BHP Foundation News

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  • Improving career opportunities and choice for women and girls

    Thu, March 7, 2024

    Education Equity

    Tailored education and leadership skills development are helping women and girls overcome cultural, economic and social barriers.

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  • A second chance for Afghan women in Chile

    Tue, October 3, 2023

    Education Equity

    “I’m the Afghan girl the Taliban wanted to chain. I’m the girl they wanted to imprison, who can’t study or work in that society. So, my crime and that of other Afghan women is to fight for our freedom,” 22-year-old Zahra Karimi. 

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  • “Yes, you can get ahead as a woman”

    Wed, February 22, 2023

    Education Equity

    Women’s employment is crucial for economic autonomy, as well as strengthening national economies and fostering gender equality. This is why the UN Women Second Chance Education Program is supporting women like Catalina, Denisse and Maria in their journey to security and success.

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  • Grant to boost systemic change in education

    Thu, February 16, 2023

    Education Equity

    A leading policy center, and long-standing BHP Foundation grantee, has received a multi-million dollar grant to boost collaborative action to transform global education ecosystems. The Brookings Institution announced its Center for Universal Education (CUE) in the Global Economy and Development program received US$24 million from LEGO Foundation, the largest grant in Brookings' century-long history.

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  • Empowering women to learn, earn and lead

    Tue, January 24, 2023

    Education Equity

    UN Women’s Second Chance Education program trains vulnerable, internally displaced women and young women in poultry farming in Cameroon. This approach is supporting women in crisis, offering adaptive pathways to achieve agency, resilience economic empowerment, and leadership.

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  • The fast (and frightening) facts: Effects of COVID on education

    Tue, November 8, 2022

    Education Equity

    There’s no doubt school closures as a result of COVID had a huge impact on learning opportunities for children and disproportionately affected the poorest and most vulnerable. It’s a crisis that must be prioritized.

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  • 5475 days, 500 members. A celebration of Teach for All’s 15 years of extraordinary work.

    Fri, October 28, 2022

    Education Equity

    Earlier this month, more than 500 members of Teach For All’s global community joined in a virtual celebration of the network’s 15th anniversary that was equal parts inspiring, profound, and joyful.

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  • “You shouldn’t play with cars because you are a girl.”

    Tue, September 20, 2022

    Education Equity

    “You shouldn’t play with cars because you are a girl. You must play with your dolls. They are preparing us to be mothers rather than to find jobs!”

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  • Menstrual hygiene program designed to increase girls school attendance

    Wed, August 17, 2022

    Education Equity

    According to UNESCO, in sub-Saharan Africa, one in ten girls do not attend school during their menstrual period – which according to some estimates, equals 20 per cent of school time lost in a year.

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  • Mina's second chance for a brighter future

    Tue, April 19, 2022

    Education Equity

    Mina Devi is boldly taking her second chance at education and working towards a brighter future.

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