CWU Students Attend 1st UNESCO Awards for Female Education

A prize-giving ceremony for the first UNESCO Awards for Girl's and Women's Education was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 6. 

Peng Liyuan, China's first lady and a UNESCO special envoy for advancing girl's and women's education, called for the promotion of gender equality and for better education for females. 

Irina Bokova, UNESCO's director-general, thanked Peng for her lifelong commitment to advancing empowerment for girls and women. Some 300 envoys from foreign embassies in China, representatives from related international organizations, and college student representatives attended the ceremony.

Seventy students from the CWU's North Campus were invited to participate in the event. They said that the ceremony further broadened their horizons, increased their knowledge, and made them fully recognize the importance of equal educational opportunities. Attendees added that they realized the significance of the work in girl's and women's education, and their duty and mission in promoting educational equality.

(Source: China Women's University/Translated and edited by Gender Study Network)