News ArticlesOctober 2011 Women, War and Peace -excellent PBS series takes the time to learn about courageous women around the world.
Yacoobi profiled in Jennifer Heath book Land of the Unconquerable - The lives of contemporary Afghan women September 2011 Forbes article about Yacoobi September 2011 Article about Yacoobi Huffington Post June 2011 ABC news article about Yacoobi - "Pragmatic woman educates thousands" June 2011 Business Week article from Skoll Foundation Marcia Yerman article about Yacoobi Rabia Povich article "A Fearless Woman" about Yacoobi September 2010 The Lancet magazine features Yacoobi article September 2010 Schwab Foundation names Yacoobi as one of three Social Entrepreneurs in Asia June 2010 Sakena Yacoobi honored for her work in education and health. Sakena Yacoobi, urged the advanced degree graduates of Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California to "reach out to others and give a gift to yourself in the process" in her 2010 Commencement speech. She has been a model of such action since 1995. In appreciation of her work, SCU honored her with an honorary Doctor of Education Honoris Causa degree. "Health and literacy are keys to human rights, empowerment and self sufficiency," says Dr Yacoobi, June 17 2010 at the Global Health Conference in Washington, DC Dr. Yacoobi received the 2010 Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights established to honor the late Jonathan Mann and to call attention to the vital links between health and human rights. The Award is bestowed annually on an individual who shows an overwhelming commitment to health and human rights, often at great personal danger. YouTube video of AIL produced by Skoll The Skoll Foundation article Spring 2010 Sakena Yacoobifeatured in Stanford Social Innovation Review September 2009 Sakena Yacoobi featured in book by Kristof/DuWunn There's a new focus on women worldwide. The New York Times magazine dedicated an entire issue one week in August to women in the developing world. Of particular focus was a newly launched book written by the well-known Pulitzer prize winning couple Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl DuWunn titled: Half The Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. For more information go to this link : Half the sky 2006 National Geographic AIL and CHI mentioned under "grants awarded in National Geograhic's Afghan Girls Fund Stewardship Report 2006 February 2008 Christian Science Monitor, article including Sakena Yacoobi |
