this is the Education Report.Hannah Godefa is just 16 years old,but she is busy defending the right of all girlsand women to be educated.The young woman serves as a national goodwill ambassador to Ethiopiafor UNICEF -- the United Nations Children's Fund.And she is urging the UN to make a workable planto end the discrimination that keeps girls out of classrooms.Last week, for example, she spoke in Genevato the committee on elimination of discrimination against women.She talked about increasing girls chances for educationand protecting them within education from sexual and other abuses.Hannah Godefa was born in Canada to Ethiopian parents.She was appointed to her UNICEF job in January of 2013.Since then, she has visited Ethiopia and other countries in Africa.She describes the purpose of her work as speaking outfor the millions of girls who are not attending school.Hannah notes that some girls do not have a school available to attend.And there are other reasons they can not get an education."Girls also face a lot of responsibilities that,I say, discourage them from attending school- lots of family responsibilities," Godefa said.The young UNICEF ambassador believes cultural barriersand economic considerations also limit girls' chances.Sometimes, parents must choosewhether to send their boys or girls to school.Hannah Godefa says many families value girls as workers."So, all the odds are stacked against them.That is why we have to target themand support them and protect them," Godefa said.Hannah became interested in children's educationwhen she was only 7 years old.She was visiting her grandmother in rural Ethiopia at the time.Hannah became friends with a local girland wanted to keep communicating with her when she returned home.But Hannah's parents told her that the other girlsdo not have pencils or paper to write letters.Their daughter reacted by establishing the Pencil Mountain project.She says the project has provided more than 500,000 objectsincluding writing instruments for use in schools."So, things beyond pencils, like other basic school suppliesas well as text books for second-generation universities,some of the newer universitiesthat have been constructed in Ethiopia, " Godefa said.The project has also provided wheelchairs for disable students.Nowadays, as a teenager, Hannah does a lot of public speaking.She spoke at the International Day of the Girl Childat UNICEF New York Headquarters in October 2013.She made the presentation a month before her sixteenth birthday.She also acted as moderator or leader at a UNICEF event last December.American singer Katy Perry accepted responsibilitiesas UNICEF's latest goodwill ambassador at that event.UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moonwas among world leaders attending the discussion.And that's the VOA Learning English Education Report.