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Justin van Fleet
“I know firsthand the impact the environment has in early childhood”
“We turn discarded laptops into learning devices for refugee and vulnerable children”
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“These children have been under a lot of stress and pressure – for them drawing can be a wonderful release”
In the latest of her Better Angels podcast series, Թ President Sarah Brown talks about the role of creativity in change to film-makers Nadine Labaki and Steve Nguyen, children's illustrator Nick Sharrat and Syrian activists in Lebanon.
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“I am a girl but I can achieve what the men can achieve – to be a girl is not a sin”
Global Youth Ambassador Amani Abdulrahman writes about the discrimination and lack of rights suffered by girls and women in Yemen.
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Malawi closes loophole and finally bans child marriage after youth-led campaign
Young campaigners were crucial in persuading politicians to change the country's constitution to outlaw marriage between the ages of 15 and 18 with parental consent.
Zuhair, 13, scarred by Yemen war that has robbed two million children of education
A boy who was injured in a bomb attack is just one of millions of children in Yemen who are suffering terribly because of the war.
Australia failing to meet education targets for aboriginal children
High school completion rates have risen - but Aborigine and Torres Strait Islander children are still trailing non-indigenous children on enrolment, literacy and early education indicators.
Latin American leaders pledge to make early learning a priority
Marginalised children will be the priority as education ministers agree action plans to tackle poverty and inequality and deliver education and early childhood programmes.
“My sisters had to leave school to get married – I’m determined to keep studying for as long as possible”
A new video and pictures have been released on Valentine's Day to remind us of the millions of young girls who are deprived of education, their health and a future because of child marriage.
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#5for5 campaign: how to help your child learn through play
Թ's #5for5 campaign is about standing up for the under-fives - here are 20 fun things you can do to help your young child develop.
‘Traffic signal schools’ help Indian children off the streets and into education
The first school was opened in a remodelled shipping container under a flyover in Thane, just outside Mumbai - and the community has embraced the programme.
Migrant children taught by migrant teachers thrive at free classes in South African private school
Students from several countries - many of whom are barred from the state system - get free lessons from 3-6pm in the classrooms of a pioneering private school in Johannesburg.