Girls Education in the Developing World | Wanda Bedard | TEDxMontrealWomen
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- čas přidán 31. 01. 2017
- Women are half the world's population. How can a community or country succeed if only half of its citizens are educated? If we continue to fund education in the developing world in the same way we have been doing for the last 20 years, it will take another 100 years before all girls complete junior high. What is the solution?
An MBA graduate of Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) Montréal and a graduate of McGill University,B. Commerce, Wanda Bedard is founder and owner since 1991 of a manufacturing business in the custom sheet metal sector.
Following a number of years as a volunteer with UNICEF Canada, Wanda Bedard established 60 million girls, a public foundation, in 2006. The organization is completely volunteer run and raises funds for education projects for girls in the developing world. 60 million girls has since invested $2.4 million supporting 20 projects in 14 countries, with administrative costs of less than 1%, directly benefitting over 20,000 children.
Wanda is a member of the International Advisory Board of McGill’s Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID). Wanda is also a member of the Advisory Board of Institut Mallet which supports the study and promotion of philanthropy in Québec and Canada.
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My family, friends, classmates, and others around me always ask me why I want to get a PhD when I can just get by with an easier degree. I always explain to them the situation in these countries and that I will get as much education as I have access to. I am grateful and I hope one day all girls (and boys) have no barriers to education! Education is power!
I am Jahanzaib Hashmi from Lahore Pakistan, I live in Europe and I have met many white people, they are so good as humans, they are very good people, I totally agree with this women, Education is the basic right for everyone...
Excellent talk on a powerful subject.
Really very good video
In india the increase of educated students in a decade is 44% (including immigrant students). But the more they educate the less there are available of jobs. & Now the GDP hits overall 4.9 from 7.9 in last 5 years. So it is clear that education is inversely related to GDP & development of a country. If they don't get even a Clerical job then why they invest so much money in education?
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Education is powerful.
I wanted to study in a good varsity .. But my result wasn’t good that's why my father decided he won't spent money on me anymore... All my life i was a good student but my last result ruined everything... ☺
Women should be educated. At least up till 12th standard
your whole hypothesis is bsed on secondary data ...go and live in afganistan ...... experience both good and bad side of Afghanistan then give a lecture on how civilized you are.