1+ hour, 36+ min ago  (607+ words) The cost of education remains a key driver of child labor worldwide. As countries mark the World Day Against Child Labor, on June 12, an estimated 138 million children are still engaged in child labor, including 54 million in hazardous work. A possible…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (268+ words) Prosecutor Investigates Authors of Statement as Crackdown on Dissent Deepens The'Burkina Faso junta's suspension of the country's largest student union is the latest in a series of government crackdowns on freedoms of association and expression. On May 26, the minister of…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (465+ words) (Monrovia) " Registration fees and other costs to attend public schools in Liberia are a major barrier to education, forcing many children to delay enrollment, miss school, or drop out altogether, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today." Download…...

5+ mon, 4+ week ago  (457+ words) World Children's Day'celebrated every year on November 20'marks the anniversary of the United Nations' adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, an international human rights treaty guaranteeing that every child's dignity and potential should be made a…...

4+ mon, 2+ hour ago  (637+ words) Human Rights Watch has extensively documented how inadequate sexuality education, and restrictions on the teaching of CSE, contribute to grave human rights harms. [5] A full review of relevant research is beyond the scope of this submission, so we highlight a…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (387+ words) Lead to Underfunding Education, Other Key Public Services Download the full report in English "For decades, Sri Lanka has been hostage to economic policies that starve its government of revenue and reflect a myopic focus on GDP growth," said Sarah…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (317+ words) Global Treaty on Free Education Could Push Governments to Act A new United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report delivers a sobering message: the number of children out of school has risen for the seventh consecutive year, reaching…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (432+ words) A new treaty will not get every child into school overnight, but treaties can be powerful catalysts for change. Free education helps break cycles of poverty, reduce inequality, and empower girls. I was in Liberia in January and met a…...

9+ mon, 3+ day ago  (317+ words) In March, Japan's Diet enacted a landmark budget measure eliminating tuition fees for all public high school students, removing previous income thresholds. The action was built upon the 2019 decision to offer pre-primary education free to all children. These developments also…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (472+ words) Book Bans, Distorted Curricula and Crackdowns on College Campus Protests (Remarks at an event on academic freedom at the'John Jay College of Criminal Justice " City University of New York: "Defending Academic Freedom: A Teach-In) This is from a 1998 report by…...