Tompkins
County Public Library and the American Association of University Women’s Ithaca
Branch will present “Pakistan and Education for Girls,” a panel discussion,
January 24 at 11 a.m. in the Library’s BorgWarner Community Room.
Inspired
by Nobel Peace Prize Winner Malala Yousafzai’s acclaimed book “I Am Malala,”
this program will highlight the importance of education for girls in the United
States and abroad.
Pakistani panelists Arzoo Gauhar and
Samar Deen will offer a glimpse at the education system for girls in their
country.
Gauhar is a Fulbright Scholar at
Cornell University and is currently studying for a master’s degree in
international development. She has worked for the World Wide Fund for
Nature in Pakistan and is the co-founder of a charity committed to providing
medical assistance to impoverished children. Gauhar is currently studying
gender issues and the role of micro-credit in empowering rural women of
Pakistan.
Deen is a Ph.D candidate in Cornell
University’s Department of Natural Resources. She has worked for the
planning and development department of the Punjab Government, UNICEF, the Polio
program as a monitoring and evaluation officer and at the World Bank. She has
also worked as a teaching assistant at the Center for Economic Research
Pakistan and was an environmental consultant at Hagler Bailly LTD, a private
oil and gas environmental consultancy based in Islamabad, Pakistan.
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) promotes
equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and
research. The Ithaca membership affords local women the opportunity to
share common interests, develop friendships, and act on vital issues.
For more information about AAUW, visit www.aauw-ithaca.org or
contact Sarah Johnson, president, at sljithaca@aol.com.
The Library program is
free and open to the public. For more information, contact Carrie
Wheeler-Carmenatty at (607) 272-4557 extension 248 or cwheeler@tcpl.org.
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