THE TICKS DON’T LIE: SHAKIRA CALLS FOR GLOBAL EDUCATION EQUALITY

World famous pop star, and debut RECOGNISE magazine cover star, Shakira was in Jerusalem recently to address the Israeli Presidential Conference. In front of world leaders, journalists, economists, scientists and innovators she discussed the need for a free, quality education for all children, especially girls.

Shakira, as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, visited the Max Payne “Hand in Hand” School for Bilingual Education in Jerusalem to meet with students to talk about the power of education. The project hopes to build peace and promote equality by mixing the classes with both Palestinian and Jewish students. The classes are taught by two teachers, one Palestinian and one Jewish, and are taught in both Arabic and Hebrew.

“Investing in education is the best strategy for peace and global stability”, she said during her visit, part of her ongoing work as an advocate for global education. According to UNESCO’s 2011 Global Monitoring Report, there are still 67 million primary-school age children out of school globally today, with the numbers falling too slowly.

It’s work like this that made Shakira our number one choice for our first ever cover.  Being an amazing beauty outside as well as in helped too!!

For more on the work of UNICEF visit http://www.unicef.org.uk/ and get closer to the Colombian siren at http://www.shakira.com/