When you get that feeling … when you can’t hold it any longer and you just have to go … where do you do it? I grew up in Australia and remember spending summers in the outback. When nature called, I would have to use an outhouse — a long drop toilet in a tiny shed in the backyard. I would go as quickly as possible, terrified that… Read more →←
The future belongs to young people with an education and the imagination to create. That is the source of power in this century. – Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States We’re all in the awesome position to be a part of the climate solution, and young people understand this more than the rest. They’re the ones who… Read more →←
The future depends on what we do in the present. Mahatma Gandhi’s words floated through my mind as my flight landed in Beijing. I had a full schedule ahead of me, focused on initiatives that could make the current global sanitation crisis a thing of the past. There’s a toilet revolution in China and it’s not difficult to understand… Read more →←
The second symposium on Adolescents and Youth in the MENA Region took place from 25-26 September at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is home to approximately 124 million adolescents and youth. The region has the highest youth unemployment rate in the world, the world’s highest levels… Read more →←
While I attend a high-profile conference analysing the trends and flows of migration remittances in the Kyrgyz Republic I get a bit dizzy and overwhelmed by numbers, charts and figures. Indeed 35 per cent of the GDP of the country comes from remittances, money that migrant workers living abroad send back to their families, truly an… Read more →←
What level of inequality in children’s education should rich societies tolerate? There will always be inequality in children’s educational achievements, but our new study argues that we should look to the countries with the smallest gaps between the best- and worst-performing students, as some of these countries can show us how to… Read more →←
Despite attempts to reform basic education curriculum in sub-Saharan Africa, learning levels have remained stubbornly low. The general movement away from a traditional curriculum (broadly defined as ‘academic’ and teacher-centred with high subject content) towards an ‘outcome’-based curriculum (i.e., student-centred and focused… Read more →←
My name is Ridwan Gustiana, but do call me Doc Jack. I’m a Health Specialist with UNICEF Pacific, on mission in Sulawesi. I’m the team leader for UNICEF’s response in Central Sulawesi and I am also the Emergency Health Specialist supporting health initiatives. In the wake of this disaster, and thanks to the efforts of the… Read more →←
Part 1 Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand has been in the global spotlight recently, and for good reason. Not only is she the world’s youngest female head of government, but she has also asserted that one of her top priorities is “to make New Zealand the best place in the world to be a child.” That is a statement to be… Read more →←
A little over 40 years ago, my father walked into the classroom where he taught and wrote on the blackboard. He turned to his six and seven year old pupils and triumphantly announced “A great New Zealander was born today!” The children looked at the board and looked back to him before one boy piped up. “Why’d you name him that?… Read more →←
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