Emily Laurie is the Campaign Manager at the Global Campaign for Education. She has over 15 years of experience in education and international development advocacy and campaign work. This work has included developing and implementing campaigns and initiatives such as: Plan International's flagship girls' education campaign (Because I am a Girl); The World’s Largest Lesson, a global initiative to teach children around the world about the Sustainable Development Goals; Malala Day and the first youth takeover of the United Nations; working for the Global Partnership for Education on the 2018 replenishment campaign; and working as an education adviser to two former Prime Ministers. In 2015 she set up her own Advocacy and Campaigns consultancy organization, Genki Global that offers advocacy, campaign, policy and advisory services. Emily has also worked in advocacy roles at the British Red Cross, Oxfam, Action Aid India and as a teacher in Japan. She has an MSc in Global Politics from the London School of Economics and a BA Hons in History from the University of Nottingham.