Think Equal (charity)

Think Equal is a global education initiative to introduce social and emotional intelligence learning to children in early years education between the ages of 3-6 years.[1]

Think Equal
Founded2015
FocusInternational Human Rights Early Childhood Development Initiative
Chief Executive
Leslee Udwin
Websitehttps://thinkequal.org/

Think Equal was founded in 2015 by CEO Leslee Udwin, a human rights activist and Peabody Award-winning[2] filmmaker [3] Think Equal is based in 14 countries across 5 continents and has been developed by academics such as Sir Ken Robinson, Ashoka and Brookings fellow Dr. Urvashi Sahni, Barbara Isaacs from Montessori UK, and Dr. Marc Brackett and Dr. Robin Stern from the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, who evaluate the program's impact.[4][5][6]

Think Equal patrons include Meryl Streep[7], Lord Rumi Verjee[8], Sir Ken Robinson, Indrani Goradia, Jack Sim, Joyce Banda, Vicky Colbert, Pratibha Sachdev, Dr Ponatshega Kedikilwe & Dr. Marc Brackett.[9]

Think Equal has been mandated by the Sri Lankan government and is set to reach 90% of 3 to 4 year olds in the country[10].

References
  1. "ThinkEqual | ThinkEqual". thinkequal.org. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  2. "Independent Lens: India's Daughter". www.peabodyawards.com. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  3. Feitelberg, Rosemary; Feitelberg, Rosemary (2019-02-12). "U.N. Women for Peace to Honor Ben Stiller, Naeem Khan, Leslee Edwin, Albert Pujols". WWD. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  4. Wintermeyer, Lawrence. "Eliminating Gender And Racial Bias In The World: Leslee Udwin Wins UN Women For Peace Award". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  5. "Craig S. Bailey, PhD". Yale School of Medicine. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  6. "OpenIDEO - Early Childhood Innovation Prize - THINK EQUAL - Empowering Change Through Education in the Early Years". challenges.openideo.com. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  7. Communications, Kharé (2016-03-14), In Dialogue With Meryl Streep | Think Equal, retrieved 2020-04-21
  8. "Think Equal Dinner With Meryl Streep". The Rumi Foundation. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  9. "Our Patrons & Ambassadors | Think Equal". thinkequal.org. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  10. "THINK EQUAL a valuable partner in catalyzing national unity and reconciliation says Ambassador Perera | Sri Lanka". www.un.int. Retrieved 2019-11-16.


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