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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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Hunger caused by Kenya drought hits children’s education and health
The severe and prolonged drought in Kenya has been declared a national disaster - and lack of food is causing malnutrition and keeping children away from school.
“When we teach children from birth in their first language, it provides them the best chances of educational success”
To mark International Mother Language Day on February 21, Global Youth Ambassador Joannes Paulus Yimbesalu explains why teachers are on strike over French being imposed in Cameroon's English-speaking regions.
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Toxic stress in war zones is harming development of millions of young children
With the conflict in Syria about to enter its seventh year, huge numbers of young children there and in other war zones are experiencing trauma that could affect the rest of their lives.
#YouPromised: campaigners won’t stop until every Syrian refugee child is in school
With world leaders preparing to meet at the G7 talks in May, half of Syrian refugee children are being educated in neighbouring countries - but hundreds of thousands more were promised they would also be in school by now.
Actor Forest Whitaker helps South Sudanese youth to shape their future
The Oscar-winning film star has been in South Sudan and Uganda to see how his charity works with young people on conflict resolution and tolerance.
“These children have been under a lot of stress and pressure – for them drawing can be a wonderful release”
In the latest of her Better Angels podcast series, sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ President Sarah Brown talks about the role of creativity in change to film-makers Nadine Labaki and Steve Nguyen, children's illustrator Nick Sharrat and Syrian activists in Lebanon.
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“I am a girl but I can achieve what the men can achieve – to be a girl is not a sin”
Global Youth Ambassador Amani Abdulrahman writes about the discrimination and lack of rights suffered by girls and women in Yemen.
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Malawi closes loophole and finally bans child marriage after youth-led campaign
Young campaigners were crucial in persuading politicians to change the country's constitution to outlaw marriage between the ages of 15 and 18 with parental consent.
Zuhair, 13, scarred by Yemen war that has robbed two million children of education
A boy who was injured in a bomb attack is just one of millions of children in Yemen who are suffering terribly because of the war.
Australia failing to meet education targets for aboriginal children
High school completion rates have risen - but Aborigine and Torres Strait Islander children are still trailing non-indigenous children on enrolment, literacy and early education indicators.