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For the First Time Since the US-Lead Intervention, the Rate of Children Not in School in Afghanistan is Rising

For the first time since 2002, when a US-lead intervention toppled the Taliban government, the rate of children not in school in Afghanistan is rising. According to a new report by UNICEF and the Afghan government this week, almost half...

A School in India Takes a Unique Approach to Disrupting Intergenerational Poverty

Shanti Bhavan is a school in the Tamil Nadu state of southern India that serves children from the Dalit community. These are the some of the poorest children in the country. Systemic inequality has kept many members of this community...

More and More Children are in School Around the World, But They Are Not Learning Much

Getting kids into school is only half the battle. Making sure they’re learning is also critical. But according to a new report by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), more than 617 million children and youth globally are...

The Number of Refugee Children Out of School is Increasing at an Alarming Rate

Amid all the pageantry, hoopla and media circus that is UN week in New York there is always some interesting and substantive work being done on important global issues. Sometimes these issues are not on top of the agenda of...

The #FeesMustFall Student Protest is Shaking South Africa to Its Core

People around Braamfontein know Father Graham Pugin and his generosity. When he protected Wits University students running away from police in the Holy Trinity Catholic Church, it was his way of supporting the community he cares for so dearly. When...

Want to Improve Education for Poor Kids Around the World? Here’s The Way

Education has been one of the lingering problems of global development. We have somehow managed to make huge strides in getting children enrolled in school without actually increasing the amount that children are learning. In development-speak, the focus has been...

For the First Time Since the US-Lead Intervention, the Rate of Children Not in School in Afghanistan is Rising

A School in India Takes a Unique Approach to Disrupting Intergenerational Poverty

More and More Children are in School Around the World, But They Are Not Learning Much

The Number of Refugee Children Out of School is Increasing at an Alarming Rate

The #FeesMustFall Student Protest is Shaking South Africa to Its Core

Want to Improve Education for Poor Kids Around the World? Here’s The Way

Can Gordon Brown Save a Generation of Syrian Children?

Episode 69: Kakenya Ntaiya

Understanding Afghanistan’s Education Crisis

UNAIDS and the Millennium Villages

Embedded With Afghan Civil Society – Part 5 – Bathing in Yakawlang

Embedded With Afghan Civil Society – Part 6 – The Legacy of War Crimes

The Obama Agenda at the United Nations