Nobel laureate Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus received Theirworld’s Unlock Big Change award on Monday at the charity’s annual Global Education Dinner, held in New York on the sidelines of the 80th UN General Assembly(UNGA).
The founder of Grameen Bank was recognised for his pioneering work in microfinance and his efforts to integrate education into poverty eradication, reports agencies from New York.
Co-hosted by former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Theirworld Chair Sarah Brown, the event brought together global leaders to spotlight education’s role in sustainable development.
“No private sector project has done more to lift people out of poverty in the past 50 years,” Brown said, calling Yunus a “global trailblazer.”
Accepting the award, Yunus reiterated his belief that credit is a basic human right and shared how microcredit has helped women educate their children. He also called for education systems to nurture entrepreneurship from an early age.
“All human problems can be solved in a business way,” he said.
