"What is the biggest lesson a woman should learn?
From day one, she had everything she needed.
The world convinced her that she did not. "-
Rupi Kaur is the best-selling instapoet and graduated from the University of volu. The theme of this year's International Women's Day is "bold change", a timely theme.
While there is reason to celebrate the economic, political and social achievements of women, it is important to recognize that there are still many challenges in the pursuit of gender equality.
For many, access to basic resources, such as education and electricity, which many countries consider, has become a huge challenge.
Although the pace of technological progress in the world is accelerating, especially in places such as Waterloo, there is a gap in progress and is generally uneven. More than 1.
Education, clean water, lighting, refrigeration or medical facilities are not available to 2 billion people worldwide.
The more backward this part of the world's population is, the harder it will be to catch up.
These gaps have greatly affected women, often depriving them of their time and opportunities.
These challenges are often rooted in access to energy that most Canadians take for granted.
In the developing world, there are no electrical appliances, simple household chores, which are done almost entirely by women and need threeto-
Five times.
Reliable energy supplies allow women not to worry about the collection of fuel and water, but to shift the focus to education and social and economic initiatives.
With this in mind, "bold change" will allow us to seek solutions to energy shortages.
Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon-
Moon reminded us that energy is the "golden line" that connects economic growth, social equity and environmental sustainability ".
"Following these lines, the United Nations has highlighted 17 goals to help the world become more inclusive and sustainable.
These include gender equality and the need to access affordable modern energy, which are intertwined.
While the United Nations goal remains a concept in many parts of the world, it is a principle that has been formed for many years in the Waterloo region of Canada.
Last spring, for example, Waterloo's global science initiative hosted an open energy summit, with experts from 22 countries advocatingup, community-
The basic approach to energy solutions.
The panel's recommendation is the basis for the forthcoming blueprint for open access to energy, which emphasizes, among other things, the need to invest in women by improving women's access to energy --
Related education programs, Finance and Decision Makingmaking tools.
As Canada's most innovative university and institution dedicated to helping to build a better world, we recognize that this goal can be fully achieved only through one institution, through liberating women's intellectual capacities, A country and a species.
This is a principle that drives many of our decisions, and a principle that leads us to join the 10x10 initiative of the United Nations influence, its supporters are committed to addressing the serious gender imbalance in boards, universities and cities in the world's capital.
For our part, we are committed to improving the progress we have made.
In addition to seeing that women account for more than 40 of undergraduate and graduate students, and have increased, we are committed to achieving ambitious goals in all areas of the university.
We are working to increase female enrolment in science, technology, engineering and math programs;
Attract more female faculty and staff;
See more women in academic and senior leadership positions.
As dreamers, activists, students, researchers, entrepreneurs, innovators and leaders in our field, our mission is to firmly believe that there are solutions to our global problems, let us solve these problems with the best and brightest people.
On International Women's Day, we stand with those who stand with women at the University of Waterloo.
President and Vice President hamdurapur
University of Waterloo president and chairman of the Waterloo Global Science Initiative, which is a non-profit partnership between the University of Waterloo and the surrounding Institute of Theoretical Physics.
"What is the biggest lesson a woman should learn?
From day one, she had everything she needed.
The world convinced her that she did not. "-
Rupi Kaur is the best-selling instapoet and graduated from the University of volu. The theme of this year's International Women's Day is "bold change", a timely theme.
While there is reason to celebrate the economic, political and social achievements of women, it is important to recognize that there are still many challenges in the pursuit of gender equality.
For many, access to basic resources, such as education and electricity, which many countries consider, has become a huge challenge.
Although the pace of technological progress in the world is accelerating, especially in places such as Waterloo, there is a gap in progress and is generally uneven. More than 1.
Education, clean water, lighting, refrigeration or medical facilities are not available to 2 billion people worldwide.
The more backward this part of the world's population is, the harder it will be to catch up.
These gaps have greatly affected women, often depriving them of their time and opportunities.
These challenges are often rooted in access to energy that most Canadians take for granted.
In the developing world, there are no electrical appliances, simple household chores, which are done almost entirely by women and need threeto-
Five times.
Reliable energy supplies allow women not to worry about the collection of fuel and water, but to shift the focus to education and social and economic initiatives.
With this in mind, "bold change" will allow us to seek solutions to energy shortages.
Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon-
Moon reminded us that energy is the "golden line" that connects economic growth, social equity and environmental sustainability ".
"Following these lines, the United Nations has highlighted 17 goals to help the world become more inclusive and sustainable.
These include gender equality and the need to access affordable modern energy, which are intertwined.
While the United Nations goal remains a concept in many parts of the world, it is a principle that has been formed for many years in the Waterloo region of Canada.
