
Converting to Islam in the secular republic
A determined girl tests the French law banning religious symbols in schools.

Humans of Nigeria:
Women’s lives in Africa’s largest economy
Trials, triumphs and patriarchal resistance.

How a TV contest became the latest front in the battle of French identity politics
A Muslim woman's appearance on 'The Voice' prompts an alignment of Left and Right.

Education and exclusion for special needs students in Indonesia
At one school in central Java, dedicated teachers are at the vanguard of a field largely ignored by the country's policymakers.

Power, authority and the will to change: Female genital mutilation in Nigeria’s Osun state
Education may be making inroads against a brutal practice.

The French school system and the war on radicalization
How one teacher is trying to redefine the debate about secularism.

In Indonesia, one language for all?
Efforts to instill national unity are diminishing regional identities.