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Early Childhood Development week: learning helps young ones reach their full potential
We're looking at the five vital aspects of nurturing care for the under-fives featured in our #5for5 campaign - today we focus on how early learning can shape young minds.
Three years of war leaves a generation of Yemen’s children out of school
Two million are out of school, hundreds of schools have been damaged in attacks and three in four teachers haven't been paid for a year, a UNICEF report showed.
Early Childhood Development Week: small health steps could prevent the deaths of millions of babies
We're looking at the five vital aspects of nurturing care for the under-fives featured in our #5for5 campaign - today the spotlight is on health.
Get every child in school for one week’s global spending on military
Countries should be investing in books not bullets, said Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi at a child rights summit.
Early Childhood Development Week: why nutrition is vital for young children’s bodies and minds
We're looking at the five vital aspects of nurturing care for the under-fives featured in our #5for5 campaign - today the spotlight is on nutrition, why it's important and what's being done on the issue.
13 challenges children face just to be able to go to school
From discrimination and child labour to gang violence and dangerous journeys to school, we look at some of the obstacles children have to overcome to get an education.
“Young people need to be educated on how they can fight for the causes they care about”
A Global Youth Ambassador from Cameroon tells how his own leadership experience has made him want to help others to find their voice to speak up on issues affecting them.
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When youth rise up: how young people are using their voices to bring about change
On the eve of the March For Our Lives protests over US gun laws, we ask Global Youth Ambassadors why the voice of young people is so important in activism.
Joy and sadness as Chibok parents see kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls returned to their families
A mother whose daughter is still missing four years after the Chibok abduction told how she went to Dapchi to give support - and ended up witnessing scenes of jubilation.
Air strikes near school in Idlib kill 16 Syrian children
A teacher said the young children - aged 11 and under - were leaving the school when the multiple bombing raids began.Â