Irina Bokova, the Director - General of UNESCO said «
Educating a girl educates a nation.
Not exact matches
Realizing the potential catalyst Malala's story could be for the movement to
educate girls, Malala's family and Shahid came up with the idea to establish a fund.
To this, Blair replied that the change was partly generational — her predecessors were «of a generation of
girls who didn't get
educated.»
This outdoor - adventure lover's paradise is one of the most
educated metro areas in the U.S.. Also, the local Colorado Collaborative for
Girls in STEM, funded by the National Science Foundation, aims to get girls interested in science and technology careers earl
Girls in STEM, funded by the National Science Foundation, aims to get
girls interested in science and technology careers earl
girls interested in science and technology careers early on.
Educate Girls has two main goals.
Changing entrenched views about
girls and education is a long - term process, she says, but so far her organization's efforts have helped to
educate 1.3 million children, including more than 80,000
girls that it has brought into the school system.
Today their ideas have fundamentally transformed the way people around the world use natural resources,
educate young
girls, and manage their land.
He is also a Director of Cameco, one of the world's largest uranium producers and Chairman of the charitable organization
Educating Girls of Rural China Foundation, which works to transform the lives of women and communities in rural areas of western China by providing access to education.
I especially like that LLC focuses on
educating women and
girls.»
As they say,
educate a
girl and the whole community is
educated.
Being a bit of a nerd
girl, daughter then proceeded to
educate herself about cussing.
Most recently in Karachi, an
educated girl told me that a tall witch visits Bar B Q tonight (very tasty restaurant near the sea) on some chosen day of the week.
Education... creationism would supplant evolution, all sciences that could possibly come in conflict with creationism would be forbidden, all children would be required to pray and be
educated in fundamentalist Christianity, women teachers would not be permitted to teach males,
girls only, etc..
When Mrs. Slatterly warned the younger
girls last Easter to be careful with the altar cross because it was a memorial to Jim Hope, who had been killed in World War II, she was
educating them about their heritage.
There are some people out there
educating girls to the best of their knowledge and promoting it as a personal conviction rather than a law, and there are other people shaming
girls because of their sexuality and life choices, declaring lots of people «unpure» and «sluts» if they disagree.
You think men who can buy and sell
girls need to
educated to keep from infecting them?
Mary Somerville, overcoming, as her daughter says, «obstacles apparently insurmountable, at a time when women were well - nigh totally debarred from education»; Charlotte Bronte, writing in secret and publishing under a pseudonym because only so could she hope for just criticism; Harriet Hunt, admitted to the Harvard Medical School in 1850 but forced out by the enraged students; Elizabeth Blackwell, applying to twelve medical schools before she could secure admission, and meeting with insult and contumely in her endeavor to study and practice medicine; Mary Lyon, treated as a wild fanatic because she wanted American
girls to be
educated — such figures are typical in woman's struggle for intellectual opportunity.
Dressed alike in black dress, cape, and bonnet, after the widows Elizabeth had met in Italy, the Sisters opened St. Joseph's Free School in 1810, which
educated disadvantaged
girls, and soon thereafter began St. Joseph's Academy, with pupils whose parents could afford tuition, enabling the Sisters to subsidize their mission.
Getting involved in the sex slave industry can be quite dangerous, so for now, most people should
educate themselves, give to organizations that fight sex slavery, and take what political action they can to increase the penalty on men who purchase prostituted women and
girls, thereby decreasing the demand.
Almost all know all of the powerful ways you convey very helpful tricks on the blog and therefore strongly encourage participation from people about this area plus our
girl is truly becoming
educated a lot of things.
Michelle is committed to teaching her own
girls about eating healthy, local food as well as
educating other children who will hopefully take the knowledge into their own families and communities.
Founder of certified organic feminine hygiene products Aimee Marks has been awarded the Australian Organic Young Leader Award for her role in
educating women and
girls about health.
The mission of the Boys &
Girls Club of Southwest County is to inspire and enable all young people to realize their full potential as
educated, responsible, caring, and productive citizens.
The Alameda Boys &
Girls Club offers a rich menu of programs to
educate, build skills, and support our members» interests, needs, and development.
Lol my 4 year old daughter felt the need to
educate my 2 yr old niece on how
girls have vagina's and boys have penises in the check out line at the store.
