The Guidance Note on Attacks against Schools and Hospitals provides practical information for the UN and its partners on how to implement aspects of Security Council resolution 1998. Adopted in 2011, the resolution gives the UN a mandate to identify and list the armed forces and groups who attack schools or hospitals, or protected persons in relation to schools and hospitals.

These reports summarize findings from a conflict analysis that was undertaken as part of the UNICEF Peacebuilding, Education and Advocacy Programme (PBEA) funded by the Government of the Netherlands.

This study reflects the voices of more than 250 children, parents, teachers and community representatives in two locations currently served by education projects supported by the EU Children of Peace Initiative: Masisi, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Dollo Ado, Ethiopia.

In recent years, the countries in the Northern Triangle of Central America – El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras – have seen an increase in the levels of violence perpetrated by armed groups, gangs, organized criminals, drug traffickers and some members of the state.

The paper addresses three central questions: what are the narratives and practices around private sector engagement in education; how does that relate to conflict-affected and fragile contexts; and what are the critical considerations for the future?

Las oficinas regionales para América Latina y el Caribe de Plan International y UNICEF han desarrollado este paquete de capacitación en educación en emergencias/RRD, contextualizado a partir del Paquete de Capacitación en Educación en Emergencias del INEE y el Cluster de Educación. Hay 3 conjuntos de recursos complementarios.

Using recent household survey data from nine East and Southern African countries, this paper examines one possible reason for this persistent gender disparity; the effects of early marriage and pregnancy, and finds that marital status has a strong negative impact on school attendance.

This note provides guidance on how, in 'mixed' settings where the populations of humanitarian concern include refugees, IDPs and other affected groups, the leadership and coordination mechanisms should function in practice.

This paper will review the areas of SEL programs that have been proven to be effective and determine how these interventions could be best piloted and sustained in conflict-affected countries or contexts.

Video highlighting the importance for providing education in emergencies