Global Campaign for Education

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department- Paris)  As social networking sites, such as Twitter and Facebook, increasingly bridge the gap between the digital and offline worlds, the question Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah asked the audience at Le Web, Thursday, is whether the real time web can bring real world change.

Queen Rania of Jordan is using social media to promote her charitable work, meet her subjects and chat to her children. All she wants to do now is get her fridge on Twitter.

Thank you, Nita for those kind words.

And a special hello to the fourth graders of Ben Goldberg’s Rock Creek Valley Elementary school who join us today. They’re here to support the launch of the Big Read, because they know how important going to school is… and what a difference it can make in the life of a young person. Thank you for coming.

I’d like to tell you about a group of extraordinary children I met in a Johannesburg library during my trip to South Africa last month.

(Office of Her Majesty Press Department- Amman) FIFA President Sepp Blatter will be the co-chair of the 1GOAL campaign which aims to make global education a global reality.

The announcement was made today during a press conference held after a meeting with Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, where Blatter accepted Queen Rania’s invitation to become co-chair of the 1GOAL campaign.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department- New York) Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, on Tuesday, urged the music world to unite in support of the 1GOAL global education campaign, during the launch of VEVO, a new, premium music video and entertainment site, powered by Google Inc’s YouTube, and co-owned by Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Abu Dhabi Media.

When you were a child, did you ever pull the blankets over your head and call down to your parents, "Do I have to go to school today?" I certainly did. And now that I'm a parent, I occasionally hear the phrase too.
Yet, I was fortunate to be able to take my education for granted.

Around the world, over 80 million children never set foot in a classroom.

(Office of Her Majesty – Press Department – Washington, D.C.) - Her Majesty Queen Rania, on Tuesday, officially launched the beginning of Global Action Week (April 20-26th) organized by the Global Campaign for Education (GCE) to fight illiteracy worldwide with 75 million children currently out of school.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department - Johannesburg) As a staunch advocate for increasing access to quality education, Her Majesty Queen Rania on Friday announced her role as Honorary Chair of the Global Action Week on Education in anticipation of the “Big Read” event organized by the Global Campaign for Education.

Before reading her story to a group of curious children surrounding her in the Sandton Public Library in Johannesburg, Queen Rania addressed the need to provide “Education for All” by calling on millions to join the “Big Read” campaign.