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SocietyBack to work, not school: Yemen’s crisis forces children to drop out

Economic hardship is pushing impoverished families in Yemen to choose survival over education. In Taiz, 11-year-old Hasnaa Jaber collects plastic bottles to support her family instead of attending school. UNICEF estimates that 3.2 million Yemeni children are out of school this year, up from 1.8 million in 2015.

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AAl Jazeera★★★☆☆2026-09-09 17:57Original

Back to work, not school: Yemen’s crisis forces children to drop out
Back to work, not school: Yemen’s crisis forces children to drop outSociety