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Students play before the class starts, at a primary school in West Sumba, Indonesia

What I Learned at the CIES Conference

Each year, the Comparative & International Education Society (CIES) conference brings together thousands of education experts. Here's three things we learnt this year.
Gwen and children Lebanon

Growing the Wrong Way

Save the Children has been in Lebanon since the 1950s, advocating for children’s rights with and through long-standing partnerships with excellent local organisations.
Newborn baby with his mother

Enough is enough

Progress in reducing maternal deaths between 2000 and 2015 will not hold without dedicated commitment from global health leaders.

 Education matters conference

What next for the 222 million children whose education is disrupted by emergencies?

Multiple crises are denying children their right to education and they are demanding world leaders do better.

 Children at school in Zambia

On the search for a new President of the World Bank

Commitment to children's rights must be top of the list of selection criteria for the new World Bank President.
Screengrab from animated short film Home

Behind the scenes with Aardman Animation

Peter Peake of Aardman Animation explains the passion and process behind the short film Home
Aardman animation cityscape

Save the Children and Aardman: Home

Inspired by the real-life stories of children, the short film from Aardman tells a story about how child refugees feel and what it’s like to be away from home

Women hug near a collapsed building in Turkey after one loses her brother in the devastating earthquake: Burak Kara/Getty Images

There are days I hate my job and love it too

I sit in front of rolling news coverage about Monday’s massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria with mixed feelings.