Ann Cotton is the 2014 WISE Prize for Education Laureate! Congratulations Ann Cotton, I hope you would continue your struggle in helping the most vulnerable and deprived girls on this planet KAC The Prize was presented by Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation, at the sixth World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) in Doha, Qatar on 4 November 2014. For more than two decades, through Camfed Ann Cotton has led efforts to improve opportunities for girls and young women at the margins of education. Her commitment to girls’ education in Africa began in 1991 when she visited Zimbabwe to investigate why girls’ school enrolment in rural areas was so low. She learned that poverty, rather than cultural issues, was the main factor keeping girls out of school. On receiving the WISE Prize for Education, Ann Cotton said: “I am honoured to join education innovators like Ms Vicky Colbert, Dr. Madhav Chavan, and Sir Fazle Hasan Abed as the fourth WISE Prize for Education Laureate. I accept this prize on behalf of the million girls Camfed is committed to supporting through secondary education in the next five years - a million girls whose poverty has so far robbed them of confidence and agency, and who do not yet know what an amazing transformation awaits them.” You can view Ann Cottons Special Address to the 2014 WISE Summit here.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:34:03 +0000
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