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Lured by promises of education, Ethiopian girls are tricked into trafficking and slavery
Each year more than 20,000 Ethiopian children - some as young as 10 - are sold by their parents, according to a children's charity.
Syrian school children use film-making to escape from life in Lebanese refugee camp
The students who live in a Palestinian camp in Beirut write, direct and act in their own short movies.
Poverty and work means girls miss out on school in post-Ebola Liberia
Many dropped out of education because they had to work to help support their families, while some who stayed at school said they were pressured into sex or bribes.
Take a stand against LGBT bullying at school says UN campaign
Many students around the world miss classes or drop out of school after suffering harassment and violence because of their sexuality or gender identity.
Education is key to everything, says new chief of UN humanitarian aid
Sir Mark Lowcock will oversee the work of OCHA - the UN office that organises help during conflicts and other emergencies around the world.
Shakira: help me persuade world leaders to send every child to school
The singer and education campaigner wants the G20 countries to back plans to ensure a bright future for all of the world's children.
Pakistan scheme helps 88,000 child brick workers go to school
Teachers say the recently freed child workers - previously exposed to noxious smoke, brick dust and fierce sun - are thriving now they are getting an education.
How goats are helping to keep girls at school in a Ugandan village
Rather than marry off their daughters for dowries, rural families use the gift of a goat as a self-sustaining way of making money and continuing the girls' education.
100 freed Chibok girls are set to go back to school in September
The 82 girls released this week will be reunited with 24 classmates rescued last year - and the Nigerian government hopes they will all resume their education in September.
Inspiring pictures of education in action by global youth contest winners
Three winning images were selected from hundreds of submissions to the Global Education Monitoring Report's competition.Â
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