WISE Prize for Education Awarded to Afghan Education Campaigner

Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser presented the WISE Prize for Education to Dr. Sakena Yacoobi at the seventh World Innovation Summit for Education in Doha, Qatar, organized each year by the Qatar Foundation. Michelle Obama also spoke at the opening ceremony about #letgirlslearn, a U.S. government initiative for adolescent girls to increase access to quality education. IIE has been a partner of the WISE initiative since its inception.

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