2012 • October • In Azerbeijan, Shakira met with teenage footballers from a UNICEF-supported national girls’ football league. She encouraged the athletes to inspire their peers to grasp their future, including through continuing to seek an education. (Newsline)
2011 • November • Goodwill Ambassador Shakira met with a group of adolescent girls from impoverished parts of India to discuss the importance of educating and empowering girls to break the cycle of poverty and inequality. (Newsline)
2011 • June • Goodwill Ambassador and global education advocate Shakira visited the Max Rayne ‘Hand-in-Hand’ School for Bilingual Education in Jerusalem, meeting with students to talk about the power of education. (Newsline)
2009 • September • In Germany, Shakira was given the Honorary Award for Children’s Rights by UNICEF Germany. Shakira received this award for her commitment to mobilizing children and adolescents to create a better future for themselves and others. The award ceremony took place at the BURDA LIVE event, which is a forum of Burda Medien GmbH for discussions and performances of national and international celebrities. (Newsline)
2007 • December • In Bangladesh, Shakira raised awareness of the impact of the cyclone Sidr on the local communities. She met with women and children and also visited UNICEF-supported education projects. (Newsline)
2006 • November • In El Salvador, at San Salvador’s Sports Palace, Shakira addressed thousands of Salvadoran students who took part in a march against violence. More than 8,000 children and adolescents marched in the streets of El Salvador’s capital city as part of a UNICEF campaign to protect children from violence. (Newsline)
2006 • June • In Madrid, Spain, Shakira helped launch the Unite for Children Unite Against AIDS campaign. (Newsline)
2005 • June • In the Netherlands, Shakira participated in the 50th anniversary events of the Netherlands National Committee. (Newsline)
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| Shakira visited with children in a UNICEF-supported child friendly space in Bangladesh after the devasting Cyclone Sidr. (December 2007) |
