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Death Valley, home of the Timbisha Shoshone. Photo (c) esudroff, licensed under CC0 Public Domain, adapted from the original.

Date: 16 December 2016 - 17:20

How do you learn a language that isn't written down?

We asked Shoshone speaker Samuel Broncho.

Tags: Civil society

'It is important is to emphasise what is unique about each girl.' Image (c) Mat Wright

Date: 25 October 2016 - 08:14

How to build girls' confidence

How can you help girls become more confident? We asked April Negrette, a member of the British Council's Active Citizens programme.

Tags: Teaching, Education, Cultural leadership, Equal opportunities and diversity, Women and girls

'[W]e noticed the way people here washed their cars, and we thought there was an opportunity to do it better'

Date: 10 October 2016 - 06:52

What does it take to run an eco-friendly franchise?

Marieme Mbaye, co-founder of Greenwash Africa, an eco-friendly car wash in Senegal, lists the factors that went into setting up an ecologically sustainable business.

Tags: Cultural relations, Social enterprise

Date: 07 September 2016 - 17:31

India's women scarred by violence have a new champion

Why are so many women in India victims of acid attacks, and what's being done about it? Ria Sharma, winner of the Social Impact category in the Alumni Awards India 2016, explains.

Tags: Universities and higher education, Civil society, Women and girls

Date: 05 September 2016 - 13:28

'The greatest risk to our heritage is ignorance'

We interviewed Dr Asma Ibrahim, director of the Museum and Art Gallery Department at the State Bank of Pakistan, about some of the greatest risks to heritage, among other things.

Tags: Women and girls, Equal opportunities and diversity, Arts, Architecture

At some schools, even the youngest children know what the Sustainable Development Goals are. Photo (c) Mat Wright

Date: 22 July 2016 - 16:19

How to teach the UN's development goals, and why

Emily Reynolds of our schools team explains why it is in students' interests to know about the 'Sustainable Development Goals' (SDGs), and how teachers can teach them.

Tags: Schools, Education, Global development

The EDGE project...was set up to give adolescent girls from marginalised communities access to digital devices.'

Date: 28 June 2016 - 15:16

What stops girls in South Asia getting online?

In South Asia, the internet is still largely the preserve of men. Mostofa Mohiuddin, who manages the English and Digital for Girls’ Education (EDGE) project in Bangladesh, explains.

Tags: Women and girls, Equal opportunities and diversity, Technology

'The pain in my heart, in my chest, made it very hard to smile again.' Photo by Charles Siqueira.

Date: 03 June 2016 - 19:51

How I got picked to carry the Olympic torch in Rio

Wallas Souza dos Santos, 15, talks about losing his 13-year-old sister to gun violence and how he was chosen to carry the Olympic torch this summer after taking part in Premier Skills.

Tags: Sport, Civil society

'We can't allow another generation to grow up putting up with inequality.' Photo (c) Mat Wright.

Date: 03 March 2016 - 16:06

Can we legislate away sexism?

The fifth of the United Nations' new development goals is to achieve gender equality for all by 2030. We asked Janet Veitch OBE how far we still have to go.

Tags: Civil society, Cultural relations

'[Learning about social enterprise] can encourage children to question the existing norms and imagine a different world.'

Date: 19 February 2016 - 10:36

Why should children learn about social enterprise?

To mark World Day of Social Justice on 20 February 2016, the British Council’s Emily Reynolds examines how learning about social enterprise can help children develop essential new skills.

Tags: Schools, Social enterprise

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