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Women and Education

Celebrating the International Day of the Girl

Freida Pinto | Posted 12.11.2012 | Impact
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Freida Pinto

Resources, leadership and long-term commitments are necessary to close persistent gender gaps and improve the rights and well-being of millions of girls around the world.

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Literacy Will Tap Into South Sudan's Greatest Resource

Wendi Dwyer | Posted 10.23.2012 | World
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Wendi Dwyer

If our goal is to provide education to equip South Sudan to solve its own problems, then it is essential that we teach the women and girls how to read.

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Value Education

Pamela Trotman Reid | Posted 06.18.2012 | College
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Pamela Trotman Reid

I believe that, as one of my mentors once said, "an education is always yours and can never be taken away." Further, he went on to suggest that a degree might be compared to a stock certificate: as an institution gains prestige, the degree grows in value.

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