2003: Girls' Education: The Biggest Lesson
Over 2 million people in 70 countries took part in the record-breaking “Girls’ Education: The Biggest Lesson”.
Events held around the world were highlighted by the attendance of local and national celebrities and government officials. At UN headquarters in New York, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Mrs Annan, and singer Angelique Kidjo teamed up to teach “The Biggest Lesson”, and in the Gambia, it was the VIPs’ turn to sit and listen as the daughter of a peanut-seller mounted the podium to teach the lesson.
Such scenes were repeated around the world as vast numbers of children used their own voices to call attention to Education for All. Girls’ education was “ringing in the hearts and minds of millions of people”, said Hailu Sime, a participant from Ethiopia.
