If women have an income, they will invest a higher proportion of that income in their children than men do. So you do get those societal returns very quickly. Ann Cotton Read Quote
The work being done by Linklaters to help organizations understand keys to success in the development sector serves as an important international affairs issue and crucial element in how all of us work to support service provision in impoverished communities in a lasting and effective way. Ann Cotton Read Quote
For more than 20 years, Camfed has supported a generation of African girls and women with access to secondary and higher education, employment opportunities, and, ultimately, into positions of leadership. Ann Cotton Read Quote
Camfed has worked for more than two decades in partnership with poor families, transforming this desire for girls’ education into reality, and showing the measurable benefits of girls’ education for all of us. Ann Cotton Read Quote
Girls’ education is a human right. And along with its fundamental justice, it promises so much for the individual, for her family, for society, for all of us. Ann Cotton Read Quote
I have seen the transformative effect that education has in the lives of young women and their communities. Ann Cotton Read Quote
The culture of philanthropy is alive and very well in Africa. International aid strengthens and extends it, but in the communities where I have spent time, it is all-pervasive. Ann Cotton Read Quote
For the poor, learning to manage money well is central to improving their lives. Ann Cotton Read Quote
Money is hardly neutral. Its connection to power makes it a highly charged social phenomenon and a mediator of relationships. Because it has historically been controlled by men, it has given men a tool for controlling women. Ann Cotton Read Quote
All countries have poor people. Yet it’s a very rare country which understands the indignities of poverty, while education systems maintain the status quo. The children of the elite go to the best schools and get the best jobs, not because they are the best. We’re not taking advantage of the intellectual power on this planet. Ann Cotton Read Quote
