<a href="https://www.dw.com/en/aforeffort-girls-have-a-right-to-learn-too/av-18346187?maca=en-Life-links-en-15859-xml-mrss"><img src="https://static.dw.com/image/18340114_302.jpg" width="460" height="259" alt="" title="" border="0" /></a>Poverty, parental illiteracy and long distances mean almost a third of girls in rural Zambia have no access to education. Innocent Banda, a 29-year-old volunteer teacher, is fighting to change that.

Poverty, parental illiteracy and long distances mean almost a third of girls in rural Zambia have no access to education. Innocent Banda, a 29-year-old volunteer teacher, is fighting to change that.

<a href="https://www.dw.com/en/aforeffort-girls-have-a-right-to-learn-too/av-18346187?maca=en-Life-links-en-15859-xml-mrss" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a>Poverty, parental illiteracy and long distances mean almost a third of girls in rural Zambia have no access to education. Innocent Banda, a 29-year-old volunteer teacher, is fighting to change that.

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