Equal Access to education continues to dominate our Roundup this month and it dovetails nicely with our new focus on Continuing Education. Read on and follow the links to see what’s new!
What were you doing 12 years ago this week? It probably seems like a lifetime away.
That’s when the conflict...
Marie Benedict’s The Other Einstein offers the chance to follow the life of a brilliant woman, Mitza Maric, whose own scientific merits were lost in husband Albert Einstein’s enormous shadow. In the early 20th century, Mitza was a brilliant physicist in her own right and her contribution to the theory of relativity is strongly...
A world full of empowered women isn't one where men are marginalized. It’s a world where everyone thrives. ― Purnima Mane
International Women’s Day (IWD), on March 8, 2023, will focus largely on how technology and education in the digital age can help the empowerment of women and girls across the world. With the theme “DigitALL Innovation and Technology for Gender...
As the Biennial Conference in Slovakia approaches, your Education Team was curious about the state of education in that country. Here are some interesting facts from The Borgen Project:
“Slovakia is a landlocked nation in Central Europe and the easternmost territory that comprised former Czechoslovakia. Slovakia obtained independence and recognition as a sovereign state...
The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad (published in English in 2003) is a non-fiction description of the life and family of Shah Muhammad Rais. At Shah M Book Co, Rais braved persecution to bring books to the people of Kabul over the course of three decades and successive repressive regimes. As well as...
As your Education Team wraps up its focus on Equal Access (SDG Targets 4.1, 4.2, 4.5), international focus on this topic is ramping up! Check out the offerings and updates below.
** In conjunction with CSW67, and its priority theme of “innovation and technological change, and education in the digital age for achieving gender...