School’s out – forever?: Lebanese pull plug on education
TALA RAMADAN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the choices Lebanese families are facing between food and education…
Kabul blast a setback for Afghan women seeking education against the odds
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters Raihana, 19, wanted to be a doctor, studying until midnight in recent weeks for Afghanistan’s university entrance exam, a chance for women to advance their education even as they face growing restrictions from the Taliban government. Her diligent preparation ended on Friday when a suicide attacker detonated his explosives during a practice exam […]
At UN, emotional appeals for world leaders to protect Afghan girls’ education
United Nations Reuters After pleading with world leaders at the United Nations to protect the education and rights of women in Afghanistan a year after the Taliban took over, Somaya Faruqi, former captain of the Afghan girls robotics team, broke down in tears backstage. “I was in classroom last year, but this year girls are […]
Afghans keep close watch as some girls’ schools open, then shut
Kabul, Afghanistan Reuters Many Afghans are following news of a reversal in girls’ school openings in eastern Paktia province for clues on whether the Taliban will loosen restrictions on girls’ education after reneging on a pledge to reopen high schools in March. Some girls’ secondary schools in what is considered a conservative part of the […]
“It felt like my insides were crying”: China COVID curbs hit youth mental health
FARAH MASTER and XIAOYU YIN, of Reuters, report on the impact of China’s ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns on young people…
Ukraine’s schools race to build bomb shelters before term starts
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Svitlana tears up thinking of the bombing that leveled her son Illia’s school in Lysychansk, a city in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk now occupied by Russian forces, but she is determined to ensure the eighth-grader continues his studies. “My son’s school is not there anymore. It was bombed completely – and […]
High school on fire – violent protests by kids rock Chile
Santiago, ChileReuters As Chilean school kids start winter vacation, they leave behind a semester marked by violence. Several high schools around Santiago were taken over by students; one was set on fire while hooded youths clashed with police and burned city buses. In June, the prestigious Internado Nacional Barros Arana high school in Santiago was […]
Latin America’s kids slid into education black hole during pandemic
La Paz, Bolivia/Sao Paulo, BrazilReuters In Bolivia’s highland city La Paz, Maribel Sanchez’s children spent much of the last two years huddling over a small smartphone screen to attend online classes amid a lengthy lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. The two boys, aged 11 and eight, frequently missed lessons when their timetables collided as […]
Swapping school for hard labour: Climate disasters drive Bangladesh children from classrooms to work
MOSABBER HOSSAIN, of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports that a growing flood of Bangladeshi children are seeing their education end permanently as they flee climate impacts for urban slums…
Wow!: Pakistan bus network gives women a ticket to work and study
ZOFEEN T EBRAHIM, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how Peshawar’s BRT transport system is helping women travel safely without fear of sexual harassment, opening up new opportunities for them to study and find jobs in the socially conservative city…