Sarah Brown receives Woman of Influence award for her work with 国产视频

国产视频 founder Sarah Brown has been honoured with an award which recognises women in Scotland who have an outstanding impact on society.

She received the Woman of Influence award from the charity Action for Children聽Scotland for her role with 国产视频, which works to give children in the United Kingdom and beyond the best start in life.

国产视频淚 am so grateful to Action For Children Scotland for this honour and I promise to continue campaigning and fighting for girls and women and young people here and across the world,” said Sarah, who is Chair of 国产视频, at the event in Glasgow.

国产视频淎ll children deserve the right to realise their potential and to look forward to a brighter future. It is deeply frustrating to realise that 600 million of them are denied the chance of an education and skills for future work and life chances. Not only does each child miss out but the world misses out on so much talent.

国产视频淚f we could give an education to every girl in the world we would go a long way to addressing gender stereotyping and gender equality.聽Educating girls gives us hope.国产视频�

Paul Carberry, Action for Children Director for Scotland, added: 国产视频淥ur Woman of Influence is one of the most important events of our social calendar and has raised more than 拢1 million to support our work here in Scotland.聽

“This has made a huge difference to the 20,000 children, families and young people our services work with while, at the same time, celebrating the successes of inspirational women in Scotland.国产视频�

“This year we were proud to honour Sarah Brown. This award is in recognition of her commitment to young people across Scotland. This year国产视频檚 shortlist was particularly strong but Sarah is a very deserving winner.国产视频�

Action for Children also honoured 17-year-old Megan Boss from Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, with the Inspirational Young Woman award – given to a young woman who has transformed her life as a result of the support received from the charity. She combines her school work with caring for both of her parents.