education

Lathitha Beyile, 14, from South Africa was an honourary UN Spokesperson on World Children’s Day in November.
UN/Liz Scaffidi

South African teen raises her voice on behalf of children…and the UN

29 December 2017
Interviews

A South African teenager was at the UN recently to raise her voice for children everywhere, particularly on the issues of education, child labour and gender inequality.

Lathitha Beyile from Soweto read a manifesto she had written which was inspired by children in her country.

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EU-UN Spotlight Initiative for the elimination of violence against women and girls. The event was held on the margins of the General Assembly's annual general debate.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

Involving men plays crucial role for women’s empowerment, says activist

22 November 2017
Interviews

Men should be playing a more active role in empowering women, and helping to end the scourge of gender-based violence.

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Nepalese UN police chief: Children are South Sudan’s future

9 November 2017
Interviews

Children in South Sudan “must not be deprived” of their right to quality education.

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Nyagoa Nyuon, speaking to Radio Miraya about her Catwalk to Freedom initiative.
Machrine Birungi/Radio Miraya (UNMISS)

Catwalk to Freedom helps South Sudanese girls model full potential

5 October 2017
General News

If girls are given the opportunity to explore their “full potential”, there would be many fewer child marriages across South Sudan.

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UN Photo/Mark Garten
UN Photo/Mark Garten

Malala continues fight for girls’ rights, education, empowerment

5 October 2017
General News

Malala Yousafzai is continuing her fight for girls’ education, rights and empowerment, in her role as the youngest-ever UN Messenger of Peace.

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A young boy points to the letter F, with his teacher's help in a classroom in rural Nepal.
Aisha Faquir/World Bank

Global 'learning crisis' threatens future of millions of young students – World Bank

26 September 2017
Schooling without learning is a terrible waste of precious resources and of human potential, the World Bank said today, warning in a new report that millions of young students in low and middle-income countries face the prospect of lost opportunity and lower wages in later life because their primary and secondary schools are failing to educate them to succeed.
Students participate in class lessons at the Kashadaha Anando school in Kashadaha, Bangladesh. (file)
Dominic Chavez/World Bank

Global education facing “learning crisis” warns World Bank

26 September 2017
General News

Millions of students in low- and middle-income countries face a “learning crisis” that is widening inequality, destroying opportunity and strangling economic growth.

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Mr Mustapha and the students of Future Prowess Islamic Foundation School, Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria.
UNHCR/Rahima Gambo

Nigerian teacher wins UNHCR Refugee Award

21 September 2017
General News

A teacher and school-funder who helped the release of some of the Chibok girls from Boko Haram extremists in Nigeria, has been declared the winner of this year’s Nansen Refugee Award, sponsored by the UN Refugee Ag

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Youth in the classroom.
Deshan Tennekoon/World Bank.

More than half of children and youth worldwide 'not learning' – UNESCO

21 September 2017
About 617 million children and adolescents worldwide are not achieving minimum proficiency levels in reading and mathematics, signalling “a learning crisis” that could threaten progress on global development goals, a report from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) shows.
Newborn in Aktau city, Mangystau oblast, Kazakhstan.
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UNICEF urges countries to prioritize early childhood development

21 September 2017
There is no period more critical in a child's development than the first 1,000 days of life, and yet 32 countries – including Bangladesh and the United States – lack three basic national policies to support parents of babies and young children, says a new United Nations report issued today.