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Reuters – March 2015
U.S. President Barack Obama and first Lady Michelle Obama host a reception celebrating African American History Month in the East Room of the White House in Washington February 26, 2015. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - First lady Michelle Obama will travel to Japan and Cambodia this month as part of a U.S. global effort to support education for girls, the White House said on Tuesday.
She will visit Tokyo and Kyoto in Japan from March 18 to March 20, and the Cambodian capital Siem Reap fromMarch 21 to 22, it said in a statement.
The initiative aims to reduce the number of girls - 62 million worldwide - who do not attend school, according to the administration.
The effort, launched last summer through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), will use the Peace Corps volunteer program to help expand access for schooling for girls, especially for teenagers.
Cambodia is one of 11 countries targeted by the Peace Corp initiative during the program's first year, the White House said. The other countries are: Albania, Benin, Burkina Faso, Georgia, Ghana, Moldova, Mongolia, Mozambique, Togo, and Uganda.
(Reporting by Susan Heavey)
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