This policy brief analyzes the impacts of South Sudan’s ongoing violence on education in the three states of Upper Nile. Our findings indicate that the war has led to pronounced reductions in educational activities and resources in the area, with school closure and mass outmigration as a result.
The 31-page report documents the experiences of 25 children and former child soldiers in Syria’s armed conflict. Human Rights Watch interviewed children who fought with the Free Syrian Army, the Islamic Front coalition, and the extremist groups ISIS and Jabaht al-Nusra, an Al-Qaeda affiliate, as well as the military and police forces in Kurdish-controlled areas.
To combat religious extremism and sectarian violence, Pakistan must reform its education sector by boosting resources to public schools and updating the school curriculum to improve quality and remove divisive and discriminatory narratives.
This report is a situation analysis of out-of-school children (OOSC) in ESAR. Its aim is to provide up to-date knowledge and evidence on the profiles of OOSC, the barriers and bottlenecks that children and families face in accessing education, and an analysis of responses, including policies and strategies to enable children to gain meaningful access.
This paper shows that aid to education has been on a downward spiral since 2010, putting the achievement of existing and future global education goals at risk.
This study examines how organizations supporting education programs have engaged communities to protect schools, students, and teachers in countries experiencing attacks on education.
In 2013, we have witnessed with sadness the emergence of new crises and natural disasters, as well as the intensification of ongoing emergency situations. Given these demands, INEE has worked diligently to raise the response for education in emergencies through advocacy, information, tools and technical assistance needed by practitioners in such difficult contexts.
This report aims to address this gap by reviewing how the UK Department for International Development (DFID) has addressed inclusive education for children with disabilities to date.
We are an independent information provider specialising in humanitarian needs analysis and assessment. Our team of analysts monitor the globe daily and provide objective and evidence-based updates on humanitarian crises.
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.
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.
