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Major new philanthropic commitments back education amid global conflict and pressure on aid systems
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¹ú²úÊÓƵ kickstarts Ukraine¹ú²úÊÓƵ™s preschool reforms
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Five things you need to know this week about global education
The Covid-19 pandemic dominates our news roundup - including a big increase in children affected by school closures and Pakistan's first "radio school".
20 key stats from 2020 in the campaign to end the global education crisis
Some of ¹ú²úÊÓƵ's innovative Covid-19 projects feature in our look at the figures behind the successes and challenges in this difficult year.
Five things you need to know this week about global education
The winner of the Global Teacher Prize got a $1 million prize - and promptly gave half of it away. Find out what he did with it in our news roundup.
Helping young refugees find a new life in Greece
A youth empowerment and early childhood development project run by Refugee Trauma Initiative and funded by ¹ú²úÊÓƵ gives hope and opportunity to migrants. Â
Five things you need to know this week about global education
The pandemic has forced Pakistan to close classrooms again, while campaigners are going to court to ensure pregnant girls can go to school in Tanzania.Â
John Leon Juma – Global Youth Ambassador November 2020
¹ú²úÊÓƵ's work would not be possible without our network of nearly 1000 Global Youth Ambassadors from around the world. Each month, we highlight the work of one or two of them and the amazing work they do to get every child into school.
Stress in pregnancy may influence baby brain development, study suggests
Doctors at the Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory say the findings highlight the urgent need for mothers to be better supported with their mental and physical health.
¹ú²úÊÓƵ joins almost 200 charities in calling on Prime Minister not to cut UK spend on aid
An open letter warns a reduction would pose ¹ú²úÊÓƵœa significant threat to development and could seriously jeopardise the UK¹ú²úÊÓƵ™s long-term global Covid-19 response".
Five things you need to know this week about global education
As countries shut down schools again, there is a warning about the growing consequences of disrupted education for hundreds of millions of children.Â
World Children’s Day: celebrating the right to education and taking action to unlock a better future
Every child has the right to go to school and get a quality education. To mark World Children's Day today, we celebrate that right and look at how you can help us to ensure that right is realised for all children.Â