Yacinta’s Story: ‘The lengths I went to get an education’
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Photo Essay: Schools for Africa introductionA short, stimulating pictorial profile of the problems facing many children in Africa, and the Schools for Africa programme's efforts to give them a brighter future.
Uganda: Go to School, Back to School, Stay in SchoolPart 4: This series covers Arts and Sports as learning strategies and important components of child friendly school.
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Use Your Voice
Queen Rania's message on International Women's Day.
Inside Gaza
Christine van Nieuwenhuyse, World Food Programme Country Director for the occupied Palestinian territories, travelled to Gaza in late January with a joint UN preliminary assessment mission.
Valerie Kaboré receivs the torch
Valerie Kaboré, film director and producer from Burkina Faso, has received the torch because of her succesful TV series "Ina" and her commitment to girls' education.
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Gender and Economics
As one magazine wrote recently, "Forget China, India and the Internet: economic growth is driven by women." and the World Bank and its partners are seeing to it that women all around the world are empowered to reach this aim.
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Dr. Changu Mannathoko appears on "Straight Talk" Africa
UNICEF Senior Education Adviser Dr. Changu Mannathoko was a guest on Voice of America's "Straight Talk" Africa.
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Invest in African futures
Back to School
In 2003 the Wide Angle documentary series profiled 7 children in 7 countries as they started their first year of school. They returned in 2006 and found that some of the children were already struggling, hanging onto their education by a thread.
Watch video clips of Back to School at pbs.org