Ecuador, a small country in South America known for its impressive biodiversity, boasts relatively equal enrollment rates by gender. Still, several barriers prevent many Ecuadorian girls from receiving the education that they deserve. ’10 Facts About Girls’ Education in Ecuador’ are presented below, exploring the biggest issues in girls’ education and efforts to improve girls’ […]
The Philippines is a country that is home to over 100 million people, all of which reside in more than 7,017 country’s islands. As of late 2015, it was estimated that 21.6 percent of the population in the Philippines lives in poverty. This percentage has been reduced from 26.6 percent back in 2006, and many […]
The future is bright for business in Angola. A new president and a new law are set to open the doors for foreign investment and more opportunities for the people in the country. The country recently passed a new Private Investment Law. This Angola business law is set to attract lucrative businesses to the nation. […]
In an interview with UNICEF Myanmar, one father, living in the impoverished Rakhine state of Myanmar, stated that his main hope for his daughter’s future is that she gets a good education. Even as considerable progress is made by the government and humanitarian organizations, girls’ education in Myanmar continues to persist as a problem plaguing […]
Somalia has been affected with several years of bad weather that has led to thousands of people with nowhere to go. Displacement in Somalia is being addressed by various nonprofit organizations that continue to donate to help the cause. Displacement in Somalia in Numbers There are an estimated 739,000 people that have been displaced because […]
Situated in West Africa, Ghana is a developing African nation steeped in various cultures and tradition that date far back in history. Ghana faces many of the problems common amongst developing countries including lack of natural resources and a majority of the population that is living in poverty. In the article below, top 10 facts […]
On June 4, 2017, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain severed diplomatic relations with its Gulf neighbor, Qatar, over the latter’s supposed support for terrorism abroad, as well as its close relationship with the Shi’a power of Iran. BBC reported that the diplomatic crisis not only rocked Qatar’s stock market that lost about […]
Ukraine came into focus of international journalists when Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula in 2014. Since then, most media coverage of the country has centered on the raging war in the country and reports of the military efforts, diplomatic attempts at peace or humanitarian efforts to help civilians. Despite the lack of publicity on other […]
Liberia is an African nation that is considered to be the oldest republic in the continent. The country has a population of 4.6 million people out of which 5 percent is made up of decedents of freed American and Caribbean slaves who founded the state. The history of the country was clouded when a brutal […]
Education is a weapon that can transform lives, especially for the female population. This fact is true for the girls in the small Arab country of Jordan as well. Sending a girl to school allows her to build confidence and contribute to the country’s economic, social and political development. Although education in Jordan has reached gender […]
