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Why language matters for the Millennium Development Goals
This publication draws and expands upon ideas and presentations from the “International Conference on Language, Education and the Millennium Development Goals”. More than 400 delegates from some 30 countries attended the conference, which was held in Bang
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2011 Report on the Application of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
Two years after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty [2009], the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (the ‘Charter’) has become a point of reference commonly used in the development of EU policies. The Charter is of great interest not
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Completar la escuela: Un derecho para crecer, un deber para compartir. Todos los niños en la escuela en 2015. Iniciativa Global por los Niños fuera de la Escuela
In Latin America and the Caribbean there are approximately 117 million children and adolescents in preschool, primary and basic secondary education age groups. However, 6.5 million of them do not attend school and 15.6 million either enter school one or t
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Finishing school- A Right for Children's Development: A Joint Effort. Global Initiative on Out-of-School Children. Executive Summary
Executive Summary of the report in Spanish “Completar la escuela: Un derecho para crecer, un deber para compartir" (Finishing School. A Right for Children´s Development: A Joint Effort), which is part of the Global Initiative on Out-of School Children pro
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What Do National Poverty Lines Tell Us About Global Poverty? IDS Working Paper
The basic question about ‘how many poor people are there in the world?’ generally assumes that poverty is measured according to international poverty lines (IPLs). Yet, an equally relevant question could be ‘how many poor people are there in the world, ba
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Is School Education Breaking the Cycle of Poverty for Children? Factors Shaping Education Inequalities in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam
School education is held up as an ‘escape route from poverty’. Millions of poor children and families are buying into this promise and often investing scarce resources in going to school, in the hope that it will lead to a better life. This paper looks at
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Empowered lives: Resilient Bangladesh. Results achieved with our partners, 2006-2011
2011 marks the 40th anniversary of Bangladesh’s independence, providing an historic moment for reflection on the enormous distance that the nation has travelled since 1971. Emerging from a devastating conflict and facing innumerable challenges from the ou
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Youth and skills: putting education to work. EFA Global Monitoring Report, 2012
Many young people around the world — especially the disadvantaged — are leaving school without the skills they need to thrive in society and find decent jobs. As well as thwarting young people’s hopes, these education failures are jeopardizing equitable e
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Child poverty and inequality: New perspectives
The 21st century starts with vast inequalities for children in terms of income, access to food, water, health, education, housing, or employment for their families. Half of the world’s children are below the poverty line of $2 a day and suffer from multip
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UNESCO World Atlas of Gender Equality in Education
UNESCO and its statistical branch, the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS,) have jointly released the World Atlas of Gender Equality in Education, which includes over 120 maps, charts and tables featuring a wide range of sex-disaggregated indicators. It
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Speak Up, Speak Out: Toolkit for Reporting on Human Rights Issues
The Internews toolkit 'Speak Up, Speak Out: A Toolkit for Reporting on Human Rights Issues' is both a human rights reference guide and a workbook for journalists and civic activists who want to improve their ability to report on human rights issues in a f
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Education for sustainable development in action: learning & training tools
The purpose of the publication is to describe ways in which education for sustainable development (ESD) can be integrated into primary and secondary schooling. This collection of briefs is designed to complement other ESD materials published by UNESCO. Th