Tag: education
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Why 2016 is the year to leap, not shuffle, towards gender equality
By Emily and Katie Berrington Despite being the year that the United States may be set to welcome its first female president; the first year that Saudi Arabia’s female residents will live under municipal governments that they were able to vote in; and the year that more than 90 countries answered the UN Women’s call
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Gordon Brown: Education for All would increase growth by 2%
Gordon Brown has authored a major new report on education and growth “Education For All; Beating Poverty, Unlocking Prosperity.” The report was launched today in South Africa with Graça Machel, Gordon’s co-convenor of the Global Campaign for Education’s High Level Panel. The report’s findings are that a renewed global commitment to education will: • Increase economic growth in the poorest countries
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LCID reaction to Report on Labour’s Education record
The difficulty of being part of a political party is that sometimes you stand accused of being too tribal, too colour-blind, too willing to defend the party line. LCID it is not beyond criticising and critiquing the Labour Party’s own policy and record, but we will defend it passionately when we think it has come under
Labour Campaign for International Development 