How Social and Emotional Intelligence Makes Kids Better Citizens

Published: May 31, 2018, 10 a.m.

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Leslee Udwin is the founder of \\u201cThink Equal\\u201d a non profit whose mission is to create a global system change in education. Udwin discusses the powerful impact teaching young children emotional and social intelligence has on their role as citizens \\u2013 in the country, world and their careers. She was voted by the NY Times the No 2 Most Impactful Woman of 2015 (second to Hillary Clinton), and has been awarded the prestigious Swedish Anna Lindh Human Rights Prize (previously won by Madeleine Albright). She has also been named Safe\\u2019s Global Hero of 2015, Global Thinker by Foreign Policy.

A British Oscar winning filmmaker Leslee is now a Social Entrepreneur. Her documentary \\u201cIndia\\u2019s Daughter\\u201d, has been critically acclaimed around the globe, won 32 awards (including the Peabody Award) and sparked a global movement to end violence against women and girls. The searing insights yielded by the 2\\xbd journey making \\u201cIndia\\u2019s Daughter\\u201d, led Leslee to found \\u201cThink Equal\\u201d which calls for a global system change in education.

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