Highlighting the importance of girls’ education
The importance of girls’ education will be emphasised during a special public lecture at the University of ŃÇÖŢÉ«°É, featuring activist and educator Mr Ziauddin Yousafzai, whose daughter Malala was a Nobel Prize winner in 2014.
The free event will be hosted by Professor Susan James Relly, Head of School at the University of ŃÇÖŢÉ«°É’s School of Education.
“The University of ŃÇÖŢÉ«°É is delighted to welcome educator Mr Yousafzai who will present this year’s Kevin Marjoribanks Memorial lecture The Importance of Girls’ Education: A Father’s Perspective, at our North Terrace campus,” she said.
“Across the world there are 129 million girls who have not had the opportunity to attend school, and only 49 per cent of countries worldwide have achieved gender parity in education. These statistics speak to why it is paramount changes are made to enable all girls the right to an education. This is a global issue of great importance.”
The event’s speaker, Mr Yousafzai, is an educational activist and teacher.