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South Africa ‘needs to promote role of fathers in early childhood care’
In a country with a high rate of missing fathers, the importance of dads in the first 1000 days of a child's life should be promoted says a group of NGOs.
Back to school in pictures: children return to classrooms around the world
Smiles on their faces and eager to learn, check out these photos of students on their first day back at school after the holidays.
Hundreds of schools reopen after devastating floods in India
Many children lost their uniforms and school books when their homes were destroyed - they will also need counselling to deal with their trauma.
Grassroots movement in Kenyan slums wins world’s biggest humanitarian prize
SHOFCO, which has transformed the lives of over 220,000 people through education and other programmes, will get $2m of funding from the Hilton Foundation.
Day of celebration as Palestinian children go back to school amid funding crisis
Classes run by the UN agency UNRWA reopened today but their future beyond the next few weeks is still in doubt because of lack of money,
Over half of the world’s 7.4m refugee children are out of school
Half a million refugees were enrolled in school last year - but the number excluded from education still rose dramatically because of growing humanitarian crises.
UN reports list possible crimes against children in Yemen and Myanmar
Killings, air strikes and recruitment into armed forces are just some of the violent acts that could be prosecuted as war crimes or genocide.
Half of the world’s schools don’t have decent toilets, clean water or handwashing facilities
Millions of children are missing school or having their education affected - as well as running the risk of diseases and other health problems.