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In this issue

Governments and business are coming to realise that educating future workers and consumers is critical for global stability

Jan 24, 2013

Cross-sector partnerships aim to match skills and jobs

Governments and business are coming to realise that educating future workers and consumers is critical for global stability, writes Sarah Murray

children in a playground Jan 24, 2013

Combating poverty: Sport’s universal language helps break down barriers

Team activities can teach vital skills to poor children, says Sarah Murray

Malala Yousufzai saying goodbye as she is discharged from the hospital ©AP Jan 24, 2013

Education: Obstacles still block path to girls’ schooling

When there are choices to be made in poor families, it is usually females who suffer, reports Sarah Murray

seedlings in a pot May 8, 2013

Farming: Exodus raises fears for future of commodities

Companies are trying to increase the industry’s appeal, writes Sarah Murray

Jan 24, 2013

Stryde programme: Challenge is to create an appealing career option

Sarah Murray looks at an innovative way of encouraging a new generation to work the land

Jan 24, 2013

Life skills: Latin-American scheme offers hope for future

A project to train and create job placements for the under-30s is spreading across the region, says Andres Schipani

José Manuel Diosa, captain of Colombia’s national rugby team ©Andres Schipani Jan 24, 2013

Rugby: Minority sport has proved to be a game-changing way out of poverty and despair

The game provides a second chance to children without opportunities, writes Andres Schipani

Sudanese displaced men carry food supplies after receiving it from a food distribution center ©AFP Jan 24, 2013

Development goals: Call for bright young minds to help deliver better aid

Alan Rappeport looks at a US programme designed to promote a broader range of ideas and expertise

Girl with laptop ©Jitka Saniova Jan 24, 2013

Science: Verizon in campaign to boost achievement

Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson considers efforts to improve science literacy in US schools

People walk past hundreds of red shoes, symbolizing missing women, left by their relatives in Ciudad Juárez ©Getty Jan 24, 2013

Urban violence: ‘City of death’ emerges from shadow of gang war

Juárez starts to write a new chapter as murder rate falls and employment picks up, writes Adam Thomson

Jan 24, 2013

Community focus: Campaign provides children with alternatives to crime

Facilities offer a safe place to go to after school and a space in which youths can develop interests and learn new skills, reports Adam Thomson

Jan 24, 2013

Tourism: Travel sector is in need of next generation staff

Industry needs to throw off outmoded perceptions, writes Charles Batchelor

Jan 24, 2013

Public-private projects: Employability is key component of a strategy to solve jobs crisis

Training is essential to address the skills shortage facing employers, writes Sarah Murray

Jan 24, 2013

Crafts: Artisans turn their hands to entrepreneurship

Sarah Murray looks at a scheme that provides training in product development, business techniques and routes to western markets