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On Tuesday, in her role as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Shakira met with a group of adolescent girls from impoverished parts of the country to discuss the importance of educating and empowering girls to break the cycle of poverty and inequity – nationally and globally.
Shakira met the group of adolescent girls associated with the KGBV (Kasturba Gandhi Ballika vidalaya) residential educational programme in Udaipur, Rajasthan, who come from areas where the literacy level is around 5% for women and some 20% for men.
“My interaction with these adolescent girls was energizing and inspiring,” said Shakira. “It only reminded me, once again, that girls are a precious resource of intellectual and physical ability - a resource that can help to further society. They need the chance to be educated and empowered.”
The KGBV programme addresses the need for education for the most disadvantaged girls who are marginalized and often difficult to reach. The value of the girl child in the family is generally low, leading to boys being valued over girls – from nutritional intake to getting an education - and girls dropping out of school in order to look after the household. In addition, the school environment is often not conducive for girls, including the lack of sanitation facilities.
Shakira called for a collective push to ensure that girls have the ability, support and availability to get a quality education.
“For too many girls, the basic human right to education is denied,” said Shakira. “Yet, educating adolescent girls and ensuring their participation in decision-making that affects them plays a significant role in enhancing their sense of self-worth.”
The meeting was part of Shakira's passionate advocacy work for global education, calling for the expansion and improvement of education, especially for the most disadvantaged children and youth.
Today 1.2 billion youth stand at the crossroads between childhood and the adult world. India is home to 20% of the world’s adolescents. With 243 million adolescents in India, about a quarter of its population are adolescents. If this group flourishes, so will communities and countries. Although progress is being made, in India almost 40% of young girls in the ages of 14 to 17 are out of school.
We are delighted to announce that Shakira won a Latin Grammy award in Las Vegas on Thursday night, receiving the Best Female Pop Vocal Album for "Sale el Sol".
At the ceremony held at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Shakira performed three songs: "Before Six", "Devotion" and "Crazy".
On Wednesday night, Shakira also received a tribute from the Latin Recording Academy, when she was recognized as Person of the Year 2011 for her outstanding artistic achievements and philanthropic work. The gala dinner and concert was attended by many Latin music artists who reinterpreted Shakira's best-known songs. It also included a surprise for Shakira when her father, William Mebarak, took the stage and sang a special song, "My Darling".
Shakira sent us the following message to accompany this video summary of this ceremony. "I want to share with you a video from one of the most special nights of my life. A night where peers, friends and family made me feel very loved. Thank you to all of them from the bottom of my heart. Shak"
Good morning
I'd like to thank you all for this honor.
I would like to share it with all of those in the US that have listened and understood my music and giving sense to everything I do.
Especially I would like to dedicate this to the latin community in the US that restlessly works and dreams and dreams and works every day, making this a better country.
We all have a star, we all come to this world with a talent and a gift and then, dreams are born, and no one has the authority to stop those dreams. When I was 7 years old I came to Los Angeles for the first time and we passed by the Walk of Fame with my mother and a friend of hers, who is actually here with us today. And I remember how my mother told me then "one day shaki, your name will be here". And, she was right. Maybe if someone would have overheard that conversation that day, they would have thought she was delirious but, here we are today.
So, I want to tell you all to dream as big as you can, and may your kids dream even bigger than you have, because in this country nothing is impossible. And if some day you happen to pass by this street, and if by coincidence you happen to look down to the ground and you see this star, remember that it belongs to each one of you, because it carries the name of a hispanic woman that, like you, dreams and works and works and dreams everyday.
Following the culmination of her highly acclaimed, sold-out world tour, Shakira is set to release “Shakira, Live From Paris” on December 6th.
This special live concert was shot at the Palais de Bercy, in Paris, France. It's available in three different formats, DVD + live audio CD, standard DVD and Blu-Ray, and includes a full 22-song performance. Fans will get to experience Shakira like never before with an all-access pass to behind-the-scenes documentary footage.
1. Pienso en Ti 2. Why Wait 3. Te Dejo Madrid 4. Si Te Vas 5. Whenever Wherever 6. Inevitable 7. Nothing Else Matters 8. Despedida 9. Gypsy 10. Tortura 11. Ciega Sordomuda 12. Underneath Your Clothes 13. Gordita 14. Sale el Sol 15. Las de la Intuicion 16. Loca 17. She Wolf 18. Ojos Asi 19. Antes de las Seis 20. Je L'Aime a Mourir 21. Hips Don't Lie 22. Waka Waka
We're
excited to report that, on November 8 at 11.30am, Shakira will be
honored with the 2,354th star on Hollywood Walk of Fame in the Category
of Recording.
The star will be located at 6270 Hollywood Boulevard in
front of W Hollywood Hotel, on the corner of Hollywood and
Vine. For more information on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, click here.
We're very pleased to report that the next single from Shakira's Sale El Sol album will be the song Antes de las Seis, a ballad which was writtenand produced byShakira alongsideLesterMendez, whopreviously worked on tracks including Underneath YourClothesand La Tortura.
The single, which will hit iTunes on 31 October, also features a live version of the song, which is taken from Shakira's upcoming CD/ DVDspecial edition Shakira, LiveFromParis. The CD / DVD goes onsale laterthisyear and wasfilmed livethis summer at thePalais deBercy (Paris). Look out for more information on that very soon.
