Non-formal Education and Literacy

The UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education rewards outstanding efforts of individuals, institutions other entities or non-governmental organizations engaged in activities in girls’ and women’s education. The Prize was established by the Executive...

The more than 100 factories in Myanmar’s Hlaing Thar Yar Township draw migrant workers from across the country and the township’s location between Yangon and Ayeyarwady Divisions make it a popular temporary home for mobile families looking for work. While...

Ban Nam Lo is located among the dazzlingly green hilltops of Vieng Phouka district in Luang Namtha province, an hour north by plane from the Lao PDR capital Vientiane. lies a province called Luang Namtha. There are more than 36,000 children who are out of...

Zulkernai Fauzi had only one directive when he was charged with running a school in the heart of an area of Kuala Lumpur known for its drug activity, prostitution and gangsterism: just keep it open. It was a reasonable request in an area where only two...

On one of her early study trips to Thailand, Japanese native Yoshimi Horiuchi met a teenage boy with muscular dystrophy, who had been out of school for most of his life. The boy’s weakened muscles caused him to fall in the first grade and the school told...