Women now make up a quarter of the Afghan parliament and more than 3, 000 midwives fan out over the country each day to save women's lives -- in a nation that studies find the world's deadliest for expectant mothers.

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Now aged 13, he has spoken at conferences in France, Germany, and India, while his company, Casey Games, has released an online multiplayer virtual world game called "Food World, " and another called "Save the Day" to mark International Children's Day in Brazil.

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Overall, Save the Children found one million babies died each year on the day they enter the world - or two every minute - making the first day by far the riskiest day of a person's life in almost every country in the world.

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World Teachers' Day was celebrated by Directorate of Schools in collaboration with UNESCO and Save The Children in a simple but graceful manner at Quetta.

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