curated by the Education Team
Here’s what’s been happening in the field of Education this month. We encourage you to click on the associated links to learn more! 
- Spotlight on Audley Harrison: how this British boxer accessed education to turn his life around.
- Check out how women are creating careers as authors by harnessing the power of literacy on The Women’s Prize for Literacy Podcast. Recent guests included Brit Bennett, author of The Vanishing Half, and No One Is Talking About This author Patricia Lockwood.
- Tragically, a girls’ school in Afghanistan was attacked by a car bomb on May 8; at least 85 lives were lost. Read a realated article HERE. Women for Afghan Women (WAW) has established an Education Fund to assist the families directly impacted.
- “Talent is universal but opportunity is not” (Nicholas Kristof on Tani Aduwumi). Tani Aduwumi, a 10-year-old immigrant from Nigeria, gained access to education and chess as a son of homeless immigrants. Today he is a US Chess Master! Find out more about his story!
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“G7 foreign and development ministers met in London the first week of May and agreed they will invest $15 billion in development finance over the next two years to help women in developing countries access jobs, build resilient businesses and respond to the devastating economic impacts of COVID-19. They will also sign up to new global targets to get 40 million more girls into school and 20 million more girls reading by the age of 10 in low and lower middle income countries by 2026.” Read the full article!
