1. Regrets that the percentage of early school leavers in the EU currently stands at 14.4 % and that 17.4 % of these have only completed primary school; notes that reducing early school leaving has been a target for the EU and Member States for many years but not sufficient progress has been made, with rates for early school leaving above 30 % in some Member States; notes the tremendous divergence in the percentage of early school leavers in the various Member States and the difficulty of drawing comparisons in terms of relevant contextual factors – such as migratory movements and levels of education in the family – between different regions and Member States; points out that these children are most often from low-education backgrounds o ...[+++]r socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds and are more often boys than girls; calls therefore for a stronger commitment from Member States and for closer monitoring on the part of the Commission in order to make sure that Member States are creating and implementing strategies to reduce early school leaving; warns that the possible public spending cuts in the education sector on account of the economic crisis and the budgetary austerity policies being implemented in Member States will have adverse effects in that they will further increase the numbers of early school leavers in the EU;

The other boy Sylvain's friend was placed in the bathroom.

I think ILO 182 would be a good protocol to challenge hotels, restaurants, bars, night clubs, bath houses, massage parlours, escort agencies, and taxi companies to provide environments that are free of exploitation, because currently in the commercial sector, exploitation of children and youth is a multi-billion dollar industry that includes a large portion of society.

Reckless military adventurism on one side and cynical acceptance of terrorism on the other offer only further bloodshed and misery and the deepening of mutual hatreds, which will delay and render more difficult the achievement of lasting peace.

In the hearth of this deprived district the public bath facility, "Nordbad", is in a serious state of deterioration but has great patrimonial value.

Her child, who is gender-variant — who from the moment he could start speaking said, ``Mommy, I am not a girl, I am a boy'' — presents fully as a boy and has been attending school as a boy, and he cannot use the bathroom in his school.