Echidna Global Scholars Series
The Echidna Global Scholars series highlights the research being conducted by Echidna Global Scholars and Alumni on how to improve learning opportunities for girls around the world.
To change mindsets, you have to start at school. It’s not just about reading and writing and counting. It’s about developing a social and political consciousness. You want them to have a good life.
Girls’ education research and policy symposium: Reaching the most marginalized
We get them to ask questions they have never asked. Is it fair that you do more household chores than a boy? Why is your homework not as important as his? Why does he get more food than you – does he need more nutrition?
The mission is to have an equal world, of course, but I think education has not been tapped for its potential to develop a social and political consciousness in students — to help them think equal.
