G7 Girls’ Education Declaration will be another empty promise unless UK aid cuts are reversed Format 5 May 2021 Today the UK Government launched the G7 Girls’ Education Declaration outlining a series of global commitments on girls’ education for G7 leaders to sign up to, including new global targets to get 40 million more girls into school and 20 million more girls reading by the age of 10 in low and lower middle-income countries by 2026. Plan International UK has been calling for many of these commitments and welcomes the content of the declaration. Responding, Rose Caldwell, Chief...