Voices
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.
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.
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.
Filmmaker Sara Ishaq relates how a four-day art workshop helped give a degree of solace to Yemeni children made homeless by war.
Is a social enterprise a kind of charity? Can social entrepreneurs get rich? Zoe Victoria of the Biji-biji Initiative, a social enterprise in Malaysia, separates the myths from the realities
What makes a house unliveable? Canadian student Maria Bustos Fabregui, who is being mentored by a social enterprise in the UK this summer, explains.
Ewart Newton of JUMP Math, a social enterprise working with the British Council as part of an international work-study exchange programme, makes some suggestions for the maths classroom.
Canadian student Carter Vance, who's being mentored by a social enterprise in the UK this summer as part of an international work-study exchange programme, gives us his take.
Global income inequality is growing fast, but can social enterprise make a difference? The British Council's Paula Woodman looks at the issues ahead of the European Development Days event.
Four offices providing women in Egypt with legal advice and social support in the face of violence opened yesterday. The British Council's Doaa Hafez looks at the issues and what can be done