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Girls making headlines in Laos-2012


The ministry noted that the majority of the top performers were girls from Vientiane schools, whereas last year many of the prizewinners came from the provinces. They congratulated the students of Vientiane for performing well in their studies this year.

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Migration putting young people at risk

The number of young people migrating within Laos is on the rise due to poor social and economic circumstances, and the trend is placing an increased number of children in vulnerable situations.

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Fight Poverty Invest In Girls

Smart choice will yield profound economic and social returns

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Primary Education  For Girls and Boys In Remote Areas Of Laos

The proposed WFP intervention addresses household food insecurity and low levels of education that limit development opportunities, especially for girls, among the rural population in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic.

Room To Read

The only landlocked country in Southeast Asia, Laos sits between the between Thailand on the west and Vietnam on the east. In 1975, the Pathet Lao (Lao Nation) ended six centuries of monarchical rule when they triumphed in the revolution that established the Lao People's Democratic Republic. Since the revolution, isolation and economic deprivation have plagued the country, which is now one of the poorest and least developed in the world.

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