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July 19, 2016 Commentary

How Lebanon’s Residency Policy Keeps Syrian Children Out of School

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July 19, 2016 News Release

Lebanon: 250,000 Syrian Children Out of School

Residency Rules, Child Labor Among Barriers for Refugees

Bara’a, 10, originally from Ghouta, Syria, leaves for school from her informal refugee camp in Mount Lebanon.
July 14, 2016 Commentary

European Donors Must Target Syrian Schoolchildren

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July 14, 2016 News Release

Afghanistan: Hazardous Work for Children Widespread

Unenforced Law Puts Thousands at Risk of Injury, Death

Helal, 10, works as a brick maker at a brick kiln outside Kabul. He told Human Rights Watch that the brick mold is heavy and his hands hurt working with wet clay. Helal doesn’t go to school because he has to work.
June 20, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Students Jailed for Doodling in Burundi

President Pierre Nkurunziza stands after being sworn in for a third term. Bujumbura, Burundi, August 20, 2015.
June 20, 2016 Report

EU: Don’t Send Syrians Back to Turkey

Lack of Jobs, School, Health Care Spurs Poverty, Exploitation

A migrant child stands in a tent on the side of a highway near Edirne, Turkey where hundreds of mostly Syrian migrants have had to wait as Turkish police prevent their bid to cross the border with Greece.
June 15, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Philippines’ Displaced Children Barred from School

Zamboanga East and West Central School, Zamboanga City, Philippines, 2013.
June 14, 2016 Commentary

Children Out of School --‘Left Behind’ by Whom?

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June 14, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Millions of Children Are Still Not In School. Why?

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June 9, 2016 News Release

School Doors Closed for Millions

Political Will, Resources Needed to Guarantee Right to Education

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June 8, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Syrian Refugee Children in Lebanon Miss Out on Secondary Education

The order written on Amin’s expired residency papers: “Last chance to get ID or passport or to leave."
May 31, 2016 Commentary

How Afghan Classrooms Became Bunkers

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May 19, 2016 Report

Leave No One Behind

Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Emergencies

Safi, 30, (right) a Syrian refugee from Aleppo, walks on highway M1 near Budapest, Hungary in an attempt to reach Vienna, Austria by foot.
May 16, 2016 Commentary

Michigan’s LGBT Guidelines Deserve an A

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May 16, 2016 Commentary

War is No Excuse for Depriving Children with Disabilities of an Education

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