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QNA
New York
Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF), attended the WISENY education forum organised by the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), a member of QF, in New York on Saturday.
During the opening plenary session, Her Highness was joined by the UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, Qatar's Ambassador to the US HE Sheikh Meshal bin Hamad al Thani and Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations HE Sheikha Alya bint Ahmed bin Saif al Thani.
Sheikha Moza then toured and participated in various workshops and learning labs, exchanging ideas with leading experts on how to use innovation to tackle rising educational challenges such as refugee learning and unequal education access, among others.
Held under the theme 'Learning Revolutions: Creating Educational Environments for Empowerment and Inclusion', WISENY gave over 350 educators, experts and thought leaders from around the world a platform to share their opinions and solutions, as well as network to democratise the global education conversation.
WISENY was the first event kicking off the 2018 Global Goals Week, a series of events focused on driving progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), during the opening of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly and under the auspices of the UN Foundation.
