Episode 1 - Why Care About Girls’ Education? Suzanne Ehlers, Malala Fund

Today’s guest is the CEO of the Malala Fund, Suzanne Ehlers, who will talk about global priorities in girls’ education, why this should matter to everyone, and what actors like the Malala Fund bring to this work. We’ll also discuss the progress towards equality that has been made over the past few decades, while examining the persistent challenges faced by girls and how those are increasing due to COVID.

The Malala Fund was founded in 2013 by Pakistani girls’ education advocates Malala and Ziauddin Yousafzai to ensure that all girls receive 12 years of “free, safe, quality education.” The Fund prioritizes three action areas: investing in local education activists, advocating to hold leaders accountable, and amplifying girls’ voices.

Teach For All is a global network of 59 independent, locally led and governed partner organizations and a global organization that works to accelerate the progress of the network. Each network partner recruits and develops promising future leaders to teach in their nations’ under-resourced schools and communities and, with this foundation, to work with others, inside and outside of education, to ensure all children are able to fulfill their potential.

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RESOURCES

Malala Fund Website: https://malala.org

On Instagram, Suzanne follows and recommends: @feedthemalik, @_lyneezy, @f.moudouthe, @alokvmenon, @blairimani, @laylafsaad, and @stephanieyeboa

Books Suzanne is reading right now: Haben by Haben Girma, Malala book club picks on Literati, salt by Nayyirah Waheed, anything by Ocean Vuong and Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

Podcasts: Barack and The Boss on Renegades! All else can wait!

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