Friday, March 29, 2024

Education & Students

BRAZIL: FUNDING FAMILIES, FEEDING MINDS

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President Lula lifted millions of Brazilians out of extreme poverty and at the heart of his social policies was Bolsa Familia, his family grant scheme that has been much praised abroad. But how key a role was actually played by Bolsa Familia?

PARAGUAY: GIRLS IN THE FOREST: UNLEASHING YOUNG GIRLS’ POTENTIAL.

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LAB's Claudia Pompa reports on how the Centro Educativo Mbaracayu (CEM), located in the Mbaracayú Forest Biosphere Reserve in north-east Paraguay, educates and trains girls from rural communities to become 'rural and environmental entrepreneurs'.

PARAGUAY: UNLEASHING YOUNG GIRLS’ POTENTIAL.

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LAB's Claudia Pompa reports on how the Centro Educativo Mbaracayu (CEM), located in the Mbaracayi Forest Biosphere Reserve in north-east Paraguay, educates and trains girls from rural communities to become 'rural and environmental entrepreneurs'.

Chile: waging war on memory

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The Chilean Minister of Education has removed the term 'military dictatorship' from the national curriculum for primary education. Understandably, human rights groups have expressed alarm.

Another Chile is Possible

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Chilean students have long questioned the country's education system, decrying it for being commercial and elitist.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Education movement gains ground

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Education movement gains ground. As calls for more resources to be invested in education are growing across the country

Latin America: Millennium Development Goals

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This week UN delegates meeting in New York are evaluating progress made in achieving the MDGs. Amnesty International has produced three radio programmes in Spanish.

USA: protests over Uribe appointment

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Highly respected Colombian human rights activist, Jesuit Javier Giraldo Moreno, has published an open letter criticising the appointment of former president Alvaro Uribe as professor at the Jesuit University of Georgetown, Washington DC.

Human Development Report: Latin America and the Caribbean

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Promising improvements in the Human Development Index of the region but there is still great inequality says 20th Human Development Report released by the United Nations Development Programme.

Brazil on the global stage

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Lamia Qualalou, a journalist based in Rio de Janeiro, looks at Lula's ambitions for Brazil on the global stage.

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