A new Human Rights Watch report says that in nearly one-third of African countries, teenage girls who become pregnant face “significant legal and policy barriers” to continuing their formal education.Human Rights Watch said Tuesday it examined more tha…
Category: Literacy
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden virtually joined Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer Tuesday to celebrate the CHIPS and Science Act, which aims to boost U.S. competitiveness against China by allocating billions of dollars toward domestic semiconductor …
Pope Francis apologized Monday for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s former policy of separating Indigenous children from their families and forcing them to attend
GENEVA — A United Nations study finds 222 million children and adolescents worldwide have had their education disrupted by multiple crises.Education Cannot Wait, the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, produce…
A total of 1.39 million children in the Tigray region are currently missing out on education because of Ethiopia’s civil war, according to the United Nations.While journalists are banned from entering Tigray, VOA was able to access the neighboring Amha…