Education Day: Britain appoints Helen Grant as envoy for girls` education
(WorldNews Europe)

Britain has appointed a new envoy for girls` education, a topic the government says is a key priority for it as it takes the G7 presidency in 2021 and before a global summit later this year that seeks to mobilise global action to ensure every child can be educated. Helen Grant, MP for Maidstone and the Weald in southeast England, comes to the role having been a solicitor for 23 years who specialised in protecting women and children from domestic abuse before she came to parliament. “I am very excited to be appointed by the Prime Minister as the UK Special Envoy for Girls`...