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sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ opens 12 early learning centres in Gaza as new report reveals early childhood development crisis
Major new philanthropic commitments back education amid global conflict and pressure on aid systems
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Youth Champions gather early years insights for world leaders
Youth champions to tell world leaders why they must Act For Early Years
Meet the seven winners of our latest Education Innovation Awards
Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory celebrates 15 years of helping to save premature babies
The work at the Edinburgh lab - named after the daughter of Sarah and Gordon Brown -Â is discovering more about the causes of babies being born early and better ways to care for them.
“The story of little Angel – out of school and married to a 40-year-old man – inspires me to stand up for millions of children”
Moses Browne, a sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Global Youth Ambassador from Liberia, tells how investment and new thinking are needed if his country's children are all to go to school and fulfil their potential.
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Child victims of the ‘forgotten crisis’ that threatens millions in Lake Chad region
As donors today pledged more than $670 million in emergency aid, we look at the plight of children - particularly the very young - who are are at risk of illness and death in this famine-hit area.
Ghana to make senior high schools free as part of education push
The West African country's new president said the measures will ensure that "the Ghanaian child can be compared to any child anywhere in the world".
“I have an emotional connection to my campaigning – I like to think those feelings can affect people”
In a special episode of her Better Angels podcast series, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ President Sarah Brown talks to actor Sir Patrick Stewart about his campaigning, his first acting role ... and how he met Nelson Mandela in an elevator.
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Online school for children in remote parts of Bangladesh wins UN award
A UNESCOÂ award has recognised the innovative work of the JAAGO Foundation which is taking education to thousands of children in rural communities.
How a child’s brain develops from the womb to age five
By the time a child reaches five years old, 90% of their brain has already developed - which means the progression from birth to school is the most important time of their lives. A child’s brain develops in different stages. As part of sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s #5for5 campaign on investment in early childhood development, we look at some of the changes going on inside the womb, from birth to three years old and from three to five.
Meet the 10 finalists for the $1m Global Teacher Prize 2017
The award recognises an exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession and spotlights the important role teachers play in society.
France and Canada sign Safe Schools Declaration to protect students and teachers in conflicts
Fifty-nine countries have now endorsed the commitment to protect schools from being attacked or used for military purposes.
“Education is what makes people aware of the social evils in the world, including human trafficking”
Anuradha Koirala has helped to rescue 12,000 girls from sexual slavery - and prevented another 45,000 from being trafficked.  The 67-year-old founder of the charity Maiti Nepal was recently given the Padma Shri, one of India's highest civilian awards. She was also named a CNN Hero in 2010. India is home to 40% of the world's 46 million slaves. Former teacher Anuradha founded Maiti Nepal in 1993 and it now has a shelter in Kathmandu and 11 transit homes on the Nepal-India borders. It also runs training and counselling homes, two hospitals and a school for 1000 children. Anuradha spoke to sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½Â about the education elements of her work with trafficked girls.
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