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Nations can benefit from a bold plan that will see them get extra funding from the international community, former Tanzanian president Jakaya Kikwete told the World Economic Forum on Africa today.
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Child marriage and ‘early unions’ deprive huge numbers of Mexican girls of education
A new report reveals that 92% of girls aged 12 to 17 who are living informally with a man - often a decade or more older - have dropped out of school.
Brands urged to use profits to keep Indian children out of work and in school
In a country with more than 5.7 million child labourers, companies should help to ensure children living in "labour hotspots" finish their education, says a coalition of charities.
In pictures: how school teachers inspire children around the world
To mark Teacher Appreciation Week in the USA, we look at some of the amazing women and men who act as tutors and mentors to the next generation across the globe.
Civil war and lack of food wreck children’s education in South Sudan
With three in four primary-age children out of school in the world's newest country, we look at the factors that are keeping them away from the classroom.
Vaccines help millions of children to grow healthy and fulfil their potential
#VaccinesWork is the theme of World Immunisation Week 2017 - but 19 million children each year still don't get basic vaccines, two-thirds of them in conflict-hit countries.
“We are taking actions for our future, to represent the more than half a million children out of school in Liberia”
To mark International Women's Day last month, Global Youth Ambassador Moses Browne held an event in the capital Monrovia to support female rights and call for quality education for girls.
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Female clerics in Indonesia issue fatwa against child marriage
Religious leaders in the mainly Muslim country said studies showed many Indonesian child brides do not stay on at school and called for the marriage age to be raised to 18.
Teachers go back to schools in Burkina Faso after threats to education
Teachers who fled in the wake of threats and the killing of a school head in the West African country will get psychological support after returning to their classrooms.