“Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls, for he has no one to help him up. Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how...
The Education Team focus for October and November is Equal Access, which encompasses SDG Targets 4.2 & 4.5. Our October ‟Notes from the Field” focus on the ‟S” and ‟T” of STEM Education: Science and Technology – traditionally fields where girls and women have been discouraged from entering, thereby denying them equal access to a...
This month, the Ed Team is focusing on Equal Access, SDG Targets 4.2, 4.3 & 4.5. In conjunction with this, I read Bluestockings by Jane Robinson. The book describes, in meticulous detail, the remarkable story of the first women in the UK to fight for a university education. It starts in 1694–97 with...
The Education Team celebrated the International Day of the Girl Child on October 8 with a presentation by one of its members, pilot Rachna Reiter. Rachna walked viewers through the path she took to become a pilot and the triumphs and challenges of being a woman in a career typically dominated by men.
I’ve been inspired by World Literacy Day and the Education Team’s September focus on literacy. One of the books I’ve read this month is The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson. In her novel, Kim describes the difficult life and dire poverty of the Kentucky hollers...
By 2030, ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy
Literacy Source is a Seattle non-profit organization that provides free basic education to low-income adults in the Seattle, Washington area. The agency reports that 1 in 6 adults in Washington...
