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December 4, 2017 Dispatches

Children with Disabilities in South Africa Cannot Wait

Government Should Make Education Free for All

An estimated half-a-million children with disabilities have been shut out of South Africa’s education system, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today at a joint event with South Africa’s Human Rights Commission.
November 22, 2017 Dispatches

Tanzania is Not ‘Doing Well’ on Violence in Schools

Urgently End Corporal Punishment Against Children

Cartoon for Tanzania Education Report
November 20, 2017 Commentary

The role of civil society in accountability systems: A human rights perspective

More than 120 Form II students prepare to sit their mock exams in a secondary school in Mwanza, northwestern Tanzania.
November 17, 2017 Commentary

Girls in Afghanistan—and Everywhere Else—Need Toilets

Girls in Afghanistan -- And everywhere else -- Need toilets
November 15, 2017 Commentary

15 Years After Forces Overthrew Taliban, Afghanistan Failing Its Girls

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October 18, 2017 Dispatches

World Bank Presses Uzbekistan to End Forced Labor

Some Students, Teachers, Medical Workers Released

October 17, 2017 News Release

Afghanistan: Girls Struggle for an Education

Insecurity, Government Inaction, and Donor Disengagement Reversing Vital Gains

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October 17, 2017 Interactive

The War for Girls' Education

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October 11, 2017 News Release

Globally Girls Struggle for Rights

Child Marriage, Limited Education Access Are Key Barriers

Girls in India during a hygiene training as part of the Great WASH Yatra. Himanshu Khagta, WASH United, 2012
October 3, 2017 Dispatches

A Good Move by Jordan for Syrian Children

New Policy Will Help Open School Doors

Syrian children attend class in a school in the Zaatari refugee camp in northern Jordan, October 20, 2015. The school taught Syrian girls in the morning and boys in the afternoon, but lacked electricity, heating, and running water.
September 25, 2017 Dispatches

South African Girl with Disability Abused on School Bus

Students With Disabilities Unsafe on the Way to School, in Classroom

School children waiting to board their school transportation.
September 18, 2017 Dispatches

Ghana Makes Secondary Schools Free

Government Should Ensure Program Benefits Poorest and Rural Students

Cartoon for Tanzania Education Report
September 17, 2017 News Release

Greece: No School for Many Asylum-Seeking Kids

Urgently Implement Plans for Children on Greek Islands

"Majida" and her brother "Ziyat" from Iraq live in the camp of Vial on Chios island since May 2017. They do not go to school, but study English and Greek in courses offered by a nongovernmental group.
September 14, 2017 Commentary

Prevent a Lost Generation of Syrian Children

Syrian children and schools in Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan.
September 14, 2017 News Release

Syrian Refugee Children’s Uncertain School Aid

Murky Money Trail, Missed Targets, Missing Data

Syrian children in an informal refugee camp in the Bekaa Valley.

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