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- From child pregnancy to childbirth: when a pregnant girl’s only option is the path set out for her by the religious lobbyEvery week, eleven girls aged 10 to 14 enter a delivery room in Paraguay. Every hour, two teenage girls aged 15 to 19 do the same. Paraguay has the highest child pregnancy rate in the Southern Cone. In 2018, 589 births were registered to [...]
- Koen Timmers: “Through creativity, problem-solving, critical thinking and collaboration, students can bring about direct climate action”“I feel that we can do more than go on strike…but in the end, we have the same goal as Greta: changing students’ behaviour and society’s mindset when it comes to climate change.”
- Alisa Trojansky: “It’s time to formalise the care sector and stop the privatisation trend”As demand for care expands across Europe, and the public sector fails to meet it, digital platforms are moving in to fill the gap; in turn, they are redefining the way in which home care is [...]
- The informal e-waste and metal recyclers of AgbogbloshieBurning the wires and cables of end-of-life electrical goods and electronics is incredibly toxic and completely unregulated, with workers at Agbogbloshie suffering burns and the dangerous effects of air, soil and water [...]
- Fernando Reimers: “Giving priority attention to the most vulnerable students is essential if we are to provide opportunities for all”In those places where I have seen the most interesting innovations, I have also found humble educational leadership that encourages collaboration. The pandemic creates the risk of more authoritarian forms of leadership as an understandable [...]
- The Senegalese fishermen trapped between hunger and exileSenegalese fishermen are hindered by the scarcity of fish resources and competition from foreign boats. Facing a lack of opportunity, many decide to go into exile to Europe.