I remember like it was yesterday, back in 2004, a couple of peers and I met in a little cafe in Kensington, MD. There were maybe six of us, mostly 12 years old, as well as several older African women and some community activists. We talked about the contrast between American schools and African schools that were seriously lacking in girls. We learned that millions of girls were not getting an education worldwide. We agreed that their lack of an education because of their gender is wrong. Females make up half of their world’s population.