Honored to cohost the #ActForEarlyYears event with Gordon Brown, Sarah Brown and Theirworld Justin W. van Fleet to galvanize around the early years. With <2% of humanitarian aid dedicated to early years, we must increase investments to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow.

Thanks to our colleagues at Bundesentwicklungsministerium for hosting the Education Cannot Wait executive committee meetings this week in Berlin.

The future of businesses rests on investment in the #EarlyYears. In an Financial Times article exploring upskilling, I make the case for businesses to invest in the early years and help children develop the skills needed to join the future workforce. Read it now: ow.ly/eCat50SaMZx

I'm delighted to be named an LGBTQ+ Power Player by PoliticsNY, amNewYork™ Metro & Gay City News! 🏳️‍🌈 It's a huge honor to be listed alongside so many powerful LGBTQ+ leaders who are committed to making the world a more inclusive place: ow.ly/aaaL50Shcmy.

For #DayOfTheAfricanChild more than 1,500 Theirworld #GlobalYouthAmbassadors have mobilized to call on leaders across the continent to support Africa's youngest learners. It's time to #ActForEarlyYears. Will you join them? ow.ly/sWr050ShcLz #DAC2024

🌟 I’m proud to share our 2023 Annual Report and audited financial statements highlighting the amazing impact our teams at @Theirworld and @GBCeducation are having on the lives of young people across the world 🌎 Read the report now: ow.ly/WESi50T3h1J

American children are starting school less ready than ever, behind their peers in the UK, Netherlands, Brazil, South Africa & India. New research today from @Theirworld surveyed 500+ elementary school teachers and shows we must urgently #ActForEarlyYears ow.ly/YU1950Tg8Qj

This week The Economist has published a letter by me and @Theirworld Chair Sarah Brown calling for greater investment in the #EarlyYears. If we want to meet the United Nations goals of eradicating poverty and inequality, we must #ActForEarlyYears: ow.ly/ztsq50TgzNs

Over 1 billion children are at an extremely high risk to the impacts of climate change 🌎 At the @Theirworld event during #UNGA79 we were joined by Mia Amor Mottley Gordon Brown and Sarah Brown to explore how education can restore normality for children disrupted by disasters.

Great discussion with @gordonbrown World Bank President Ajay Banga, Catherine Russell Theirworld on Educating the Next Generation. The global economy will be transformed by AI and climate change. We must prioritize investments in education to prepare our children for their future.

How can #AI change how people live, learn, and work in Africa? At Global Business Coalition for Education's event during United Nations #UNGA79, I joined Uzodinma Iweala Rapelang Rabana Suzan Miller Dr. 'Bosun Tijani & Salima Monorma Bah in exploring how AI can provide opportunities for growth: ow.ly/158c50TuCzO

The early years are so crucial for children living in the most difficult situations of emergency and conflict. Glad to have Education Cannot Wait on board to #ActForEarlyYears!

The Financial Times has published my letter supporting the argument that childcare in the US should be treated as a public good rather than a private test of families' financial resilience. Investing in the #EarlyYears benefits *everyone* #ActForEarlyYears on.ft.com/3XZPU6F

🎉Congratulations to my friend & former Global Business Coalition for Education colleague Tom Fletcher on his appointment to Tom Fletcher at UN Humanitarian. Tom has always been a friend of Theirworld and a champion of education in emergencies. A true humanitarian ready to provide hope where there is suffering.

Brazil is taking impressive steps to improve #EarlyChildhood, but what can others learn from this? With Mariana Luz, we've written for UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳's Global Education Monitoring Report UNESCO how at least $1bn in #EarlyYears funding could close the gap on global poverty and inequality: ow.ly/mhtO50TNuuk

I was invited to contribute to a new report from Generation Unlimited, on how AI-based learning can empower underserved youth with #SkillsForTheFuture, opening doors to employment and driving positive change for society. Discover more: ow.ly/sstp50TQWKv#Sk… #GenAI

🌍 OUT NOW: As world leaders meet at the G20 summit in Brazil, Theirworld Chair Sarah Brown and I discuss in POLITICOEurope the transformative impact of investing in children’s early years. It’s time to #ActForEarlyYears: ow.ly/wAsg50U9PfS

Today we hosted 100+ #GlobalYouthAmbassadors & business leaders, alongside donors, advocates and decision-makers to discuss how education investment is key to giving Africa's huge population of young people the support they need for the #BestStartInLife.

3 years on, millions of Ukrainian children still face disrupted education. Theirworld and Global Business Coalition for Education in partnership with Міністерство освіти і науки України Мінцифра & Olena Zelenska Foundation, has delivered 500 more laptops to help 20k+ students sit their crucial university entrance exams.

Congratulations to our founding Advisory Board Member Aliko Dangote of Dangote Group, recognised by #Time100Philanthropy as one of the most influential people shaping the future of giving. time.com/collections/ti…