At 11:52 a.m., a 16-minute silence will be held in memory of those killed in Novi Sad. The white placard in the middle reads "Technical students against the machinery." A pun that alludes to the political machinery.
Of: Isabel Odelfelt
In November 2024, the roof of the newly renovated train station in Novi will collapse Sad, Serbia's second largest city. 16 people lose their lives. SThe anger and frustration over the country's widespread corruption should spur Serbia's students to to organize oneself. Using blockades, they are trying to force change. Development magazine's Isabel Odelfelt has met the students which has been blocked for two weeks the state media house in Belgrade.
June 4, 2025, Reportage
Keza smiles for the camera. She is one of the Rwandan schoolchildren who now study in English from the 1st grade at one of the schools in Bumba, made possible by income from tourism. Photo: Elis Josefsson/Utvecklingsmagasinet
Of: Elis Josefsson
Rwanda has invested heavily in tourism and making its unique nature accessible to attract visitors. Along the Congo Nile Trail, FUF correspondent Elis Josefsson meets enthusiasts who, through tourism, create opportunities for the development of local communities. At the same time, major challenges remain in the country, such as widespread poverty and a lack of educational opportunities.
May 6, 2025, FUF-correspondents, Reportage
Rahima and Sherbano are just two of the estimated 1,5 million teenage girls who have been denied their right to education since the Taliban took power. They and their cousins want their situation to be highlighted. Photo: Cajsa Wikström/Swedish Afghanistan Committee
Of: Cajsa Wikström
The Taliban have been abducting girls in Afghanistan from education beyond grade six, men those who got the chance to go to school dreamabout one day being able to resume their studies. They need to bert sdeath, writing Cajsa Wikström at Swedish AAfghanistan Committeen.
March 24, 2025, Debate
Iryna Yetskalo has founded an educational center for Ukrainian children and youth in Timisoara, Romania. Her experiences in education are her weapon in the war against Russia: "I try to do everything I can for Ukraine," she says. Photo: Daniel Díaz.
Of: Daniel Diaz
The contractor Iryna Yeti scale escaped the war i Ukraine and started one training center i Romania. Where being taught ukraine children and young people that has needed leave his country but do not liabilities leave his study.
We do is so I tjanar my country, says Iryna Yeti scale.
April 4, 2023, FUF-correspondents, Reportage
Afghan schoolgirls on their way to school in the village of Gardon e-Bola just west of Kabul. The school, which is run by the Swedish Afghanistan Committee, is one of the few schools in the country that will be kept open after the Taliban took power earlier this year. Photo: Paul Hansen. Source: DN.
Of: Hanne Karlsson
Last week was International Education Day. This year, the spotlight was on the universal right to education as a cog in achieving global sustainable development. At the same time as school development is going in the right direction on many levels, a special group has fallen behind - the girls.
February 1, 2022, Analysis
Schools in Kenya closed for several months in 2020 due to the pandemic. Photo: Richard Portsmouth / Flickr.
Of: Joyce
COVID-19 undermines Kenya's education as schools abruptly closed for nine months from March 2020. Highlighting the urgent need to develop Information and Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure in education.
December 18, 2021, English, Long read, Magazine
Rural areas face a double burden in securing traditional and digital literacy Photo: Pixabay
Of: Emily Elderfield and Larissa Lachmann
Living in rural areas can hugely affect children's chances of completing education; UNICEF estimates that children in rural areas are more than twice as likely to not attend school compared to their urban peers. Luckily, traveling libraries are one way to ensure that people can enjoy reading, regardless of where they live.
April 27, 2021, Chronicle, English, Magazine
Lack of IT skills is one reason why young people are prevented from entering the labor market. Photo: Musa Musa
Of: Anonym
The number of university students is breaking records in Tanzania, but the educations do not live up to the demands of the labor market. Young women in particular are affected when employers demand practical knowledge that is not part of their education. The development magazine has talked to Andrew Mwakalebela who works to try to bridge the distance between students and the labor market.
March 25, 2021, Interview
Of: Alan Atkisson
Covid-19 has turned difficult progress into setbacks. The latest figures from the World Bank give a gloomy picture in areas such as global poverty, hunger, health and education. But in the midst of a pandemic, we are also experiencing a dramatic acceleration of digitalisation, greater opportunities for equal inclusion and the development of new investment instruments to lift people out of poverty. We must look at the big picture, think long-term and continue to look for more effective levers for change, says Alan AtKisson, department manager at Sida.
February 15, 2021, Debate
School closures due to the corona pandemic have created major challenges for teaching. Photo: ivalex, www.unsplash.com.
Of: Louise Marklund
Covid-19 has accelerated an educational crisis that has affected an entire generation of children and young people. Problems that have long been hidden in classrooms have been made visible by school cuts around the world. Even in Sweden, the pandemic has created difficult conditions for learning.
January 20, 2021, Analysis
