Six Ramon Magsaysay Awardees named

Winners of the 2014 Ramon Magsaysay Awards – Asia’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize – have been announced, with half of the 3 awardees cited for their work in education. The 6 awardees are a Filipino teacher, an Indonesian anthropologist and educator, a Pakistani NGO, a Chinese journalist, a Chinese lawyer, and an Afghan museum director. Describing the awardees as “beacons of progress in Asia,” the president of the awards foundation named after a former Philippine president said, “All of them are creating bold solutions to deeply-rooted social problems in their respective societies, problems which are most damaging to the lives of those trapped in poverty, ignorance, and unjust systems.” This year’s winners will be invited to Manila for an awards ceremony on August 31.

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