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Eighty percent of school-aged Afghan girls and young women – totalling 2.5 million people – continue to be out of school

More people are displaced globally now than at any other time since the second world war, millions of them children. Save the Children’s Wonderbooks series is helping kids here to understand the hardships they face – and offering hope for the future

Andromeda Booth has five-year-old twins. Every month, a new Wonderbook, published by Save the Children – which is based on the story of a real child who the charity works with – arrives on their doorstep, opening up their minds to the experiences of other children across the globe

Reading has tremendous potential to open kids up to the world. Save the Children’s Wonderbooks series is giving young readers the chance to encounter diverse characters and cultures, building their empathy and curiosity in the process

Reading stories gives young people the chance to understand more about the complexity of the world, building their emotional intelligence and sense of creativity – so how do we get them to spend more time with books that reflect the diversity of people and cultures?

Among those receiving Parker’s help are nine-year-olds Khrystyna and Victoriya, who said playing with Parker ‘felt like love’.

In a bittersweet show of resilience, young kids attending nursery do not fear the sirens in Ukraine anymore as their teachers set up playful drills to make children get used to the constant evacuations

Queensland's decision to override the human rights of children, particularly Indigenous kids, to make breaching bail a crime has been criticised.

Director Peter Peake said those behind the film hope it will encourage empathy in young people towards refugees.