Echidna Global Scholars Series

Ayak Chol Deng, 31, an epidemiologist, spoken word poet, activist, and a founding member of Ana Taban, poses for a photograph at her home in Juba, South Sudan, April 20, 2017. Deng was born in a refugee camp in Gambela, briefly lived in Cuba as a child, and then studied and lived in Kharoum, Sudan and Nairobi, Kenya. She is divorced and a mother of three. "I hope for better serviced institutions, better opportunities for youth, a country where I don't need to be from a specific tribe," said Deng. In one of her poems, she writes: "Heal this spirit that's broken, piece together pieces of me, my affiliation, or tongue, colour, politics, restore what’s human in me, peace, come find me, enrich this fist choking, un-taint my disputes, resonating, unhinge my words, elevating, unleash a conciliation, everlasting, peace, come find me." REUTERS/Andreea Campeanu SEARCH "CAMPEANU ANA TABAN" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Taking distance learning ‘offline’: Lessons learned from navigating the digital divide during COVID-19

Angelica Towne Amporo and Hawah Nabbuye

Friday, August 7, 2020

Student teacher with kids at home/school (credits: dRPC, Kano December 2019)

Reflections on innovation in girls’ education in Nigeria

Judith-Ann Walker

Friday, June 26, 2020

A handful of students remain on campus at Monroe Community College, Friday, May 15, 2020. The college allows students who don't have a residence to go back to or live too far away to remain living on campus. Nights Asefa of Greece works on homework while Danniela Morales who lives in Jamaica in the Queens borough of NYC, eats a cupcake. Asefa, who will attend SUNY Albany in the fall said, "I hope everything goes back to normal," and that they can see each other face to face.Rochester Coronavirus Mcc Students Reopen Rochester Two Girls

Support for school-aged moms in Jamaica during COVID-19

Dasmine Kennedy

Thursday, June 18, 2020

Prerna School in India

COVID-19 in India: Education disrupted and lessons learned

Thursday, May 14, 2020

A child watches a train passing through the Kibera slum of Kenya's capital Nairobi February 26, 2015.REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi (KENYA - Tags: SOCIETY TRANSPORT)

How school closures during COVID-19 further marginalize vulnerable children in Kenya

Damaris Seleina Parsitau and Evelyn Jepkemei

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

A female Jordanian superhero

Recognizing women’s important role in Jordan’s COVID-19 response

Mayyada Abu Jaber

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Children watch a movie on a computer at a shelter in the town of Comala, in the Mexican state of Colima, October 24, 2015. Hurricane Patricia caused less damage than feared on Mexico's Pacific coast on Saturday, but hammered an isolated part of the shoreline dotted with luxury villas and fishing villages, where the storm and its 165 mph (266 kph) winds landed. Thousands of residents and tourists fled the advance of the storm, one of the strongest in recorded history, seeking refuge in hastily arranged shelters. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo

Mexico’s COVID-19 distance education program compels a re-think of the country’s future of education

María Cristina Osorio Vázquez

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

A woman covers her nose and mouth with ? scarf, as she along with others waits to receive cash from a country-wide Ehsaas Emergency Cash program, introduced by the government for vulnerable families due to the ongoing spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Karachi, Pakistan April 11, 2020. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

A gender-sensitive response is missing from the COVID-19 crisis

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Barriers to STEM education for rural girls

Nasrin Siddiqa and Amanda Braga

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

India’s policy on early childhood education

Samyukta Subramanian

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Girls’ transitions to work through higher-quality TVET programs in Nepal

Girls’ transitions to work through higher-quality TVET programs in Nepal

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Children draw at an "anganwadi" (creche) centre under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme in Kutnabari village, about 45 km (28 miles) north of Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura, August 9, 2008. The scheme aims to improve the nutritional and health status of children up to 6 years of age, pregnant women and nursing mothers from rural and tribal areas. The ICDS provides services like health check-up, immunization, pre-school education, supplementary nutrition amongst others. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey (JNDIA) - GM1E4891T1E01

To ensure a gender-transformative approach in the early years, India must engage parents and teachers

Samyukta Subramanian

Monday, October 14, 2019

Yasmin, a Rohingya girl who was expelled from Leda High School for being a Rohingya, helps her younger sister to study in Leda camp in Teknaf, Bangladesh, March 5, 2019. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain - RC14D96237D0

Beyond labs and numbers: STEM’s role in girls’ skills development in Bangladesh

Friday, October 11, 2019

Gaelle Dule Asheri, 17, a soccer player, who is amongst the first wave of girls being trained by professional coaches at the Rails Foot Academy, attends a course at a bilingual high school as she prepares for her final baccalaureate exams in Yaounde, Cameroon, May 2, 2019. Asheri never gave up her dream despite strong opposition from her mother who feared she would lose her daughter to a "men's game". "I used to train with boys, so with boys there were some exercises I was not allowed to do because I am a girl," she said. When she first started playing soccer in the dirt streets near her home, she was the only girl on the informal neighbourhood teams. "I picked up the ball, I kicked it and I never looked back," Asheri said, recalling the childhood street soccer games with her male cousins and neighbours. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra SEARCH "CAMEROON GIRLS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RC1B9C9DB020

Echidna Global Scholars: Learning across a girl’s lifetime

Fred Dews and Christina Kwauk

Friday, October 11, 2019

A woman makes traditional sweets called Lakhamari inside a sweet factory before selling it to the market for the Tihar festival, also called Diwali, in Kathmandu, Nepal November 5, 2018. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar - RC161A1F1490

Investing in TVET would increase female labor force participation in Nepal

Thursday, October 10, 2019