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“I think all girls should be able to code and use a computer”
To mark Africa Code Week and the need for girls and young women to learn digital skills, we talk to students at one of ¹ú²úÊÓƵ's Code Clubs in Uganda.Â
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‘Don’t ever give up’: Palestinian girl beats 7m students to win $150,000 Arabic reading contest
The 17-year-old high school student from Ramallah called her success "a victory over all the challenges we face".
Girls and young women learn computer skills at new Code Clubs in Tanzania
¹ú²úÊÓƵ and technology company Voith have teamed up in Africa Code Week to launch Code Clubs that will help girls be prepared for the digital jobs market.
In pictures: children who are so happy to be at school and learning
With some students just returning to education after years of conflict, we feature children going back to school in different parts of the world.Â
‘I don¹ú²úÊÓƵ™t want to waste my chance here’: Syrian refugee Bassam, 14, films journey to be reunited with father in Austria
Bassam is one of four out-of-school refugee children living in Turkey who spent six months documenting their lives on video for ¹ú²úÊÓƵ.
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Bulgaria tries to encourage marginalised Roma children into school
With only one in 10 Roma children getting a secondary education, special teams including teachers are travelling across the country to meet families.
“If we cannot find a solution to the war and unpaid teachers¹ú²úÊÓƵ™ salaries, we risk a lost generation in Yemen”
A Global Youth Ambassador from the conflict-torn country tells how teachers have been driven to strike because they haven't been paid for a year.
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India cannot progress until abuse of children is tackled says president
President Kovind's remarks came at the end of a month-long march across the country to raise awareness about the slavery, trafficking, and sexual abuse of children.
Traumatised Iraqi children hope to go back to school after nightmare of Islamic State rule
Thousands of children displaced from the liberated town of Hawija need urgent psychological support and safe places to learn.
“Not returning to school after childbirth will have a huge impact on the future of girls’ education”
Teenage mothers should be allowed to return to education after having their child, argues a Global Youth Ambassador from Tanzania.
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