Leslee Udwin is the founder and CEO of Think Equal – a non-profit aim to promote system change in education to end the discriminatory mind set and cycle of violence across the world. Think Equal is member of the 21^st Century Skills Coalition joined by different public and private organizations to promote the development of 21st century skills

Long-term care is vitally important in our region: More than eight million older adults are not able to independently carry out at least one basic activity of daily living, such as bathing and feeding themselves, or getting out of bed.

Angela Duckworth, is a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and the founder and CEO of the education nonprofit Character Lab – a nonprofit whose mission is to advance the science and practice of character development-. She is also the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. Angela has received awards for her contributions to K-12 education, including a Beyond Z Award from the KIPP Foundation.

No classes, no teachers, no friends, no games, and no daily routine that children are used to. Now all the days seem the same.  The health crisis has significantly changed our day to day. This has been a radical change for all students of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), not only being inside all day long but trying to learn from somewhere other than school.

As we have struggled to navigate the current crisis, we have heard the coronavirus referred to as a “great equalizer”. These claims, however, were swiftly rebuked. While the virus can indeed affect any one of us, we know that individuals with preexisting medical conditions are extremely vulnerable. And pre-existing social and economic inequalities can be just as devastating. This is especially true for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender/sexual, and Queer (LGBTQ+) individuals who often face debilitating discrimination.

The early childhood development cluster of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is working to protect the youngest children in the region. Find out how.