Only half of children lucky enough to attend kindergarten classes in Ghana are taught by formally trained teachers. Resources are scarce for these four and five year olds too, there’s only enough workbooks to share one between three and even …
I visited Ghor province in Afghanistan in June 2015 as part of my work for STAGES project, one of the UK-funded Girls’ Education Challenge programmes. I went there to see the work being carried out by one of the partners, which …
Three years ago, recognising widespread human rights discrimination and violence against girls, the United Nations (UN) made a promise to observe the International Day of the Girl Child on 11 October, and the theme this year is the power of …
...will soar to one in five. Two-thirds of the 868 million older people alive today are in developing countries; and of the 2 billion people expected to be over the...
...and capacity building activities. The approach is grounded in our Girl Participation Principles: Meaningfully engage girls Reflecting girls’ diversity Valuing girls’ time and contributions Providing information to girls and gaining...
...particular, an incredibly friendly place to work. For the past year I have been working in DFID Tanzania. One of the great things about being a DESA is getting to...
...that brings together 18 to 25-year-olds from all backgrounds to fight poverty in overseas and UK communities. To find out how to become an ICS volunteer like Vix go to...
...from the Leonard Cheshire’s Change 100 internship programme. Credit: Jessica Seldon/DFID Peter and Tom also challenged us to do more to help young people understand our work. This included raising...
...like to mark this anniversary by renewing our call to political leaders to create a lasting legacy of the Girl Summit, and continue to turn your words into actions. You...
...partner countries. For example, in Tanzania, where DFID and the Global Partnership are involved in teacher training to improve literacy acquisition of primary school students. Or in Zimbabwe where along...
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