Major Canadian school board recognises caste-based discrimination | Civil Rights News
Toronto’s school board, the largest in Canada, joins a growing push to ban discrimination based on caste in North America.
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Education
International Women’s Day: The exclusion of Afghanistan’s women | Infographic News
Millions of Afghan female students have been unable to attend secondary schools and universities for over a year following a
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Afghanistan universities reopen but women still barred by Taliban | Women’s Rights News
The university ban is one of several restrictions imposed on women since the Taliban stormed back to power in 2021.
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Schoolgirls in Iran hospitalised after suspected poisonings | Health News
Dozens of students hospitalised in Hamedan, Zanjan, West Azerbaijan, Fars and Alborz provinces, according to local media reports. Dozens of
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Battleground university: Neoliberalism is silencing education | Education
In early January, news broke that Kenneth Roth, the former boss of Human Rights Watch, had been denied a fellowship by
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US Supreme Court weighs Biden’s college student debt relief | Business and Economy News
Joe Biden wants to forgive student debt for millions with education loans, but critics argue he overstepped his authority. The
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‘Books they love’: A Kabul graveyard library for two schoolgirls | Women
Listen to this story: Kabul, Afghanistan – One morning in early October last year, 16-year-old cousins Marzia and Hajar Mohammadi
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Michigan governor calls for action after university shooting | Gun Violence News
Gretchen Whitmer decries ‘uniquely American’ problem of mass shootings as police identify suspect who killed three. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer
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Zimbabwe is losing doctors, teachers to British hypocrisy | Health
The United Kingdom, which is buckling under a deepening shortage of nurses and teachers after exiting the European Union, is raiding,
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Are conservatives trying to erase and rewrite US history? | Race Issues
From: UpFront From school curriculum changes to book bans, we examine the roots and effects of the anti-Critical Race Theory
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