In 2008, UNICEF, together with the Sierra Leone Ministry of Education and the national Teacher Training institutions, developed a behaviour change programme for teachers entitled “Emerging Issues.”

The event was organized by the INEE Working Group on Education and Fragility, which was established in early 2008 as an interagency mechanism to coordinate diverse initiatives and catalyze collaborative action on education and fragility.

Oportunidades is a social program run by the Mexican government that seeks to improve education, health, nutrition, and living conditions of those living in extreme poverty. People supported by the program attend monthly health talks, which include information on contraceptive methods. Reduction in fertility, especially among youths, is deemed crucial to accomplish the program’s goals.

Des progrès remarquables ont été accomplis vers la réalisation de certains des objectifs de l’EPT depuis que la communauté internationale a pris ses engagements à Dakar en 2000. Certains des pays les plus pauvres du monde ont démontré que le leadership politique et les politiques pratiques font la différence.

Desde o ano 2000, quando a comunidade internacional fez suas promessas em Dacar, foram registrados progressos significativos em direção a alguns dos objetivos de EPT. Alguns dos países mais pobres do mundo demonstraram que liderança política e políticas práticas fazem diferença. Entretanto, se forem mantidas as mesmas práticas, não será possível alcançar os objetivos de Dacar.

This report identifies deep and persistent disparities based on income, gender, location, ethnicity and other markers for disadvantage as a major barrier to progress in education. Inequity in education is linked to wider disparities in the distribution of power, wealth and opportunity.

This report identifies deep and persistent disparities based on income, gender, location, ethnicity and other markers for disadvantage as a major barrier to progress in education. Inequity in education is linked to wider disparities in the distribution of power, wealth and opportunity.

Se han logrado avances notables hacia la consecución de algunos de los objetivos de la EPT, desde que la comunidad internacional se comprometió a alcanzarlos en el Foro Mundial sobre la Educación celebrado el año 2000 en Dakar.

This paper reviews what is currently known from research about the effectiveness of interventions to address mental health problems in children and adolescents affected by armed conflict. The focus will be on interventions delivered in conflict affected countries either during active humanitarian emergencies or during the post conflict period.

This critique of the 2009 Global Monitoring Report finds that the issue of gender does not come through the report as a salient or dominant one. The favorable conditions that must be developed to encourage girls to enter and stay in school are not flagged as policy priorities, although sporadic mention is made of incentives and scholarships for girls.