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02 July 2014

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Challenging gender norms on football fields in South Africa

Girls and young women are challenging gender norms on football fields in South Africa by participating in SKILLZ Street, an innovative educational programme run by the international non-profit organization Grassroot Soccer. Daily Development caught up with James Donald, Managing Director of Grassroot Soccer, South Africa, to find out about an innovative programme that uses football to help girls learn about sexual and reproductive health.

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01 July 2014

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Ready, Set, GOAL!: 4 Innovative Programs Educating Youth Through Football

With the 2014 FIFA World Cup underway, CEI is spotlighting some of the innovative work that our education programs are doing to support young athletes around the world. Even though football is its primary focus, the World Cup also promotes principles of unity, peace-making, and friendly competition.

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30 June 2014

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A User’s Guide to the Post-2015 Agenda Education Targets

One of the key questions facing the framers of the post-2015 agenda is how to best address education access, quality, outcomes and equity. While the Millennium Development Goal targets successfully prioritized schooling access, the last 15 years have illustrated that schooling access must be paired with actions that address education quality.

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27 June 2014

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Tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship increase the likelihood that people will start or continue to smoke

To gain new users in lower-income countries, the tobacco industry is rapidly expanding advertising, promotion and sponsorship activities, using tactics perfected in high-income countries.

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26 June 2014

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Illicitly traded tobacco poses greater health risks than legal tobacco

Today is International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Illicitly traded tobacco products pose greater health risks than legal tobacco, as they fall outside the regulatory framework for strict health warnings, maximum tar/nicotine levels and sales prohibitions to minors, and counterfeit tobacco has been found to contain, among other things, arsenic and rat droppings.

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25 June 2014

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Raising tobacco taxes will save lives

Raising tobacco taxes is the most cost-effective way to reduce tobacco use, especially among young people and the poor. A tax increase that increases tobacco prices by 10% decreases tobacco consumption by about 4% in high-income countries and by about 5% in low- and middle-income countries, says Ayda Yurekli, a World Health Organization economist in charge of the Raise Tobacco Tax, Lower Death and Disease campaign.

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24 June 2014

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State of the World’s Forests 2014

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization yesterday launched the 2014 edition of the State of the World’s Forests.

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