UK International Development Secretary Justine Greening and ex-US First Lady Michelle Obama taking part in a discussion about girls’ education at Mulberry School for Girls. Credit: Flickr/DFID. Some rights reserved.
In recent weeks there has been uproar about President Trump’s decision to end support for Let Girls Learn—a White House and USAID project that aims to create educational opportunities for girls, particularly in the global South. While I profoundly disagree with the protectionist sentiments that have motivated the administration to reduce funding for this and other similar initiatives, I also see it as an opportunity to re-think the underlying assumptions that inform these kinds of projects in both the South and the North.
