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Justin van Fleet
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“We turn discarded laptops into learning devices for refugee and vulnerable children”
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“It’s about the 100,000 women speaking out together and standing up and changing things”
In a special episode of her Better Angels podcast series, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï President Sarah Brown talks to Laura Bates - founder of the EveryDay Sexism Project - about her role in encouraging women and girls to speak up about discrimination and intimidation.
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“Do not fear failure – you will learn better from it”
ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï is marking International Women’s Day 2017 on March 8 by talking to inspiring women from across the globe. Read the full series here.
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‘We got our Ella home and I’ll be forever grateful’ … Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory marks 15 years of helping premature babies
Mother Catherine Smith and ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï President Sarah Brown talk about the groundbreaking work that is discovering more about premature births and helping to save babies' lives.
Bangladesh child marriage law puts girls at risk of abuse and rape say charities
Early marriage causes millions of girls to drop out of school - but a new law allowing girls to marry under 18 in "special cases" has been criticised by an alliance of charities.
Rihanna’s humanitarian work ‘helps children shine bright like a diamond’
The singing superstar was named as Humanitarian of the Year by the Harvard Foundation for her work in advocating for education, health care and girls' rights.
Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory celebrates 15 years of helping to save premature babies
The work at the Edinburgh lab - named after the daughter of Sarah and Gordon Brown -Â is discovering more about the causes of babies being born early and better ways to care for them.
“The story of little Angel – out of school and married to a 40-year-old man – inspires me to stand up for millions of children”
Moses Browne, a ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï Global Youth Ambassador from Liberia, tells how investment and new thinking are needed if his country's children are all to go to school and fulfil their potential.
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Child victims of the ‘forgotten crisis’ that threatens millions in Lake Chad region
As donors today pledged more than $670 million in emergency aid, we look at the plight of children - particularly the very young - who are are at risk of illness and death in this famine-hit area.
Ghana to make senior high schools free as part of education push
The West African country's new president said the measures will ensure that "the Ghanaian child can be compared to any child anywhere in the world".
“I have an emotional connection to my campaigning – I like to think those feelings can affect people”
In a special episode of her Better Angels podcast series, ºÚÁÏÍø±¬³Ô¹Ï President Sarah Brown talks to actor Sir Patrick Stewart about his campaigning, his first acting role ... and how he met Nelson Mandela in an elevator.
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