United Planet Corp (Empowered to Educate)

United Planet's mission is: To build a more united planet, one relationship at a time. Since 2001, United Planet has been living the vision articulated by the United Nations, an organization built on the cultivation of trust, respect, understanding, and empathy. United Planet creates true partnerships between individuals, communities and organizations. The foundation of a true partnership is rooted in shared values, a common purpose, and inclusivity. Critical thinking, creative problem-solving, systems thinking, collaboration, digital literacy and cross cultural/global competencies, are essential attributes to build this foundation. Yet, traditional approaches to formal educ... read more United Planet's mission is: To build a more united planet, one relationship at a time. Since 2001, United Planet has been living the vision articulated by the United Nations, an organization built on the cultivation of trust, respect, understanding, and empathy. United Planet creates true partnerships between individuals, communities and organizations. The foundation of a true partnership is rooted in shared values, a common purpose, and inclusivity. Critical thinking, creative problem-solving, systems thinking, collaboration, digital literacy and cross cultural/global competencies, are essential attributes to build this foundation. Yet, traditional approaches to formal education systems are slow to reform. Students of all ages can lack the opportunities and pathways to develop the skills for global citizen leadership; this is especially so in under-represented groups. United Planet builds partnerships across different communities, cultivates 21st-century skills, and engage people as active citizens in building a safer, more sustainable, and United Planet. At United Planet, we believe that the answer lies first in forging curated relationships between and among peoples - developed around shared purpose and passions as the foundation for a more united planet. We call this Relational Diplomacy, and it is at the heart of our program developments. United Planet can trace its roots back to 1949, offering the earliest gap year as it embodies the US Intercultural Exchange organization. To date, United Planet has engaged over 20,000 volunteers and leaders of all ages in a range of local, online, and international programs. These committed people have devoted over two million community service hours, valued at over $57 million dollars. Even conservatively, we estimate this has a positive impact on more than one million people. We want to do more to reach into and support groups currently under-represented in our programs. Scholarships are available to help make our programs accessible to all. Empowered to Educate, a program of United Planet, has a mission is to increase global wellbeing through women's empowerment and girls' education; by catalyzing women educators as changemakers and innovators. According to the Brookings Institution "When girls are educated, they become educated mothers who are far more likely to encourage both their daughters and sons to go to school and to become more dedicated students. And this is perhaps the greatest return from girls' education: the belief that when a single girl who would have been denied an education receives a high-quality education, it starts a positive cycle of education and empowerment from mother to daughter, generation after generation." Further, being taught by female educators is one of the many factors which ensures the success of girls' education, particularly in areas where there are sanctions against women and girls being in the same educational spaces as men and boys. According to the Global Partnership for Education, in addition to their roles as educators, the benefits of female teachers also include decreased absenteeism and feelings of isolation, increased comfort levels for girl students, the presence of role models and mentors, among others. There is lots of fantastic work being done now to support girls' education, but there is very little which focuses on the female educators who enable them. Thus, Empowered to Educate decided to focus on this group.