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Contribuidores dos projetos da Wikimedia

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Malala Yousafzai – Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre

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Nota: ”“Malala”″ redireciona para este artigo. Este artigo é sobre a ativista paquistanesa. Para o documentário sobre ela, veja He Named Me Malala.

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"I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot,I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up." 

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"I don't want to be remembered as the girl who was shot,I want to be remembered as the girl who stood up." 

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"When the whole world is silent,even one voice becomes powerful."

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"When the whole world is silent,even one voice becomes powerful."

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"With guns you can kill terrorists,with education you can kill terrorism."

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"With guns you can kill terrorists,with education you can kill terrorism."

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"If one man can destroy everything, why a girl can't change it"

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"If one man can destroy everything, why a girl can't change it"

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"I truly believe the only way we can create global peace is through not only educating our minds,but our hearts and our souls."

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"I truly believe the only way we can create global peace is through not only educating our minds,but our hearts and our souls."

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A student well-versed and literate in the STEM fields tends to be an innovative and critical thinker. He or she can apply what they’ve learned to real world problems, improving their communities along the way. High school graduates who are literate in STEM, transition seamlessly into their higher education careers in those fields. Ultimately, STEM literacy translates into employment in the increasingly knowledge-based economy we see locally and around the globe. STEM literacy means gainful employment in higher-earning jobs for today and tomorrow’s work force.

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Develop STEM education and research programs at SIU and support existing programs.

Provide professional development, curriculum development, workshops and support for our region's K-12 teachers and administrators.

Research and facilitate strategies of teaching aligned to the NGSS and Common Core for improved student and public literacy.

Build partnerships with local, state and national stakeholders to advance STEM teaching, learning and research.

Build partnerships to improve and implement the Illinois Science Assessment, the PARCC exam and other state assessments.

Collaborate with the SIU community to provide students excellent preparation for advanced programs and professions in STEM.

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It gives people skills that make them more employable and ready to meet the current labor demand. It encompasses the whole range of experiences and skills. Each STEM component brings a valuable contribution to a well-rounded education. Science gives learners an in-depth understanding of the world around us.

In Illinois, for example, According to the June 2012 report published by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, educational demand for employment has grown and the trend is expected to continue. By 2020, 70% of all jobs in Illinois will require some postsecondary education. Yet according to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 2013 Nation's Report Card, only 27% of grade 12 students in Illinois performed at or above the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) proficient level in mathematics; 65% of students performed at or above the NAEP Basic level, resulting in 35% of Illinois graduating high school seniors who perform at levels below basic in mathematics.

Simply put, our students are not graduating from public schools equipped and prepared to continue on to higher education STEM programs or to enter the STEM workforce. Currently, there are more job openings in STEM fields than qualified STEM job seekers. This gap must be closed.

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STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math education. It is an interdisciplinary approach that helps students succeed in college and in their future careers. The focus of a STEM education is hands-on, problem-based learning

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Zuriel Oduwole was born in Los Angeles, California in July 2002. Her first venture into media and advocacy was in 2012 when she entered a school competition with a documentary film about Africa titled The Ghana Revolution. For this she conducted her first presidential interviews, when she met with two former presidents of Ghana: Jerry Rawlings and John Kufuor.

In 2013, after the release of her documentary film titled The 1963 OAU Formation, Zuriel Oduwole was profiled in Forbes Magazine. As part of this second documentary, she interviewed the President of Malawi ( Joyce Banda ), the President of Tanzania ( Jakaya Kikwete ) and the President of Mauritius ( Rakeshwar Purryag ). In March 2013, Oduwole formally started a project called "Dream Up, Speak Up, Stand Up", a campaign which was first launched at the Lagos Business School's Pan-Atlantic University, for the advocacy and promotion of girl-child education in Africa.

In 2014 at age 12, her self-produced documentary film titled A Promising Africa was screened in five countries. On 21 April 2014, Oduwole was listed as the most Powerful 11 year old in the world by New York Business Insider's in their listing of "World's Most Powerful Person at Every Age". In February 2015, Elle Magazine listed her in their annual feature of "33 Women Who Changed The World", alongside Fed Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellenand President of General Motors, Mary Barra.

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With BOTH eyes, you see clearer

With BOTH hands, you lift higher

With BOTH legs, you run faster

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With BOTH boys' and girls' education, the world's social problems are easily seen and easier solved !!

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Why she thinks she is changing the world

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Why she thinks she is changing the world

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The 'why' is no one can see into the future, but everyone can see the present. Everyone can see in my simple journey, what an educated girl with just a simple idea, can do today, right now. Fathers who were against girls education, now want better for their daughters - because they can see standing before their eyes, their daughters future. Mothers now see their lost dreams, in their daughters future.

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Seven years later, I've now spoken to more than 49,230 youths across 19 countries about the power of education, from Mozambique to Ghana, from South Africa to Kenya, across Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Egypt, and many places in between, ending in Sierra Leone.

At the age of 10, she became the youngest person to be interviewed by Forbes magazine and last year it named her one of Africa’s 100 most influential women.

