On the afternoon of September 19, 2025, the 2025 Award Ceremony and the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education was held in Beijing. Wife of President Xi Jinping and UNESCO Special Envoy for the Advancement of Girls’ and Women’s Education Peng Liyuan attended and addressed the event, together with UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay.

Prof. Zhou Zuoyu, Director of INRULED and Juror of UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education, attended the event, listened to the important speeches by Peng Liyuan and Audrey Azoulay on advancing global girls’ and women’s education, and joined the group photo for Professor Peng Liyuan, Director-GeneralAudrey Azoulay and the laurates of the Prize since its launch. About 300 participants, including representatives of UN agencies in Beijing, diplomatic envoys of relevant countries in China, representatives of Chinese and foreign teachers and students, and representatives from the education sector, attended the event.

Since China and UNESCO jointly established the Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education in 2015, 20 projects from 19 countries have been recognized.