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The first lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, today called for an end to “outdated laws and traditions” that “exclude women” and prevent millions of girls around the world from completing their education. The wife of US President Barack Obama gave a speech this Wednesday while participating in an international conference on education in Doha, the capital of Qatar, in which she called for funding and promoting education for girls. She urged world leaders to include education issues in broader debates about the rights of girls and women. “We need to have an honest conversation about how we see and treat women in our societies,” she emphasized. This conversation has to happen in every country on this planet, including mine,” he pointed out to those attending the 2015 World Innovation Summit for Education. He said that 62 million girls around the world do not go to school and specified that although all developed regions have achieved or are about to achieve gender parity in primary education, girls are still behind in secondary education.
When they attend secondary school, they do so at great risk, just like the more than 200 Nigerians kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014, or like Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani America Mobile Number List teenager who was shot in 2009 for defending education for girls, he recalled. The American first lady noted that girls are often seen as boys, but when they reach adolescence and begin to become women, they suddenly become subject to all of their society's prejudices around gender, and that is when their education begins. to be left behind. (Education for girls) is not just a matter of funds to build more schools, but also of changing attitudes and beliefs. “Parents should think that their daughters are as worthy of an education as their sons,” highlighted Michelle Obama. Women are full citizens and equal rights, they need help to join the workforce, Obama said, and stressed that education is a better investment than forcing daughters into early marriage or housework. The first lady of the United States is on a seven-day tour of the Middle East, which includes a stop in Jordan.
The Japanese car manufacturer Honda announced this Wednesday that it would no longer use airbag inflators from the Japanese company in its new vehicles due to the behavior of this auto parts supplier, accused of "make-up" data and sentenced to a record fine in the United States. After this series of bad news, stock fell 13.40% on the Tokyo Stock Exchange to 1,189 yen, but during the session it lost up to almost 20%. The Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange closed this Wednesday with an increase of 1.3 percent "No new Honda and Acura [group's luxury brand] models will be equipped with the airbag inflator," Honda stated in a statement. This announcement comes after the United States imposed a record fine of $70 million on , which could reach $200 million, for its management of defective airbags that caused at least eight deaths and more than a hundred injuries. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the federal automobile safety agency, required the Japanese supplier to initially pay $70 million.
When they attend secondary school, they do so at great risk, just like the more than 200 Nigerians kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014, or like Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani America Mobile Number List teenager who was shot in 2009 for defending education for girls, he recalled. The American first lady noted that girls are often seen as boys, but when they reach adolescence and begin to become women, they suddenly become subject to all of their society's prejudices around gender, and that is when their education begins. to be left behind. (Education for girls) is not just a matter of funds to build more schools, but also of changing attitudes and beliefs. “Parents should think that their daughters are as worthy of an education as their sons,” highlighted Michelle Obama. Women are full citizens and equal rights, they need help to join the workforce, Obama said, and stressed that education is a better investment than forcing daughters into early marriage or housework. The first lady of the United States is on a seven-day tour of the Middle East, which includes a stop in Jordan.
The Japanese car manufacturer Honda announced this Wednesday that it would no longer use airbag inflators from the Japanese company in its new vehicles due to the behavior of this auto parts supplier, accused of "make-up" data and sentenced to a record fine in the United States. After this series of bad news, stock fell 13.40% on the Tokyo Stock Exchange to 1,189 yen, but during the session it lost up to almost 20%. The Nikkei index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange closed this Wednesday with an increase of 1.3 percent "No new Honda and Acura [group's luxury brand] models will be equipped with the airbag inflator," Honda stated in a statement. This announcement comes after the United States imposed a record fine of $70 million on , which could reach $200 million, for its management of defective airbags that caused at least eight deaths and more than a hundred injuries. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the federal automobile safety agency, required the Japanese supplier to initially pay $70 million.
