Wednesday, November 12
Speakers: Ziauddin Yousafzai & Sue Gunawardena-Vaughn

IAF will host a conversation on the education of girls and women, empowering action to
change the world, featuring two expert guest speakers representing the Malala Fund:

Ziauddin Yousafzai, is co-founder and board member of Malala Fund and is the father of Malala Yousafzai, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He is world renowned for his outspoken support for girls’ rights to education, equality and human rights. In Pakistan, he was an educator, founder and administrator of several schools. Mr. Yousafzai is UN Special Adviser on Global Education and Education Attaché at Pakistan’s Consulate in Birmingham, UK.

Sue Gunawardena-Vaughn serves as the Seniors Grants Officer for the Malala Fund. She is a longtime human rights activist who centers her work around the maxim “that the people have the power to redeem the work of fools.” She has held a number of leadership roles at Amnesty International USA, Freedom House, Open Society Foundations (OSF), and MADRE, where in her various capacities, she has led global advocacy campaigns, mobilized resources for racial and ethnic justice movements and frontline defenders, and built and led strong bi-partisan issue-based coalitions on a range of human rights issues.

The OAB is pleased to be a Satellite Partner for the International Affairs Forum, a program of Northwestern Michigan College. For the third year, we will be streaming their regular programming and providing a wine reception prior to each event. This is an exclusive opportunity to bring important conversations to members of the OAB community for whom traveling to Traverse City may pose a barrier. The OAB will have a host on site to share any questions from the audience through a direct chat with IAF. This is a FREE EVENT.