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When I was just 10 years old in 2013, I began an idea, to talk to people I meet about the need for girls, especially on the African continent, to go to school until at least the age of 18. That way, they have more options in life and are not getting married at age 16, 14 or in some cases, 12.

So I started in Namibia and now I've done it in Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Ethiopia. Just nine months after that first class, one of the girls who attended actually created her first documentary about her country to tell a children's story and she was even shopping on a local news network too, which I think is really cool. This encouraged me to keep going because it shows that the film class I'm taking is having an impact on the lives of the young people I'm teaching.

The American, of Nigerian and Mauritian descent, has been named an ambassador for the Sahara Foundation to stand up for the rights of girls across Africa

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Inspiration to start making a revolution

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Inspiration to start making a revolution

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I did a lot of research and found that the Ghana revolution was one of the most successful revolutions carried out on the continent. I saw them on the streets instead of being in school and getting an education. So when I got home from that trip, I took some time to think about what I can do to try and help these girls back to school.

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I will continue to speak to presidents and prime ministers about the importance of education and trying to get more girls into schools.

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When I was 10, I started my Dream, Speak, Stand Up project and this is my education program where I basically try to get more girls from the African continent into schools.

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Girls need help to reach the same level that boys are now, especially in terms of equal opportunities, whether that's education or any opportunity that comes along as they get older.

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https://www.zurieloduwole.com/

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https://theirworld.org/news/zuriel-oduwole-education-champion-film-maker-girls-rights/

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Still only 15, she has been named on an "emerging black women In Hollywood" list and her programme will partner with a foundation to promote equal opportunities for girls.

She's still only 15. But Zuriel Oduwole is enhancing her reputation as a champion for girls' education.

The American, of Nigerian and Mauritian descent, has been named an ambassador for the Sahara Foundation to stand up for the rights of girls across Africa.

The foundation will partner with Zuriel's Dream Up Speak Up Stand Up programme to improve access to education, promote gender equality and create more opportunities for girls.

The appointment comes hot on the heels after the Los Angeles resident was named among the "top 15 emerging black women In Hollywood" because of her documentary film-making classes in countries such as Namibia, Kenya and Nigeria.

Zuriel Oduwole with schoolgirls at the launch of a partnership with Sahara Foundation in Ghana (Facebook / Sahara Foundation)

Zuriel - who has interviewed more than 20 presidents and prime ministers on her education mission - said: "Entering into this partnership with Sahara Foundation gives me a much bigger platform to contribute to global efforts aimed at empowering the girl child.

"With Sahara's support, I hope to enhance my film-making classes for girls which have proven to be a strong empowerment medium."

Over nine million girls of primary-school age are out of school in sub-Saharan Africa. Zuriel began making films in 2012 and has produced several documentaries highlighting the issue, including Follow the Ball for Education and Educating and Healing Africa out of Poverty.

At the age of 10, she became the youngest person to be interviewed by Forbes magazine and last year it named her one of Africa's 100 most influential women.

Zuriel talks with teachers and students in Mozambique (Zuriel Oduwole / Twitter)

Sahara Foundation is part of the Sahara Group, an international energy company. It has implemented over 150 programmes and initiatives across Africa, reaching more than two million beneficiaries in education, youth empowerment, health and other areas.

The foundation sits on the Private Sector Advisory Group of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals Fund. Zuriel was welcomed at a presentation in Accra, Ghana, by Seyi Ojurongbe, Manager of the Sahara Foundation.

He said: "Empowering the youth, especially the girl child, is a goal that Sahara Group supports passionately and we have consistently implemented several educational and capacity building projects to enhance the achievement of this goal in Africa."

In Ghana, Zuriel also met the country's President Akufo Addo. He thanked her for initiatives that have begun to make a tangible impact on the lives of underprivileged children.

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Teenage film-maker and education champion Zuriel stands up for rights of African girls - Theirworld

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She's still only 15. But Zuriel Oduwole is enhancing her reputation as a champion for girls' education. The American, of Nigerian and Mauritian descent, has been named an ambassador for the Sahara Foundation to stand up for the rights of girls across Africa.

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https://www.dususu.org/news

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GIVING OUR LITTLE

We try at every opportunity.

Whether its giving financial support to a new co-operative of budding film makers in rural Namibia, or to a charity funded school in Chorkor - the poor fishing community in Ghana, to an orphanage in Malawi raising girls orphaned from AIDS, or the Makoko slums in Lagos Nigeria, we give our little.

We try to make a small difference, with our little.

Our visit to countries is never quite complete, without meeting with the Presidents or Prime Ministers who lead.

We share our simple ideas of getting more girls into school, and we listen to the challenges these countries face. From Ghana to Nigeria, Egypt and Kenya, we learn first hand from the Presidents what challenges they face, and we build partnerships every year.

When school girls in Jamaica asked why was no one fighting for them the way we did on the African continent, we listened.

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Spanish town was the first stop, in our session in that Caribbean country, sharing one-on-one what dreaming can look like, if the right support is in place by all stakeholders.

