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A pottery in one of the poorest quarters of Cairo, nine-year-old Mohammed works here seven

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hours a day. His daily wage is about one euro.

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Since the 1990s, school is mandatory for all children in Egypt, but not all of them have

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time to attend classes. Child labour is illegal but common in Cairo, as in many other parts

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of the country. About 10% of the Egyptian children between 6 and 15 are working, many

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of them in hazardous circumstances. Most remain illiterate, because they must support their

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family's income, like Mohammed does.

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So we didn't try to be very much utopian about the problem and to say that we're going to

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bring all kids working in the market back to school and end the problem. This is not

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doable.

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First of all is to try to help working kids who attend schools to keep on going with their

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education.

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With support from the EU, the local primary school is now offering additional classes

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for working children in the afternoons, following the official syllabus, so the kids can get

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back to a school career. Mohammed is going to school for three hours every day, first

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of all learning reading and writing.

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The mountains of the lower Caucasus in the south of Georgia. The remote border region

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is mainly populated by Armenians. Most of them do not speak the Georgian language, and

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this increases their isolation within Georgian society. 23-year-old Gayane is a member of

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the Armenian minority. She lives in the village of Tikruti, close to the border.

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In Akhaltsikeh, the capital of the region, an adult education centre is helping the Armenian

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minority, supported by the European Union. With small courses over a couple of months,

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Armenians and Georgians attend language classes and vocational training in modern and traditional

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After attending classes in the Georgian language, economics and computer skills, Gayane has

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already made a small business plan, for her own benefit and for the development of her

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local community.

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Amman, capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan in the Middle East. On the country's

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way to democratic reforms, a new weekly newspaper supplement was launched, dedicated to the

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work of the parliament. The Jordan journalist Nidal Manzur is the editor.

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In the volatile region of the Middle East, Jordan is perceived as politically stable

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and advanced in terms of political reforms. Nevertheless, Al-Parlamani is one of the

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few independent newspapers.

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Nidal Manzur is running the Centre for Defending the Freedom of Journalism. Besides publishing

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the Al-Parlamani paper, the organisation offers professional training and legal support for

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journalists. From his point of view, the development of a free press will contribute to the stabilisation

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of the whole region.