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“Education is not just a need but a tool to alleviate poverty”
Global Youth Ambassador Taha Fathima Khan from India looks at the right to education in a country where a large section of the population are young and poor.
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33,000 children leave Niger schools as UN warns of multi-country famine disaster
Drought in East Africa and conflicts in several countries have contributed to a looming humanitarian disaster for 20 million people, the UN has warned.
Killed, injured and forced to fight: 2016 was the deadliest year for Syria’s children
With the Syrian conflict about to enter its seventh year, a UNICEF report lays bare the terrible violations against the country's children.
10 countries where girls’ education has been under attack
This week we have been marking International Women's Day with inspiring stories about people who are tackling gender inequality. Here we look at the continuing attacks on girls' education.
School meals for 15,000 children in Aleppo is ‘a turning point’
Meals are being distributed to children at 30 schools in parts of the Syrian city that had been inaccessible because of the fighting.
“You cannot afford to be mediocre and you cannot afford to be average”
¹ú²úÊÓƵ is marking International Women¹ú²úÊÓƵ™s Day 2017 on March 8 by talking to inspiring women from across the globe. Read the full series here.
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Threat to school meals for millions of Indian children
A free lunch every day has been vital in keeping many children in school across India - but the need for every child to have a biometric ID card may change that.
Syria’s children haunted by the toxic stress of six-year conflict
With the war in Syria about to enter its seventh year, the mental and physical suffering of children is laid bare in these pictures and statements gathered by Save The Children.
“Where and who you are right now should never define what you can become”
¹ú²úÊÓƵ is marking International Women¹ú²úÊÓƵ™s Day 2017 on March 8 by talking to inspiring women from across the globe. Read the full series here.
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Special T-shirt to raise funds for #RewritingTheCode campaign
A unisex T-shirt has been designed to promote the message of ¹ú²úÊÓƵ's campaign to highlight the hidden codes that hold back girls and women.