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Education: Act Now, Don’t Wait for the Bill

School reopening doesn’t mean that education is back on course. For a start, schools remain closed in over 50 countries, affecting more than 800 million students. The poorest ones may never make it back to school, driven by poverty into child labour or early marriage. Distance learning has been out of reach for one third […] The post Education: Act Now, Don’t Wait for the Bill appeared first on Inter Press Service. [...]

Changing the Lives of Bangladesh’s Rural Girls by Giving them a Tertiary Education

October 15th is Rural Women's Day. IPS travelled some 460 kms from Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, to the rural area of Thakurgaon District. Here we found a nursing school largely geared towards educating and training young, rural girls in a profession. The post Changing the Lives of Bangladesh’s Rural Girls by Giving them a Tertiary Education appeared first on Inter Press Service. [...]

Improving People’s Lives with Digital Technology during COVID-19

Digital technology has been crucial in ensuring community and connection during the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent lockdowns. And its shown that collaboration between the private and public sector can ensure that digital technology continues to advance in a way that improves people’s lives under crises, experts said on Tuesday, Oct. 13. The COVID-19 pandemic saw […] The post Improving People’s Lives with Digital Technology during COVID-19 appeared first on Inter Press Service. [...]

Building Back Better: Education Cannot Wait

The United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 66/170 declaring October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child, to recognize girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world. The International Day of the Girl Child focuses attention on the need to address the challenges girls face and to promote girls’ empowerment […] The post Building Back Better: Education Cannot Wait appeared first on Inter Press Service. [...]

Scaling Up SDG4 in Crises

Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait The post Scaling Up SDG4 in Crises appeared first on Inter Press Service. [...]