Full Coverage: Education
June 2008
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More children than ever are getting the opportunity to go to school, but are they getting the education they need to thrive in today’s globalized world? OneWorld looks at what governments can be doing, what civil society groups are doing, and what you can do to help children "learn the future.".
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06/26/2008
‘Tikwere’ in Malawi is becoming hugely popular among students and teachers alike who are greatly benefiting from this innovative approach to learning through radio. Broadcast daily for half-an-hour, it has lessons on literacy, English language and life skills.
Read moreRelated: [Africa] [Children] [ICT] |
06/25/2008
With a view to help people gather information and communicate with others, the Telecentre.org is setting up an English-language academy in Africa. Its approach will be to create a global community of people and organisations committed to increasing the social and economic impact of grassroots telecenters.
Read moreRelated: [East Africa] [Capacity Building] [Communication] [ICT] |
06/24/2008
From starting tree nurseries to properly disposing of solid waste, a new guide offers simple solutions to help communities around the planet improve their quality of life.
Read moreFrom: Grassroots International, Hesperian Related: [Development] [Environment] [Conservation] [Health] [Indigenous Rights] [Knowledge] [Civil Society] [Capacity Building] |
06/23/2008
With African-American women accounting for 72 percent of all new female HIV cases, one "feminist filmmaker" discusses her documentary revolving around a young African-American doctor and her two HIV-positive patients.
Read moreFrom: Reproductive Health Reality Check Related: [United States] [HIV/AIDS] [Race Politics] [Knowledge] [Civil Society] |
06/20/2008
A training program in Sudan teaches men such as Marup Deng Deng basic tool-making and business skills, such as blacksmithing, that allow them to open their own businesses and control their own income.
Read moreFrom: Mercy Corps Related: [Sudan] [Capacity Building] [Knowledge] |
06/19/2008
Hundreds of children, including 240 orphans, will be affected by the Israeli military's recent decision to shut down schools and orphanages belonging to the Islamic Charitable Society.
Read moreFrom: Advocacy Project Related: [Israel] [Palestine] [Children] [Shelter & Housing] [Civil Rights] [Activism] [Codes of Conduct] [Law] [Terrorism] |
06/18/2008
Abducted from her Cambodian village and nearly forced into slavery at 15, Chivv Ya now teaches other young girls practical skills to protect themselves against human trafficking.
Read moreFrom: World Education Inc. Related: [Cambodia] [Children] [Capacity Building] [Youth] [Activism] |
06/18/2008
Jerusalem's Domari Gypsies, chronically ignored and discriminated against in the midst of a wider conflict, find pride in their culture at a Community Center designed especially for Gypsy women.
Read moreFrom: Peace X Peace Related: [Israel] [Social Exclusion] [Capacity Building] [Social Exclusion] [Activism] [Civil Society] |
06/17/2008
WASHINGTON, Jun 16 (OneWorld) - The greatest effect of China's Wenchuan Earthquake may not be on Sichuan Province's buildings, but rather, its children. Local and international groups have launched several initiatives to help meet the needs of many of the estimated 3 million children affected by the earthquake.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [China] [Children] [Emergency Relief] [Youth] [Governance] |
06/13/2008
Education is critical to breaking the cycle of child labor and poverty as well as eradicating child labor in its worst forms by 2016, the International Labour Organization said today, the World Day Against Child Labor.
Read moreFrom: International Labour Organization Related: [Children] [Labor] Image: Child worker in Pakistan. © United Nations' Integrated Regional Information Network
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06/12/2008
Single mother Dorothy Kanjautso, who founded a private nursery school with a start-up loan of $70, is just one of many African women and men -- profiled here -- that has contributed to her community by starting a small business.
Read moreFrom: Opportunity International Related: [Africa] [Development] [Capacity Building] [Microcredit] [Knowledge] |
06/10/2008
The House of Representatives passed legislation granting $7 billion for U.S. schools to become more energy efficient and healthier, a move that is expected to reduce costs for school districts in the long run.
Read moreFrom: Earth Day Network Related: [United States] [Energy] [Environment] [Environmental Activism] [Pollution] [Disease/treatment] [Governance] Image: At a Dayton, Ohio High School; 2006. © ACTION (Initiatives of Change)
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06/10/2008
UNESCO invites applications for the 2008 King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICTs in Education. The prize recognises those achievements, which harness the potential of new and emerging technologies for transforming education, learning and knowledge sharing. Last date for submissions is August 31, 2008.
Read moreRelated: [ICT] [Knowledge] |
06/09/2008
Educator Jackson Katz's violence prevention programs for college and high school students are challenging the idea that gender violence is exclusively a women's issue and showing men how to be part of the solution.
Read moreFrom: Reproductive Health Reality Check Related: [United States] [Youth] [Gender] [Activism] |
06/09/2008
Sharing ideas and theories, as opposed to concealing them, is a good thing, says Taking sharing to the classroom, a research paper published by International Open Source Network. The paper emphasises on the use of free and open source software in school education to enhance knowledge and overall efficiency of students.
Read moreRelated: [ICT] |
06/06/2008
Thousands of school children in Benin are learning about HIV/AIDS -- a subject rarely broached in the Beninese classroom or home -- through a new initiative that raises awareness by working more closely with parents and teachers.
Read moreFrom: World Education Inc. Related: [Benin] [Children] [Capacity Building] [HIV/AIDS] |
06/04/2008
Fertility rates in Central America far exceed the Latin American average because Central American youth lack access to sex education, contraceptives, and youth-oriented policies, says a new study by a sexual health institute.
Read moreFrom: Guttmacher Institute Related: [El Salvador] [Guatemala] [Honduras] [Nicaragua] [Youth] [Health] |
06/03/2008
Hundreds of thousands of Uzbekistani high school graduates are choosing to work as migrant laborers rather than go to college due to the unemployment and poverty that afflict their rural communities.
Read moreFrom: Eurasianet (Open Society Institute) Related: [Uzbekistan] [Labor] [Migration] [Poverty] [Youth] |
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