# To learn is to be free

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDWomen 2017
- Speaker: Shameem Akhtar
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/shameem_akhtar_to_learn_is_to_be_free)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Shameem Akhtar posed as a boy during her early childhood in Pakistan so she could enjoy the privileges Pakistani girls are rarely afforded: to play outside and attend school. In an eye-opening, personal talk, Akhtar recounts how the opportunity to get an education altered the course of her life -- and ultimately changed the culture of her village, where today every young girl goes to school.

## Lectures

1. [To learn is to be free](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/shameem_akhtar_to_learn_is_to_be_free/8db2f4c247ce), 13 min (TED's player)