Peng Liyuan attended the 2021 UNESCO Prize for Girls' and Women's Education

Beijing, October 15 News President Xi Jinping and UNESCO Special Envoy for girls' and women's education Peng Liyuan was invited to attend the 2021 UNESCO Girls' and Women's Education Award Ceremony by video in Beijing on the afternoon of the 15th and delivered a speech.

Peng Liyuan first congratulated the winners from Brazil and Mozambique. Peng Liyuan said that since China and UNESCO established the Girls' and Women's Education Award in 2015, the award has continued to exert a positive influence and inspire more people to devote themselves to girls' and women's education. Thousands of girls and women have acquired the knowledge and skills, the ability and confidence to change their destiny and pursue their dreams, and more and more people care about and support the cause of girls' and women's education, bringing together a powerful force to promote gender equality in global education. The cooperation between China and UNESCO in the second edition of the Girls' and Women's Education Award is a new starting point and will inject new impetus into the cause of girls' and women's education. It is hoped that the international community will pay more attention to and support the education of girls and women and make new contributions to the realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.

Peng Liyuan stressed that at present, the new crown pneumonia epidemic is still spreading around the world, and the negative impact on girls' and women's education is particularly obvious. We need to overcome difficulties, pool more forces, and take precise and effective measures to provide them with fair and quality education. The first is to comprehensively promote digital education for girls and women, make full use of digital technology, share high-quality online education resources, increase educational support for girls and women in poor areas and poor families, enhance their ability to use new technologies for employment and entrepreneurship, and help them have a happy life in the digital age. The second is to continue to strengthen the health education of girls and women, help them and their families to enhance their health awareness and ability to prevent various diseases, and comprehensively improve the physical and mental health of girls and women.

Peng Liyuan said that the trickle of water merges into the sea, and the dedication achieves great love. As UNESCO's Special Envoy for girls' and women's education, I would like to work with you to make more children and more sisters embrace a better future!

In his speech, UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay said that the Chinese government's support for the establishment of the Girls' and Women's Education Award sows hope and plays a unique role in helping women and children realize their dreams, especially in response to the challenges of the epidemic. I would like to thank the Chinese government for its continued investment and launch of the second edition of the Girls' and Women's Education Award, and professor Peng Liyuan for her firm and strong support.

Representatives of the winning projects spoke at the meeting to introduce the practical experience and experience of promoting girls' and women's education.

The Girls' and Women's Education Award, established by China in cooperation with UNESCO, is the only award of the organization in the field of promoting girls' and women's education, and plays an important role in publicizing and promoting the concept and excellent practical experience of gender equality in education and implementing the global priorities of gender equality, which has been widely concerned and highly praised by the international community.