International #DayOfTheGirl; UK should sign Safe Schools promise; Egyptian activist win Martin Ennals award; adoption and religion row in Indonesia; "systematic" attacks on Rohingya in Burma; Hong Kong football fans boo national anthem; Philippines drug war critic still hounded; Europe's refugee crisis.

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As the world marks the UN International Day Of The Girl today, child marriage and a lack of access to quality education remain major barriers to progress for girls across the globe. Around the world, one in every four girls marries before the age of 18, and the loss of education is both a cause and a consequence of child marriage.
Access to education is also often thwarted by the military use of schools. Many countries around the world have now signed the Safe Schools Declaration to help protect pupils, teachers and schools - but so far, the UK still hasn't joined. It's time to end that now.
An Egyptian human rights activist has won the prestigious Martin Ennals award for his work. But such is the extent of the crackdown in Egypt right now, a travel ban meant Mohamed Zaree could not travel to Geneva to collect his award in person.
There has been an outcry in Indonesia after a female police officer, who happens to be a Christian, was apparently barred from adopting an abandoned baby because of her faith. Reports suggest the baby boy, who was abandoned in a ditch, has now been handed over to an orphanage instead.
Security forces in Burma have carried out "well-organised, coordinated and systematic" attacks aimed not only at driving the Rohingya out of Rakhine state, but to prevent them from ever returning, the office of the UN human rights chief has said.
Football fans in Hong Kong have booed their national anthem again in public, although a new law means they may not be able to express their dissent for much longer. Booing at football matches has become a routine ritual since the Occupy protests, calling for full democracy, began in Hong Kong in 2014.
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