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Smart Women, Smart Power: The Global Education Agenda – A Conversation With Julia Gillard

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The Shirazi Foundation attended an event hosted by the Center for Strategic & International Studies titled Smart Women, Smart Power: The Global Education Agenda – A Conversation With Julia Gillard. The Global Education Agenda – A Conversation With Julia Gillard.  Experts discuss critical issues in education around the world, particularly those impacting girls and young women. Experts went into the many ups and downs women face in her field and how she overcame the setbacks. Experts also elaborated  on the Global Partnership for Education initiative and how it focuses on building stronger education systems and improving results in basic education in equity, inclusion, and learning. The expert emphasized the reality that terrorist groups understand the impact of a women’s education  while knowing  that when women are educated they  tend to make educated choices throughout life. Terrorist groups have essentially used a method of  keeping women away from education as a weapon to cripple society.For more on the importance of Education please visit our site section titled in his words.