• If one parent is better -
educated than the other, some children may benefit from the better -
educated parent undertaking more care: e.g. in Norway,
girls (but not boys) have been found to do better at school when a father who was better
educated than their mother took longer - than - average leave (Cools et al, 2011.)
Concussion and Sports Related Head Injury: Code 280.13 C requires the Iowa high school athletic association and the Iowa
girls high school athletic union to work together to distribute the CDC guidelines and other information to inform and
educate coaches, students, and parents and guardians of students of the risks, signs, symptoms, and behaviors consistent with a concussion or brain injury, including the danger of continuing to play after suffering a concussion or brain injury and their responsibility to report such signs, symptoms, and behaviors if they occur.
If you have young kids that play with your iOS devices, download Apps for
Girls or Apps for Boys to help them find great apps to keep them entertained and
educated.
They home
educated for many years, then the
girls went to school.
We strive to be eco-friendly and are
educating the
girls in a Montessori setting.
For the past couple of years the children — a boy and a
girl — have been
educated at home.
My
girls have many friends who are both home
educated and who go to school — and not just in their age group, socio - economic group or postcode.
You know, those times when you've had a big working week or socialising (pardon me —
educating yo» self) at university; perhaps you pretended to study for a few hours Friday evening, then got loose on Saturday night with the
girls busting waaaay too many pop n» locks on the D - Floor... and then, AND THEN your boyfriend rudely wakes you for brunch at 9 am on Sunday (NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING ON A SUNDAY?!
From that initial meeting, to her visit at the hospital immediately after our little
girl was born, to a late - night phone call on our first evening home, she has
educated, guided, and reassured us at every leg of our parenting journey.»
Promoting messages that encourage positive behaviour change, be it awareness about HIV / AIDS,
educating the
girl child, gender equity, safe motherhood, hygiene and sanitation or other key social and health behaviours.
One recent example is Hazel — which undoubtedly would not have increased as much as it has if first Julia Roberts hadn't named her daughter that, and then John Green hadn't named the main character in «The Fault in Our Stars» Hazel — a highly unusual name for a teenage
girl when the book was published, but one that
educated avant - garde writers like Green (prep school grad, Kenyon College English major, married to an art museum director) were giving to their own baby daughters.
Conclusion:
educated girls and women almost never wanted more than 2 children.
But qualitative and anecdotal evidence of the transformative power
educating women and
girls abounds.
It took social scientists, for instance, to understand that parents in countries where
girls are denied an education were not opposed to
educating their daughters in principle, but very often simply wanted a certain kind of education — namely, one which is set within a religious context — for their daughters, and if that wasn't available (which it usually wasn't), they would choose no education at all as the lesser of two perceived evils.
She pledged in Oxford to use the Global Fund named after her for
educating «every deprived
girl» across the world, while reiterating that her ultimate goal remains to lead Pakistan.
The CPP Women's League worked sedulously to organize women to be part of the independence process and governance, championing formal education for
girls and
educating Northern
girls against prostitution.
She advised parents to channel their resources and energy in
educating the
girl child to ensure that the Muslim communities develops with many sons and daughters in the academia, adding that it is necessary for parents to give their children quality education at all cost because that undoubtedly will eradicate poverty in Zango community.
Smoking women look more approachable to men, this removes the image of a «strictly -
educated», stuffy
girl (alcohol, make - up and a sexy dress also work to this function).
The Emir of Kano, Mallam Muhammad Sanusi II, has called on wealthy individuals in the Northern parts of the country to use the wealth Allah blessed them with, not only in building mosques but to also
educate girls and discourage their early marriage.
If you really want to help, go and
educate a
girl child in the village.»
UK Aid is helping to
educate women and
girls in parts of Asia where that most basic of human rights has been denied to them for so long.
«This government has put in place various programmes to
educate, and empower women and young
girls with the tools, resources and skills necessary to build productive lives for the benefit of the society», he stated.
At 11 a.m., First Lady Michelle Obama and actress and advocate Charlize Theron participate in a «global conversation» on the power of
educating adolescent
girls, hosted by Glamour magazine, Apollo Theater, Manhattan.
«The fact that we are
educating millions of
girls around the world, being at the forefront of female economic empowerment, helping women around the world getting jobs where there were no jobs for them.
Formed as a public / private partnership, Teachers Who Code will use the
Girls Who Code model to equip New York City public school teachers with the computer science skills to
educate students for high tech jobs of today and tomorrow.