Explainer
Child labour
This page introduces you to the issues surrounding child labour. It explains what child labour is, where and why children work and how working can prevent them from going to school and trap them in a cycle of poverty.
Teacher Resources
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Teaching Resources
Education and girls – lesson activities for ages 7-11
Everyone has the right to an education whatever their gender, but millions of girls and young women around the world are missing out on school and life opportunities. Download the easy-to-use activities below to explore this topic with your students, both inside and outside the classroom.
Teaching Resources
Education and girls – lesson activities for ages 11-16
Everyone has the right to an education whatever their gender, but millions of girls and young women around the world are missing out on school and life opportunities. Download the easy-to-use activities below to explore this topic with your students, both inside and outside the classroom.
Teaching Resources
Education and girls – essay questions and resources for project-based learning
Everyone has the right to an education whatever their gender, but millions of girls and young women around the world are missing out on school and life opportunities. Download the research questions below to explore this topic with your students, both inside and outside the classroom.
Teaching Resources
Education and disability and inclusion – lesson activities for ages 7-11
Inclusive education is essential to ensure that every child has a fair and equal chance to grow, learn and succeed. Download the easy-to-use activities below to explore this topic with your students, both inside and outside the classroom.
Teaching Resources
Education and disability and inclusion – lesson activities for ages 11-16
Inclusive education is essential to ensure that every child has a fair and equal chance to grow, learn and succeed. Download the easy-to-use activities below to explore this topic with your students, both inside and outside the classroom.
Teaching Resources
Education and disability and inclusion – essay questions and resources for project-based learning
Inclusive education is essential to ensure that every child has a fair and equal chance to grow, learn and succeed. Download the research questions below to explore this topic with your students, both inside and outside the classroom.
Better Angels Podcast
Better Angels: The global early years crisis
This year, Theirworld launched the Act For Early Years campaign, calling on world leaders and global institutions to act to support the world’s youngest children.
Press Releases
Spiralling cost of formal childcare is forcing parents across the world to quit their jobs or drop out of higher education
Press Releases
Soaring cost of childcare forces one in four UK parents to quit their job or drop out of education
Reports
The Act For Early Years Report
This report looks at why the early years matter and makes the case for investment and calls for a global movement to ensure every child has the best start in life.
Reports
Resilience and Ingenuity: Young Ukrainians’ Experiences of Emergency Education
An investigation into how Ukrainian children and young people have responded to the immense disruption to their lives and their education. Authored by Veronika Skorobogatko and Juliette Bonnepart of OPORA Foundation.