The Last Mile to Safer Education in India: How ICT can eliminate the obstacles in education for girls in India

Screen Shot 2015-09-27 at 6.32.18 PMby Eleni Maria Rozali

India welcomes almost on a daily basis 40,000 newborns. In about six years time, these children will reach school age. How many however will actually get a full education is another question as is the percentage of girls vs boys that will be recipients of edification.

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#ShoutingBack with Sport

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Sonwabise Dick coaches a group of young people in Manchester City, UK, on life skills, gender equality and HIV awareness.

 

by Athiphila Sidondi and Sonwabise Dick

On 29 June 2015, the Cape Town media barely covered a terrible tragedy at Osi’s Tavern in Khayelitsha, in which eight young women died in a stampede. Yet only days prior, a non-fatal shark attack in the Eastern Cape received worldwide attention.

What is the value of young, black, females in the media, and in South Africa especially?

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