article_snippet: It is hoped that the community-based aid program, led by the Peace Corps and similar aid organizations, will help get 62 million girls back into school.
article_snippet: White House staff said that the community-based aid program, led by the Peace Corps and similar aid organizations, will help get 62 million girls back into school also reflects a U.S. commitment to be more involved in the Asia-Pacific region.
article_snippet: In an opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal earlier this week, Mrs Obama called it a 'tragic waste of human potential' when 62 million girls worldwide are not in school. '
article_snippet: it is also a serious public-health challenge, a drag on national economies and global prosperity, and a threat to the security of countries around the world, including our own,' Mrs Obama wrote in Mrs Obama online travel journal. '