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The President of Malta addresses PAIS students at The Shard
On 23 November Her Excellency Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, The President of Malta and Honorary Professor in PAIS, gave a lecture entitled 鈥楨nsuring Equity: The Importance of Wealth Distribution in a Globalised World鈥�.
Introduced by Nick Vaughan-Williams, Head of PAIS, Her Excellency spoke of the escalation in inequality, discrimination, and poverty globally, and argued for sustainable investment in human rights and dignity. She called for students to be activists in support of the transformations required for more equitable patterns of wealth distribution. Before becoming the 9th President of the Republic of Malta, Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca served as an MP in the Maltese National Parliament and is former Minister of State for the Family and Social Solidarity. In 2016 Her Excellency received the 鈥楢gent of Change鈥� award, conferred by the United Nations, in recognition of her work as a champion of gender equality and women鈥檚 empowerment in the Mediterranean region.
Photos from the event can be found on Her Excellency's and the President's features commentary of her lecture.
The full text of Her Excellency鈥檚 lecture at The Shard can be found in the following press release:
