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Bolivia’s New Child Labor Law: A Violation of Human Rights

Child labor is a dangerous, exploitative practice constituting a violation of human rights, which many nations have tried to eradicate. Yet Bolivia—a country that has more than 500,000 children working to supplement the famil...

by Nora Turriago

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WATCH: Weren’t planning to vote in the Indian elections? This will change your mind

India is hosting the world’s biggest democratic elections this year, with nearly 100 million newly eligible voters since the last election and about 814.5 million voters in total. India is also filled with a lot of people...

by Priyanka Mogul

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Are Children In East Africa Learning (Anything) In School?

I attended a discussion where stakeholders in education around the East Africa region and beyond were gathered to discuss a common fear: Were children in East Africa learning in school? Over 20 leaders drawn from learning ins...

by Eunice Kilonzo

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Somalia And Somaliland: Now Or Never?

In January this year, Somaliland and Somalia signed the Istanbul Communiqué committing themselves to mutual cooperation and peaceful resolution of their relationship, which has been on the rocks ever since Somaliland proclaime...

by Jonas Jelinek

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Can We Bank On The Big Society?

Several years ago, the idea that thousands of UK citizens would be dependent on food banks for their survival would have been almost inconceivable. Hunger is not something that is allowed to happen in Great Britain, right? Howe...

by Naomi Hanna

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Will The Upcoming Elections Save Greece?

The road to stability, for Greece, has been difficult. After Greece joined the European Union in 1981, it experienced an unprecedented period of stability. For the next thirty years, Greece had secure political systems in place...

by Sylvia Bouloutas

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You Better Work, Kids

If you asked anyone in the developed world about what they thought about child labour, the answer would be an almost universal condemnation. Yet, what if your country was so impoverished that parents sending their children to w...

by Naomi Hanna

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China: The MDG’s Are About More Than Economic Empowerment

The first target of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) was met in 2010, as the global poverty rate of $1.25 a day fell in 2010 to less than half the 1990 rate. This was achieved largely as a result of the huge leaps made b...

by Joe Corry-Roake

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An Unequal World

Throughout history, there has always been concern about inequality growing to such an extent that it will become dangerous and imperil social cohesion and stability. When French revolutionaries took the Bastille and began their...

by Michel Scholer

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Bolivia’s New Child Labor Law: A Violation of Human Rights

WATCH: Weren’t planning to vote in the Indian elections? This will change your mind

Are Children In East Africa Learning (Anything) In School?

Somalia And Somaliland: Now Or Never?

Can We Bank On The Big Society?

Will The Upcoming Elections Save Greece?

You Better Work, Kids

China: The MDG’s Are About More Than Economic Empowerment

An Unequal World

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