Last spring, for example, Waterloo's global science initiative hosted an open energy summit, with experts from 22 countries advocatingup, community-
The basic approach to energy solutions.
The panel's recommendation is the basis for the forthcoming blueprint for open access to energy, which emphasizes, among other things, the need to invest in women by improving women's access to energy --
Related education programs, Finance and Decision Makingmaking tools.
As Canada's most innovative university and institution dedicated to helping to build a better world, we recognize that this goal can be fully achieved only through one institution, through liberating women's intellectual capacities, A country and a species.
This is a principle that drives many of our decisions, and a principle that leads us to join the 10x10 initiative of the United Nations influence, its supporters are committed to addressing the serious gender imbalance in boards, universities and cities in the world's capital.
For our part, we are committed to improving the progress we have made.
In addition to seeing that women account for more than 40 of undergraduate and graduate students, and have increased, we are committed to achieving ambitious goals in all areas of the university.
We are working to increase female enrolment in science, technology, engineering and math programs;
Attract more female faculty and staff;
See more women in academic and senior leadership positions.
As dreamers, activists, students, researchers, entrepreneurs, innovators and leaders in our field, our mission is to firmly believe that there are solutions to our global problems, let us solve these problems with the best and brightest people.
On International Women's Day, we stand with those who stand with women at the University of Waterloo.
President and Vice President hamdurapur
University of Waterloo president and chairman of the Waterloo Global Science Initiative, which is a non-profit partnership between the University of Waterloo and the surrounding Institute of Theoretical Physics.
"What is the biggest lesson a woman should learn?
From day one, she had everything she needed.
The world convinced her that she did not. "-
Rupi Kaur is the best-selling instapoet and graduated from the University of volu. The theme of this year's International Women's Day is "bold change", a timely theme.
While there is reason to celebrate the economic, political and social achievements of women, it is important to recognize that there are still many challenges in the pursuit of gender equality.
For many, access to basic resources, such as education and electricity, which many countries consider, has become a huge challenge.
Although the pace of technological progress in the world is accelerating, especially in places such as Waterloo, there is a gap in progress and is generally uneven. More than 1.
Education, clean water, lighting, refrigeration or medical facilities are not available to 2 billion people worldwide.
The more backward this part of the world's population is, the harder it will be to catch up.
These gaps have greatly affected women, often depriving them of their time and opportunities.
These challenges are often rooted in access to energy that most Canadians take for granted.
In the developing world, there are no electrical appliances, simple household chores, which are done almost entirely by women and need threeto-
Five times.
Reliable energy supplies allow women not to worry about the collection of fuel and water, but to shift the focus to education and social and economic initiatives.
With this in mind, "bold change" will allow us to seek solutions to energy shortages.
Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon-
Moon reminded us that energy is the "golden line" that connects economic growth, social equity and environmental sustainability ".
"Following these lines, the United Nations has highlighted 17 goals to help the world become more inclusive and sustainable.
These include gender equality and the need to access affordable modern energy, which are intertwined.
While the United Nations goal remains a concept in many parts of the world, it is a principle that has been formed for many years in the Waterloo region of Canada.
Last spring, for example, Waterloo's global science initiative hosted an open energy summit, with experts from 22 countries advocatingup, community-
The basic approach to energy solutions.
The panel's recommendation is the basis for the forthcoming blueprint for open access to energy, which emphasizes, among other things, the need to invest in women by improving women's access to energy --
Related education programs, Finance and Decision Makingmaking tools.
As Canada's most innovative university and institution dedicated to helping to build a better world, we recognize that this goal can be fully achieved only through one institution, through liberating women's intellectual capacities, A country and a species.
This is a principle that drives many of our decisions, and a principle that leads us to join the 10x10 initiative of the United Nations influence, its supporters are committed to addressing the serious gender imbalance in boards, universities and cities in the world's capital.
For our part, we are committed to improving the progress we have made.
In addition to seeing that women account for more than 40 of undergraduate and graduate students, and have increased, we are committed to achieving ambitious goals in all areas of the university.
We are working to increase female enrolment in science, technology, engineering and math programs;
Attract more female faculty and staff;
See more women in academic and senior leadership positions.
As dreamers, activists, students, researchers, entrepreneurs, innovators and leaders in our field, our mission is to firmly believe that there are solutions to our global problems, let us solve these problems with the best and brightest people.
On International Women's Day, we stand with those who stand with women at the University of Waterloo.
President and Vice President hamdurapur
University of Waterloo president and chairman of the Waterloo Global Science Initiative, which is a non-profit partnership between the University of Waterloo and the surrounding Institute of Theoretical Physics.