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10/15/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/15/2021 02:50

Laureates from Brazil and Mozambique to receive 2021 UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education

A project training underrepresented and low-income women and girls to close the gender gap in Brazil's technology sector, and another empowering adolescent girls and young women in Mozambique through role models and sisterhood circles will be awarded this year's UNESCO Prize for Girls' and Women's Education during an online ceremony on 15 October 2021. The laureates were selected by UNESCO's Director-General, upon the recommendation of an international jury, from over 70 nominations submitted by UNESCO Member States and non-governmental organizations in official partnership with UNESCO. Each of the laureates will be awarded US$ 50,000 to help further their work in advancing girls' and women's education.