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December 10, 2022
Freestyle Skier and Model Eileen Gu joins the IWC Family.
Photos: Freestyle Skier and Model Eileen Gu joins the IWC Family. Images provided by & copyright © IWC Schaffhausen.
Schaffhausen — IWC Schaffhausen welcomed Eileen Gu to the brand’s universe. The prodigy is a medal-winning freestyle skier, sought-after fashion model, and future university student. She is the perfect embodiment of a multifaceted modern woman, using her voice to drive representation and inclusion in her sport, aiming to inspire and empower a new generation of girls and women across the globe.
Born in San Francisco to an American father and a Chinese mother, she is a rising Freeski star, a successful fashion model, and an aspiring university student. She started recreational skiing aged three before delving into freestyle skiing when she was eight. Freeski is an action-packed extreme sport that involves spectacular acrobatic skills like flips, spins, and slides. Her most significant achievement to date came at the X Games 2021 in Aspen, Colorado, where she made history as the first rookie woman ever to win three medals. Two months later, she claimed three more medals at the FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships.
Eileen set the goal of finishing high school quicker to prepare for competitions more effectively. She eventually graduated after completing two school years in the time of one. Recently, she saw her dream come true after being accepted to Stanford University. As if all this were not enough, the young athlete has also launched a modeling career. She has graced the covers of many international magazines and attended noteworthy fashion events in Paris and New York.
Franziska Gsell, CMO of IWC Schaffhausen, said, “With her multifaceted personality, Eileen reflects the broad spectrum of our collections with timepieces ranging from casual or elegant to sporty. Her discipline and ambition, constant striving for perfection, and strong commitment to using sport as a force for unity make her the perfect partner for our brand going forward.”
Source: IWC Schaffhausen
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At UNESCO, World Education Leaders call for Environment Education and Digital Access to be part of Learning for All.
— The High-Level Steering Committee on Sustainable Development Goal 4 on Education, convened by UNESCO, called on countries to adopt new indicators measuring the implementation of green Education and digital access to learning for all.
Photos: UNESCO Headquarters Paris. SDG4 High-Level Steering Committee Meeting. December 9, 2022. Images provided by & copyright © UNESCO/Christelle ALIX.
Paris, December 09, 2022 — To advance its priorities, on December 8 & 9, UNESCO convened a meeting of the High-Level Steering Committee on Sustainable Development Goal 4 on Education. The meeting took place at UNESCO Headquarters, under the chairmanship of Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO’s Director General, and Julius Maada Bio, the President of Sierra Leone.
Following the Transforming Education Summit (TES) on September 2022 in New York, the UN Secretary-General mandated the Committee to ensure and monitor the effective follow-up of countries’ commitments at the Summit.
The Committee called on world leaders to endorse the six calls to action at the Summit:
- The green and digital transitions
- Advancing gender equality
- Foundational learning
- Education in crisis contexts
- Equitable and efficient education financing
“Ensuring all children and youth are climate-ready, improving schools’ digital connectivity and students’ access to online learning contents are critical goals. We appeal to world leaders to accelerate progress in these areas following the agreements reached by the Transforming Education Summit,” UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay said.
The Sustainable Development Goal benchmarks will measure each country’s progress by 2025 and 2030, representing the transformation countries want to see from the Summit. For example, governments could count how many schools are green-accredited and how much national laws, policies, and standards cover climate education. On digital transformation, countries could measure the extent to which every school and child is connected to digital solutions.
The High-Level Steering Committee (HLSC) comprises principals of United Nations and education partner agencies, civil society and donor representatives, and Ministers of Education from 12 countries.
HLSC follows the Transforming Education Summit (TES) that took place in September 2022 in New York. TES was the largest global education summit in recent decades. It led to national commitments from 133 countries to recover learning losses from the pandemic and transform their education systems to make them more inclusive, relevant, and resilient to future shocks.
Source: UNESCO
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— The editor is a UNESCO—IIEP readied “Independent Appraiser” of Government Education Plans.
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