For Zimbabweans, Universal Education May be an Unattainable Goal
Primary school children like the ones pictured here in Zimbabwe's capital Harare often drop out of school, casting doubts on this Southern African nation's capacity to achieve universal primary...
View ArticleOPINION: We Have So Much to Learn From Cuba
This is the first of three articles written by Robert F. Kennedy – son of late U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of President John F. Kennedy – which address relations between the...
View ArticleMobile Technology a Lever for Women’s Empowerment
For Cherie Blair (left), founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women and wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, “empowering women and girls to access education isn’t an option, isn’t a...
View ArticleTake Good News on Afghanistan’s Reconstruction With a ‘Grain of Salt’
Students at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music. Credit: Shelly Kittleson/IPSBy Kanya D'AlmeidaUNITED NATIONS, Jun 19 2015 (IPS)Since 2002, a year after it invaded Afghanistan, the United...
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