #GirlsEd
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Here are the 10 most beautiful libraries in the world according to http://t.co/zVRWOFOAkw Celebrate #WorldBookDay ! http://t.co/yrZ46tqUbv
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Happy #MandelaDay ! #Education is the most powerful weapon which we can use to change the world.
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#WednesdayWisdom If all girls had secondary education #childmarriage would drop 64% @MalalaFund #LetGirlsLearn
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#ThanksObama for inspiring girls & women around the world to dream BIG and reach their full potential. #LetGirlsLearn #ReachHigher
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We're also recognizing @ambertamblyn with our Superhero Award for her commitment to empowering girls & women. Congratulations to our honorees!
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How a former dropout turned teacher is getting #Tanzania girls to stay in school #girlsed
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In case you missed it, @Trevornoah talks with a very special guest his Grandma Koko. Their conversation provides a glimpse into her life under the apartheid and childhood memories in #SouthAfrica .
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Trevor visits his Grandma Koko in Soweto, South Africa, to talk about his childhood, her life under apartheid, and what exactly he needs to do to get her to watch The Daily Show.
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#LEARN about Muzoon, the 17 year-old Syrian campaigning for #GirlsEd
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Half the crew members for NASA's first planned trip to Mars are WOMEN: #GenderEquality
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Women's rights and their money: a timeline from Cleopatra to Lilly Ledbetter http://t.co/Um104CEPWF via @guardian http://t.co/n1Yg1l1SwH
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Educated women are healthier, earn more & are more likely to educate their own children #StateofWomen #LetGirlsLearn
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Afghanistan's girl robotics team beat the odds & keep on winning! This week they took first prize at the Entrepreneur Challenge at Europe's largest robotics festival @RoyaMahboob
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#TuesdayThoughts 8 empowering books for boys & girls and why we need more children’s books with female main characters @ChelseaClinton
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Hayao Miyazaki on inspiration, imagination and his favourite children's books, #TbT #studioghibli @openculture
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How do you empower teen girls to succeed & own their success in the working world? Start in middle school! @Pfagell
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#Refugee Muzoon Almellehan is dedicated to making #education a right for all children.
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Communities are finally seeing the value of #GirlsEd in Sudan:
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CONGRATS to our #Bangladesh #GirlsEd students for a 99% pass rate on the big sec school exam! Nat'l rate is 88.7%.
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Child marriage & FGM are two harmful practices disempowering millions of women & girls. @GirlsNotBrides
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#WednesdayWisdom Thank you Carrie Fisher for inspiring & leading generations of women through your acting & advocacy!
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G20 will be a "make or break" moment for global education - lets make funding count! #G20 #education @guardian
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Congrats and best of luck to Room to Read Ambassador, @GarbiMuguruza at the Australian Open finals on Saturday! The entire Room to Read family will be cheering you on as you get #ActiveForEducation : #AO2020
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"Every time you educate one girl...you’re actually saving their life," says Afghani activist
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These female athletes defeat expectations & show off some serious #GirlPower
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#MondayMotivation "What we must build next has to be built together, equally." - @ambertamblyn
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#FridayFeeling One of the world’s best investment opportunities is actually a philanthropic one! @johnwoodRTR via @bllnr
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#IWD2018 "It is more important than ever to raise women's voices, particularly those historically silenced and ignored" @ChelseaClinton new children's book #shepersistedaroundtheworld tells the story of 13 women across globe who have spoken out & risen up
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Unlocking imagination and potential through storytelling with @IISuperwomanII in #SouthAfrica !
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“Education education education” @BabatundeUNFPA on girls #education as key driver to achieving #SDGs . #SDGLive #WEF2017
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WOW! Our #ActiveforEducation ambassador @GarbiMuguruza played some fierce tennis today #Wimbledon
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What a cool new concept: Texas teachers turn middle school hall into library for giants w./ painted literary lockers
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Thank you @GarbiMuguruza ! We are so proud to have you as an ambassador for #literacy and #girlseducation . #InternationalWomensDay
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A special thanks to @WTA and @atptour as they support @RoomtoRead ’s literacy and girls’ education programs with a joint donation 📚 on International Women’s Day. Link to donate ➡️
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As we celebrate #InternationalDayoftheGirl , we are thrilled to announce that we are working with @MichelleObama and the @girlsalliance . Together, we’re supporting grassroots organizations in Vietnam that are building a more gender-equal world.
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Happy #malaladay ! Today we celebrate @Malala . Thank you for inspiring the world with your courage, strength and powerful words. You're making it possible for more people to be heard!
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#Didyouknow Room to Read has mobilized children’s book publishers by creating a demand for children’s literature & promoting the growth of local book publishing. Now we want to share what we’ve learned, created & read with you. Join the #RtRBookClub today!
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She didn't know it was supposed to be her wedding day, but many others did. Read the story: http://t.co/6nyO4vuZYO http://t.co/O5n2rFH1N8
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