{"id":4677,"date":"2019-04-16T12:31:29","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T11:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/nantwich-and-district\/?p=4677"},"modified":"2020-05-16T12:36:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-16T11:36:52","slug":"women-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/nantwich-and-district\/2019\/04\/16\/women-in-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Women in Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">We understand how important education is to enabling women and girls achieve their potential in all areas of their lives, it is a theme of our previous articles about women in the law and women in health, and well researched. We are especially pleased then to have two speakers at our conference who are inspirational women from the education sector \u2013 a Primary Academy Principal, Joanna Young, and at the other end of the education journey in Higher Education, Professor Dame Janet Finch, former Vice-Chancellor of Keele University. We are looking forward to hearing about their own stories as well as their thoughts on educating women and girls in the modern millennial age.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">There are many inspirational role models promoting education; we have chosen to highlight two women who have worldwide impact, but not just because they are famous for their roles or titles, but because they bring a very human approach to the way they work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/nantwich-and-district\/files\/2019\/04\/Michelle-Obama.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1431 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/nantwich-and-district\/files\/2019\/04\/Michelle-Obama-139x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">We know that Michelle Obama is on a mission to improve the education of girls worldwide \u2013 she is an amazing role model who says she is also touched and inspired by the young people she meets around the world. Revisiting a London school in December she said meeting the girls \u201creminded me how much courage and talent and hope there is\u201d She formed a personal bond with these girls, kept in touch with them from her first visit several years earlier, and had a real impact on their lives. She has humility and recognises that everyone has value; inspiration is not a one way street:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><em>\u201cOn a personal level I was moved and touched and inspired as I always am by the young people I meet around the world. It gives me a level of focus and determination when I get to see you all up close. And as I said then, you remind me of me and all the fears and all the challenges that you face. You give me a sense of comfort because being first lady wasn\u2019t the easiest job in the world but I got strength from you, so thank you all for that, thanks for giving me that.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/nantwich-and-district\/files\/2019\/04\/Malala-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1432 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/nantwich-and-district\/files\/2019\/04\/Malala-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Malala Yousafzai\u2019s story is legendary, how as a Pakistani schoolgirl she defied threats of the Taliban to campaign for the right to education. She survived being shot in the head by the Taliban and has become a global advocate for women\u2019s rights, especially the right to education. She is an amazing woman to have done this, but she says:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><em>\u2018I tell my story not because it is unique, but because it is the story of many girls\u2019.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Having recovered from her injuries and settled with her family in a new home in the UK, Malala realised:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><em>\u2018I could live a quiet life or I could make the most of this new life I had been given. I determined to continue my fight until every girl could go to school.<\/em>\u00a0<em>With my father, who has always been my ally and inspiration, I established Malala Fund, a charity dedicated to giving every girl an opportunity to achieve a future she chooses. In recognition of our work, I received the\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/lit-spire-91330.herokuapp.com\/newsroom\/malala-nobel-speech\"><em>Nobel Peace Prize in December 2014<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0and became the youngest-ever Nobel laureate\u2019.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">She believes \u2018we will see every girl in school in my lifetime\u2019 \u2013 and even in the UK where we take girls\u2019 education for granted Malala\u2019s story is well known and inspires girls to see the value of their education and support her ideals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Soroptimists have a vision that women and girls will achieve their individual and collective potential, realise aspirations and have an equal voice in creating strong, peaceful communities worldwide. Our club in Nantwich and District is celebrating amazing women who help transform women\u2019s lives at our 70<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Anniversary Conference on 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0June, and we really hope you can join us there. You can register\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/nantwich-and-district\/nantwich-district-soroptimists-70th-anniversary\/\">here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">In the meantime, tell us your experiences in education \u2013 did you have encouraging teachers? Were you told you couldn\u2019t be something? and let us know whether you think progress is being made to achieve our vision.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We understand how important education is to enabling women and girls achieve their potential in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":712,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-space"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Women in Education | News | Blog | Events | SI Nantwich and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Nantwich and District : Blog &amp; News : Women in Education : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Nantwich and District . 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