global education

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – Barcelona) - During a working visit to Barcelona, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, on Monday, met with CEOs from different mobile operators around the world, to rally support for the 1GOAL global education campaign.

Ayman is a soft-spoken 14-year old boy from Jabalia City, Gaza. His family is poor, as his father has been unemployed since March 2006. Ayman’s parents have already sold almost all their furniture to pay for food and schooling for their children. Recently, after collecting a governmental food handout, Ayman’s father had to sell the milk to get the money for the journey back home.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department- London) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, on Tuesday, joined forces with global leaders, footballers, and FIFA President Sepp Blatter in the global launch of the 1Goal education campaign, which included live satellite link-ups from six different countries.

The FIFA-backed 1Goal campaign, which seeks to give 75 million children a fair chance in life by recruiting tens of millions of supporters through a mass sign up campaign in the run up to the 2010 World Cup, calls on global leaders to stand up to their education pledges.

(Office of Her Majesty - Press department- New York) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah met, today, with UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, where they discussed the United Nations new efforts to finance global education and ensure the 72 million children around the world denied an education, enroll in schools.

Also during the meeting, Ban Ki Moon lauded Her Majesty for her efforts to improve global education, especially co-chairing 1GOAL, and her constant support for UN Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI), and UNICEF.

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Queen Rania to France 24: " When you unleash the potential of girls then you really create a tidal wave of benefits that cascade throughout society"

Thank you, Katie.

Who’s seen Tim Burton’s blockbuster, Alice in Wonderland?

Well, just like the Mad Hatter, I have a riddle for you…

What do 600 million girls and Alice in Wonderland have in common?

Answer. They’ve all tumbled down a rabbit hole…into a dark tunnel … confronted by barriers …locked doors … feeling unsure… out of place. Lost in a world where there is no sense, where nonsense prevails.

Nonsense like girls walking 10 kilometers every day on empty stomachs to find water for their families…

Seven years ago, the international community gathered in Dakar and pledged to achieve Education for All by the year 2015. The goals include expanding early childhood care and education; providing free, compulsory primary education; promoting learning and life skills; increasing adult literacy by 50 per cent; achieving gender equality, and ensuring quality education for all.

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Global leaders are overlooking one of their most valuable weapons in the fight against everything from climate change to economic turmoil. Jordan's Queen Rania on the surprise solution to many of the world's most intractable problems.

Use whatever cliché you like: shooting ourselves in the foot; one arm tied behind our backs; sailing at half mast. The condition of millions of women and girls around the world is so illogical it verges on the absurd.

Thank you, Jimmy. Music royalty…acting royalty…advertising royalty…Man, it’s hard for plain old royalty-royalty to stand out in this crowd!  But of course, that’s not what it’s about, and it’s great to be here to share this moment of musical and social media history. You don’t need to understand what VEVO means, to know that it’s set to transform the way we access music videos. I’m here tonight because I believe VEVO can help transform something else. I’m here tonight because I believe VEVO can help transform the state of global education.