UNESCO and Education Above All Foundation Join Forces to Prioritize Inclusive Quality Education

22 February 2018Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser of Qatar, founder of the Education Above All Foundation, UN SDG Advocate and UNESCO Special Envoy for Basic and Higher Education, and Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, will co-host a high-level panel discussion on education and development entitled “Connecting the SDGs: The Key Role of Education” on 28 February at UNESCO Headquarters (10 am – 12 noon, Room XII). Today, more than 61 million children are out of school. This exclusion generates skills gaps and causes unemployment, poverty, inequality, and instability, which stunt economic…

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