In recent years, the international community has begun to place increased attention on girls’ education generating a better understanding of the underlying causes and consequences of the disparities...
Two young Muslim girls from villages of Murshidabad, West Bengal were congratulated by the President of India, Shmt. Pratibha Patil on the 17th of January for their determination to protest against...
Parents’ approval of forced, under-age marriages and general acceptance of domestic violence and corporal punishment are major obstacles to girls in sub-Saharan Africa completing their primary...
Tony Phiri, 14, used to steal and beg on the streets to buy food and sometimes never came home at night to his mother’s house in Mchesi township, Lilongwe, Malawi.
11 year-old Zahida, ActionAid’s sponsored child is among thousands of children whose villages and towns were inundated by the 2010 floods. They lost their homes and schools, and their families had...
Seven year-old Sawera, ActionAid’s sponsored child from Kot Adu, is one of the many children who lost their chance to get an education when the floods hit their village and destroyed their school...
