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(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – Davos) - Four years after launching the Jordan Education Initiative (JEI) at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, and two years after taking the initiative global, government and business leaders gathered in Davos, to  highlight the initiative's achievements and outline the value of increasing public private collaboration to expand its outreach.

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – Dead Sea) - Taking on an unlikely role as a moderator, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah engaged a distinguished panel in discussing the move from charity to active giving at the World Economic Forum in the Dead Sea.

"Irrespective of where you have come from, there are people – whether it's across the street from you, on the other side of town, or over the border – who can use a helping hand," said the Queen as she welcomed the panelists in the session titled “Defining Global Citizenship: From Philanthropy to Activism.” 

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department – Davos) It is not every day that youth take center stage amidst leaders at the World Economic Forum. They did just that as five youth joined Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan and Chancellor Gordon Brown of the United Kingdom in a frank panel discussion where they voiced their concerns about the state of the world and challenged the leaders to set up a Global Education Fund.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Davos) Joined by 40 international and regional CEOs, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan launched a campaign at the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Thursday, to support the work readiness skills of high school students across the Arab world.  The campaign, "Empowering One Million Arab Youth by 2018", was conceived by INJAZ al-Arab, a confederation of national operations working with 10,000 corporate volunteers to train Arab students through exciting hands-on programs in work readiness, in partnership with ministries of education.  The ini

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department – Dead Sea) As globalization continues to bring our world closer together, dealing with different cultures is becoming increasingly important. Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah joined Harvard professor Daniel Shapiro for a frank discussion about the imminent need for communication and understanding across cultures. In defining multiculturalism, Her Majesty said "the word is self explanatory… it means having cultures living alongside each other, which is what describes our world today, but it does not mean it is being done well or actively….

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Dalian) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah  called on international corporations and members of the global community to adopt a new and global ‘moral language of the conscience’ to help bridge the growing divide between the Muslim world and the West, and create a global conversation within which all citizens can be a part regardless of their cultural differences.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department – Davos) As the humanitarian conditions continue to worsen in Gaza, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah spoke out about the situation while in Davos, Friday, where she urged the international community "to reach out, to make sure that we deal with the humanitarian issues, to make sure that we take care of the women and children who have nothing to do with this political process in the first place.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Dalian) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah attended the opening session of the Inaugural Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2007 and joined the Young Global Leaders in a discussion session at their Annual Summit 2007.

The great thinkers and tinkerers of global politics and business descended on Davos, Switzerland, for the 40th World Economic Forum last week. This year, in the snowy confines of this small Swiss village, the theme was: Rethink. Redesign. Rebuild. For me, the focus was: Education. Education. Education.

Each year, more is lost by a string of national economies from low quality education than the world lost from the financial crisis. Each year, the income lost by developing countries from not educating their girls is equal to the total aid they receive: about $100 billion.