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15 Apr 2020 3 minute read

Should I let my daughter pursue ‘girlish’ glamour?

Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. Seems like we’re all in need of a New Internationalist perspective. Enter...

intersex surgery

8 Oct 2018 6 minute read

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Our bodies, our rights

According to the UN, most surgeries on intersex babies amount to torture. Valentino Vecchietti calls for...

Protesters carry a banner: ‘Humanity doesn’t require a green card’

26 Jun 2018 4 minute read

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The new frontier spirit

The inhumanity of child separation was no accident. Rachel Curtis reports from El Paso

6 Feb 2018 4 minute read

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Against adult supremacy

Vyvian Raoul gives five reasons you really should care about youth liberation, even if you’re not young.

Arvind Gupta in his lab. Ashok Rupner

19 Dec 2017 3 minute read

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Arvind Gupta: making toys from trash

Making learning fun for young minds. Priti Salian reports from a classroom in Bangalore...

1 Sep 2017 3 minute read

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Keeping schools open in Yemen

The courageous efforts of Yemeni teachers, as reported by Sawsan al-Refaei.

1 Sep 2017 3 minute read

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Revolution in the classroom: Escuela Nueva

Mónica del Pilar Uribe Marín praises Colombia’s best-known pedagogical export, Escuela Nueva.

4 Jul 2017 4 minute read

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Trafficked children reach a place of safety

A photo story of hope for abandoned kids in Togo and Benin

15 Jun 2017 4 minute read

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Congo’s girl soldiers struggle to return

Sandra Olsson examines the often overlooked role of female child soldiers and the difficulties endured at war...

1 Apr 2017 5 minute read

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Global babies: who benefits?

Surrogacy has become an international trade that needs tighter regulation, argues Miranda Davies.

20 Mar 2017 4 minute read

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Slovakia's failing marks on Romani children

Roma living in this central European country have suffered centuries of discrimination and stigma. Anna Blus...

20 Mar 2017 6 minute read

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What’s holding back Britain’s adoptions of foreign children?

In a country of over 65 million people, only 58 foreign children have been adopted in 2015. Henry Wilkins...

24 Feb 2017 3 minute read

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India's child trafficking and child beggars conundrum

An anti child trafficking campaign in India asks the public to photograph and share pictures child beggars, but it’s not as...

16 Jan 2017 5 minute read

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Helping Syrian child refugees overcome trauma through theatre

In exile for her dislike of the Assad regime, Syrian actor Raghad Makhlouf decided to help distressed young refugees with...

1 Jan 2017 3 minute read

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Letter from Cochabamba

Working children have more pressing concerns than the law, discovers Amy Booth.

12 Sep 2016 4 minute read

This article is almost four years old.

Ethiopia’s young men: Between hope and a hard place

In an attempt to improve women’s lives, this east African country is leaving young men behind, writes Nikki van der...

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