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UNICEF initiated for the first time the involvement of Youth into the Evaluation, as facilitators of Focus Groups. Involving youth in the evaluation of adopted national programs and plans is a good practice at the regional and global levels. Turkmenistan, as a country with a high proportion of young...

When schools reopened recently in Afghanistan, only boys in grades 7 through 12 went back to class. Taliban leaders told girls that they must wait. "The explanation that we got from the Taliban is that this is just a slight delay, as they are working on operating procedures for girls," said...

The Taliban-appointed mayor of Kabul is telling most of the city government's female employees to stay home. In a new ruling passed down by the Taliban, Kabul interim mayor Hamdullah Namony said that women working for the city's government are to stay home pending a further decision, according to...

The recent National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 in India comes 34 years after the previous policy, announced in 1986 and revised in 1992. It took six years of work and consultations with thousands of educators, policymakers, and members of civil society. It was truly a democratic effort and is...

This op-ed shares the story of Pooja Shah’s grandmother, married at age 14. Her story is followed by statistics and information on the impact early marriage has on the education of girls, as well as the increasing number of human rights violations these girls face. Find it here: https://www...

This 18-year-old girl runs a newspaper that gives Delhi’s “street children” a voice A newspaper called “Balaknama,” which mean voices of children, provides an outlet for more than 10,000 children living in poverty to have a voice. Chandni, an 18-year-old girl in Delhi, runs the paper. Find this...

As nearly a billion Indians go to the polls this month and next, no one doubts jobs will be central to their vote. We just can’t agree on whether the employment picture is rosy or dark. While the government cites payroll data to claim significant job creation, the opposition holds up a leaked...