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From ambition to action: conference builds momentum for early years summit
Business champions to help shape historic early years summit
City mayors lead the way as champions for the early years
Kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls are set free by Boko Haram
The government said that so far 76 of the students taken from their school in Dapchi are confirmed as having been returned to the town today.
What makes children happy when they live in some of the world’s poorest and most marginalised communities?
Today is International Day of Happiness - so we asked young people what makes them feel good. The pictures should put a smile on your face.
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‘I am totally destroyed’: child marriage grows among Syrian refugee girls in Lebanon
One in five refugee girls aged 15 to 19 is married - depriving them of education and putting them at risk of violence and health problems.
Air strike kills 15 Syrian children sheltering in Eastern Ghouta school
They were hiding in a basement when three missiles hit the school in Arbin, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Global initiative to investigate how to recruit millions of teachers and ensure they have right skills
With many developing countries facing serious teacher shortages, experts will examine what can be done to help young people succeed.
The art of success: British teacher wins $1m global prize for her work with inner-city children
Andria Zafirakou faced a variety of issues including gang violence, impoverished backgrounds and multiple languages when she became a teacher in London.
Teacher who used blackboard to explain computers is the star of global technology conference
Donations poured in after Richard Appiah Akoto resorted to chalk drawings because his school in a poor farming village in Ghana had no computers.
Palestinian agency gets new funding but still faces battle to safeguard 700 schools
UNRWA said the $100m raised at a summit is only "a first step" towards securing the education of 525,000 children.
“We shared the power of stories with children at orphanage in Cameroon”
A Global Youth Ambassador tells how an event helped to promote every child's right to literacy and education.Â
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“Many schoolgirls fall pregnant from rape or abuse and many face daily sexual harassment”
There must be more awareness in Tanzania of girls' rights and the support they need to continue their education and fulfil their potential.
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