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https://www.dw.com/en/teen-activist-zuriel-oduwole-education-is-more-than-learning-in-class/a-45842092

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Forbes Magazine lists Zuriel Oduwole as one of Africa's most influential women. Her Dream Up, Speak Up, Stand Up (DUSUSU) project aims at encouraging African girls to get an education. She is also a budding filmmaker and the brains behind the DUSUSU Awards which recognizes first ladies and gender ministers who do more to promote the education of girls.
DW: Zuriel, how did you manage to achieve all this at such a young age?
Zuriel Oduwole: When I was nine, I entered a national competition here in the United States on behalf of my school. Basically, students were asked to create a documentary on a revolution that happened in history. A lot of my fellow students were doing things, either in the United States, in Europe or even Asia, so I thought how about I do something different and do a documentary on the African continent.

I did a lot of research and I found out that the Ghana revolution was one of the most successful held on the continent. So I decided that would be my topic. So I went to Ghana to shoot some scenes for my documentary but also I was there to meet with president Jerry Rawlings because he was the one who started the revolution.

While in Ghana for that film project, that's when I first saw with my own eyes girls who are just like me, similar ages. I saw them out on the streets instead of being in school and getting an education. So when I got home from that trip I took some time to think about what I can do to maybe try and help get those girls back into school. When I was 10 years old, I started my Dream Up, Speak Up, Stand Up project and that's my education program where basically I try to get more girls on the African continent into schools.
Why are you passionate about Africa and you were not even born there?
Well you are right. I wasn't born there. I was born here in California, I'm an LA (Los Angeles) girl, born and raised. But I also have roots from the African continent. My dad's side of the family is actually from Nigeria and my mom's side of the family is from Mauritius, countries in African. So I have roots there. But then also, as I mentioned when I went to Africa - specifically Ghana - for my documentary that's when I first saw the issues of girls not being in school and getting an education. So that's why I started on the African continent.
As the world celebrates the International Day of the Girl Child, do you feel that somehow the boy child is being ignored?
I wouldn't say that at least not in my projects. I'm not ignoring the boy child. Whenever I go and speak to students in different countries, I make sure to speak to both boys and girls.

Zuriel Oduwole with Ghanaian President Nana Akuffo-Addo

There was an instance where I went to speak at a school in Nigeria. After I spoke, one of the boys was asked to give feedback on the event and he said that seeing me up there, it showed him that he no longer thinks at his local level in the community but he's now thinking internationally and globally. So no, I wouldn't say that we are leaving boys behind. It's just been that for the longest time girls have been left behind. And this could be because there are not enough resources for girls to be able to go to school and get an education. And also it could be for cultural reasons as well. Girls do need help to catch up to the same level that boys are right now, especially in regard to equal opportunity whether it's education or any opportunity that comes up as they get older.
Your latest project is grooming girls in filmmaking. Tell us more about it.
I first started it when I was 13 years old in Namibia, and that was just my pilot project. I taught some girls and youth - 25 and under. I taught them some basic filmmaking skills because I believe that education isn't just learning in the classroom, it's also about learning skills that you can use to benefit yourself. And so because I'm a filmmaker, I can teach other youth in Africa to tell their stories. And if they can, make a living off of filmmaking.

So I started in Namibia and I've now done it in Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Ethiopia. Those are just a few countries where I have done this entire project. And the coolest part is the first filmmaking class that I did in Namibia when I was 13 years old. Just nine months after that first class, one of the girls who attended actually created her first documentary on her country to tell a children's story and she was even shopping around a local news network too which I think was really cool. It encouraged me to continue because it shows that the filmmaking class that I'm doing is having an impact on the lives of the youth I'm teaching.
What are your future plans?
I'll continue with my filmmaking class because I've seen the successful stories. I will continue to teach students how to tell positive African stories and also to tell their own stories. I'll also continue with my DUSUSU Awards to recognize African first ladies and gender ministers. I am going to continue speaking with presidents and prime ministers about the importance of education and trying to get more girls into schools.

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Teen activist Zuriel Oduwole: 'Education is more than learning in class' | DW | 11.10.2018

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Forbes Magazine lists Zuriel Oduwole as one of Africa's most influential women. Her Dream Up, Speak Up, Stand Up (DUSUSU) project aims at encouraging African girls to get an education. She is also a budding filmmaker and the brains behind the DUSUSU Awards which recognizes first ladies and gender ministers who do more to promote the education of girls.

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"When I was just 10 years old in 2013, I began an idea, to talk to people I meet about the need for girls, especially on the African continent, to go to school until at least the age of 18. That way, they have more options in life and are not getting married at age 16, 14 or in some cases, 12.

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I was once told to go outside and play with my friends, or play with dolls instead of bothering people about things that do not concern me."

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"Seven years later, I've now spoken to more than 49,230 youths across 19 countries about the power of education"

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"I sat down with more than 30 world leaders [Presidents and Prime Ministers] and a US Secretary of State to talk about the critical issue of education, especially girls education, and the world is now slowly seeing 'why'."