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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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Over half of Rohingya girls who fled Myanmar became child brides says UN agency
60% of children from the Muslim ethnic minority have never been to school - and an increasing number of girls and women have moved to nearby countries to escape violence.
Mighty Maria’s mission to educate a generation of slum children in Bangladesh
The Portuguese founder of the Maria Cristina Foundation is helping to lift families out of poverty - and raises funds by climbing, trekking and taking part in brutal endurance tests.