Chairperson of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, Honorable Members of the Committee, State Party representatives, civil society organizations: Human Rights Watch ...
Many countries across Africa have embraced universal basic education policies in recent decades. But recent data has revealed that more than 100 million children and adolescents remain out of school, ...
South Africa is experiencing a child pregnancy crisis so severe that it raises uncomfortable questions about how rape, sexual violence and systemic neglect have been allowed to flourish in plain sight ...
The woman and girl child of African descent embodies strength, resilience, and untapped potential, yet they remain among the most marginalized groups globally due to the intersection of racial, gender ...
Legal protections are failing to protect girls in Africa from child marriage and Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), report warns ...
While Sub-Saharan African countries have made progress on gender equality and significant strides in education, girls’ schooling remains a major challenge. Millions of young girls still lack the ...
On the front lines of one of Africa’s forgotten crises, Education Cannot Wait, UNICEF and other strategic partners are providing adaptive learning materials, dedicated resources and trained teachers ...
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EIGHT. NEWS AT FIVE STARTS RIGHT NOW. ONE STITCH AT A TIME. A CENTRAL IOWA SEWING GROUP IS CHANGING LIVES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD. THEIR WORK IS PART OF AN IOWA BASED EFFORT SO BIG, WE SENT ...