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What’s the ‘Flagship Initiative’, and how might it transform emergency aid?
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The New Humanitarian
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You may not have heard of it yet, but many in the humanitarian aid sector are abuzz with anticipation about what is being referred to – in typically functional aidspeak – as the “Emergency Relief Coordinator’s Flagship Initiative”.
Initiated by Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC) Martin Griffiths, the UN’s top humanitarian official, it aims to transform an aid delivery system currently run as a su
Education in emergencies: EU and UNICEF call for increased commitments to invest in safe and quality education for children in crisis
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European Commission
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Growing levels of displacement and protracted conflicts are having a severe impact on children and youth worldwide, with an estimated 222 million school-aged children and adolescents in need of education.
GBC-Education launches rapid response fund for education in emergencies
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Global Business Coalition for Education
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When a natural disaster or humanitarian crisis strikes, many companies instinctively want to do something to help – just as millions of individuals do.
Líderes mundiales anuncian promesas de contribución al fondo La Educación No Puede Esperar por valor de $826 millones de dólares estadounidenses en el marco de la Conferencia de Alto Nivel sobre la Financiación de ECW
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ECW
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Líderes mundiales anuncian más de 826 millones de dólares estadounidenses para el fondo La Educación No Puede Esperar (ECW, por sus siglas en inglés) para apoyar la educación de 222 millones de niños, niñas y adolescentes que viven en crisis, en el marco de la Conferencia de Alto Nivel sobre la Financiación de ECW que tiene lugar los días 16 y 17 de febrero en Ginebra, Suiza.
World Leaders Announce Over US$826 Million in Pledges to Education Cannot Wait at High-Level Financing Conference
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Education Cannot Wait
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World leaders announced over US$826 million to Education Cannot Wait (ECW) and the global challenge to support the education of 222 million girls and boys living in crises.
COP27: Conflict-Affected Children Vulnerable to Climate-Induced Shocks, Threatening Resilience and Right to Safe Environment
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un.mdrtor.com/
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New York, 4 November 2022 - From 6-18 November, the 27th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) will take place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, where solutions to tackle the global challenge of climate crisis will be discussed.
In Afghanistan, a drive to continue education – and confront the Taliban
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The New Humanitarian
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As the day of the Kankor, Afghanistan’s college entrance exam, approached last month, Mozhdah Hossaini and her classmates were certain it would end in disappointment.
“We just kept thinking, ‘What if we get to the gates of the university and they turn us away?’” Hossaini, 19, told The New Humanitarian by phone from Mazar-e Sharif, capital of northern Balkh province, shortly after her 5 October ex
Central and West Africa home to almost a quarter of out-of-school children worldwide
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UNHCR
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Fifty-seven million children, adolescents and youth are barred from attending school in the Central and West Africa region, representing 24.1 per cent of the 236 million out of school worldwide, warn the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in a report published on the eve of the International Da
Review of the strengthening institutional education information system in emergencies initiative
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UNHCR
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With education systems worldwide under growing threats from conflict, natural disasters, and pandemics, it’s critical to understand the complex and changing needs of learners, teachers, educational institutions, and communities to respond to them effectively and in a sustainable manner.
Meet 5 Afghan girls determined to get an education
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European Commission
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These schoolgirls in Afghanistan are determined to get an education, no matter the obstacles.
Meet Bibi, Lialoma, Zahra, Sana, and Marzia – 5 intrepid girls that continue to dream big!
Afghan girls face significant challenges, such as growing up in remote villages without schools.