Model United Nations, also known as Model UN or MUN, is an extra-curricular activity in which students typically roleplay delegates to the United Nations and simulate UN committees.
Once the link above is opened, hover the cursor over the DATA BY TOPIC AND COUNTRY tab to search for information on: chid education, child migration, child marriage, child labour, gender equality
UNGEI serves as a platform for girls' education and gender equality. The organisation is active in many different countries.
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Female youth aged 15-29 are 3 times more
likely than male youth tobe outside the labour force and not participating in education. This publication provides more information on why this is the case, as well as in which countries this remain a problem.
Background paper for the Oslo Summit on Education for Development. Countries included Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Kenya and other countries in Africa, Middle East, and South Asia...
The Dawn reported from that HRW report says barriers to girls' education include under-investment, prohibitive school fees and gender discrimination...
Girls Not Brides is a global partnership of more than 900 civil society organizations committed to ending child marriage.
Find here reports, policy briefs and factsheets about child marriage, as well as capacity building tools for organisations and individuals working to end child marriage...
This news covers up-to-date information about child marriage in Saudi Arabia. Also, it has an infographic on 10 countries with the highest child marriage rate...
UNICEF's publication presents the perspectives of nearly 4,000 young migrants and refugees who responded to a recent global poll conducted by UNICEF (published December 2018).
UNICEF's report that presents
comprehensive, global data about uprooted and displaced children – where they are born, where they move and some of the dangers they face along the way (September 2016).
UNICEF's publication reveals staggering rates of trafficking and exploitation, xenophobia and racism that make young refugees and migrants vulnerable (published September 2017)
Tjis photo essay showa Afghan refugee children who suffer from hunger, malnutrition and disease. Many of the children who fled the Taliban with their parents have ended up in the slums of Kabul. Qantara is run by the German government and broadcasting agency.
This ILO (International Labour Organization) database presents data compiled by or sponsored by the ILO, along with data from national statistical agencies and other sources.
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Going against worldwide trends, child labour has risen significantly in the past five years as economic conditions have deteriorated in the Gaza Strip...