Around the world, the COVID-19 crisis has forced countries to close their borders to protect populations from the virus. But despite its health benefits, this decision has caused great economic hardship for cross-border workers whose survival on trade and free movement was suddenly interrupted. Now, they are facing destitution. In Cambodia, land borders remain closed […]
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Vietnam: Livelihood education offers hope during challenging times
In rural Vietnam, livelihood and business training is offering 35-year-old Giàng Thị Cở a chance to pursue her dreams even in the face of the many challenges 2020 has thrown at her. Giàng Thị Cở, born and raised in Lao Chai village – a small, rural village in Vietnam’s northern Lao Cai province – never […]
India: Vocational training empowers survivors of domestic violence
In India, more than a third of women report having been beaten by their partner *. To support victims of domestic violence, as well as other vulnerable women, Aide et Action’s iLEAD program offers opportunities for women to gain freedom and independence through professional training. Violence against women and girls is one of the most […]
Aide et Action Magazine: Rethinking education after the coronavirus crisis
Around the world, education that teaches, enlightens, liberates and works for a better world has become a target of extremist and obscurantist attacks. This, coupled with the threat that COVID-19 also poses to education, jeopardizes the future of a whole generation, and it is more urgent than ever to remain mobilized in order to defend […]
Coronavirus crisis: An opportunity to develop more inclusive emergency education planning
Before Covid-19, one in two children with disabilities in Cambodia was not in school. Today on International Day of Disabled Persons, we hope the current pandemic – which has closed schools nationwide for the second time this year – may offer an opportunity to re-think how emergency education planning can be inclusive of children with […]
World Children’s Day: Education still denied globally
Although guaranteed by the International Convention on the Rights of the Child since its ratification by more than 192 states thirty-one years ago, 258 million children are still denied the right to education. What a shame as we celebrate World Children’s Day today. Currently, in addition to the 258 million children being denied an education, […]
In Cambodia, the coronavirus pandemic threatens children’s rights
Beyond the profound disruption it has caused to education systems, the COVID-19 pandemic also risks causing a significant increase in child labor as families’ livelihoods decline in middle and low-income countries. This is the case of Chana* and Ley*, two Cambodian children, aged 12 and 9, pushed into working when schools closed to help their […]
Lao PDR: Lessons learned during Covid-19
In Lao PDR, while the spread of Covid-19 cases remains low in Lao PDR compared to many other parts of the world, the global health emergency still poses risks to the economy, livelihoods, and access to education for some the country’s most vulnerable populations. Livelihoods, nutrition and education An assessment by World Vision in Lao […]