We need collective action to improve girls’ education: Theirworld Chair Sarah Brown
Innovation, inclusion and finance – these are the drivers of improvements in girls’ education, according to Sarah Brown, Chair of Theirworld.
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‘Young people with disabilities must be bold and campaign for fully inclusive education’
On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Theirworld inclusion consultant Vibhu Sharma tells how school systems are failing millions of children.
I take pictures of toilets wherever I go … to help save lives
On World Toilet Day, a Theirworld Global Youth Ambassador tells how a tragedy spurred her to campaign on better sanitation for schools and marginalised people.
Continuing the fight for girls’ education
Today is International Day of the Girl, which highlights the challenges girls are facing around the world while celebrating initiatives to empower young women.
Teamwork – and 69m new teachers – is key to tackling the learning crisis
World Teachers' Day is on Saturday, October 5 and the 2019 theme is “Young Teachers: The future of the profession.” The day will celebrate teachers worldwide and address some of the issues that are key to attracting and keeping the brightest minds and young talents in teaching. One of those challenges, according to a new report from the Education Commission, is to provide training, professional development, career paths and working conditions to enable them to be effective. Here we look at the findings of this major report.
Theirworld unveils Infinity Classroom to show world leaders the vast scale of global education crisis
The idea for an exhibition at the UN showing endless rows of empty desks arose from the challenge of how to represent the 260 million children out of school.
How hitting 10 targets will help to #WriteTheWrong and deliver quality education for all
The Sustainable Development Goal on education has a series of objectives to be met by 2030 - what are they, how are they measured and what progress is being made?
Vibhu’s own struggle for education has made her a champion of rights for children with disabilities
The 26-year-old from India, who is working as a disability and inclusion consultant with Theirworld, talks about the barriers that need to be broken.
Take our education test to find out how millions of children don’t get the chance to learn
How much do you know about the struggles children around the world face just to be able to go to school? Test your knowledge of the global education crisis with our quiz.
How many primary schools have electricity, clean water or accessible facilities?
Poor conditions can prevent children from attending and learning - so these statistics from the UN spotlight the challenges in many countries.