Katie Couric to Moderate Panel at Global Forum on Inequality in Education for Girls

Katie Couric to Moderate Panel at Global Forum on Inequality in Education for Girls

TROY, New York: Out of the world's 130 million out-of-school youth, two-thirds are girls.* Studies show a strong correlation between the continued cycles of poverty and girls' lack of access to a quality education.

What: During a two-day AUDACIA forum, the global forum for girls' education, Katie Couric, American journalist and author, and several globally-recognized guests will discuss the inequality of education for girls and share best practices that address this growing global issue. Ultimately, the forum will create new relationships that will increase the effectiveness of organizations currently focused on this topic.

September 26-27, 2011, 9:00 a.m. to
When: 5:00 p.m. ET
Where: Credit Suisse Conference Center
One Madison Avenue
New York, New York

Go to http://www.audaciaforum.org/content/request-invitation.

For more information, go toEmma Willard School and AUDACIA.

For more information, contact:
pr@audaciaforum.org
201-214-0968
http://audaciaforum.org

* Source: Human Rights Watch

/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- Sept. 21, 2011/

SOURCE AUDACIA

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