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...
I really enjoyed meeting Peter and Tom, who are with us as part of Leonard Cheshire’s Change 100 internship programme. I was inspired by their obvious passion and commitment to DFID’s work. It was great to talk to young people …
Working on a taboo subject can be isolating and demoralising and, as evidenced by the experience of some Girls Not Brides members focused on ending child marriage within their communities, even life-threatening. Until a few years ago, child marriage was such …
2015 is a year of decision for global education — specifically, access to quality education by children in the world’s poorest and most conflict-ravaged countries. Fifteen years ago, at the United Nations, the world came together to establish the Millennium Development …
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