Media Availability – May 11 (possibly May 12), 2012
Carol Bellamy, Chair of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), will visit Jakarta May 11 (and possibly May 12), and is available for in-person, phone or remote interviews.
Bellamy is in Indonesia to discuss Indonesia’s remarkable progress toward the Education for All milestones that are part of the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals, and to learn what Indonesia can share with other countries to help them achieve similar successes.
GPE’s mission is to galvanize and coordinate a global effort to deliver a good education to all girls and boys, prioritizing the poorest and most vulnerable. GPE’s donors pledged nearly $2 billion last November to help the Partnership achieve these goals.
To arrange an interview with Ms. Bellamy, please contact:
- David Bridges (GPE), dbridges1@globalpartnership.org , +1-202-674-1964 (in Indonesia), or
- Mike Kelleher (GPE), mkelleher1@globalpartnership.org, +1-312-823-4976 (in Washington DC)
Established in 2002, GPE is comprised of 46 developing countries, and over 30 bilateral, regional, and international agencies, development banks, the private sector, teachers, and local and global civil society groups. The Partnership provides our developing country partners the incentives, resources, and technical support to build and implement sound education plans, and then mobilizes and coordinates resources to support the achievement of these plans' targets to help more children enroll in school and receive a better education. For more information about the programs GPE offers, please take a look at the work of the GPE at Board of Directors, previously served as President and CEO of World Learning, a private, non-profit organization promoting international understanding through education and development in over 70 countries. Prior to World Learning, Bellamy served 10 years as Executive Director of UNICEF, the children’s agency of the United Nations. She was also the first former Peace Corps Volunteer to become Director of U.S. Peace Corps.
Ms. Bellamy has worked in the private sector at Bear, Stearns & Co., Morgan Stanley, and Cravath, Swaine & Moore. She spent 13 years as an elected public official, including five years in the New York State Senate. In 1978, she became the first woman to be elected to citywide office in New York City when she was elected President of the NYC Council, a position she held until 1985.
Bellamy was named one of Forbes magazine’s 100 Most Powerful Women in the World in 2004. In 2009, Bellamy was awarded the Légion d’Honneur by the Government of France. Bellamy also chairs the Board of Governors of the International Baccalaureate.