Event Leave No One Behind: Accelerating the SDGs through Quality Education On September 25th the “Leave No One Behind: Accelerating the SDGs through Quality Education” event – hosted by Education Cannot Wait and the Education Commission, in partnership with Global Citizen – will bring together youth advocates and celebrity champions to encourage representatives of Member States, UN agencies, multilateral organizations, civil society organizations, and the private sector to pledge support for ECW as it accelerates its work to reach those furthest left behind in crises with quality education.
Event UNESCO Qualifications Passport for Refugees and Vulnerable Migrants This high level event will comprise of (or include) a panel discussion, refugee testimonies and an engaging art activity that will draw attention to the critical plight of refugees and migrants seeking higher education as well as the role that education institutions must play in this regard. Through an open dialogue between policy makers and experts, the event expects to raise awareness of the importance of the new Qualifications Passport as part of the international community’s global efforts to facilitate the recognition of refugees’ qualifications.
Event The Next Frontier for Education in Emergencies - Promising Practices & New Directions in Social-Emotional Learning Education can be lifesaving, particularly in emergency contexts. Join FHI 360, UNESCO's Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report and the LEGO Foundation to discuss the next frontier for education in emergencies. This is a side event for UNGA 74.
News PM offers education lifeline to 600,000 children living in conflict Children in the world’s most dangerous countries will be given the chance to go to school for the first time thanks to £90m of UK aid funding, the Prime Minister will announce today.
News G7 Summit: Britain to give £90m to help children in war zones go to school, Boris Johnson announces Britain is to give £90m to help children in conflict zones go to school, Boris Johnson has announced. Announcing the aid boost at the G7 summit in France, the prime minister said it would help an estimated 600,000 children, particularly girls, in some of the world’s most dangerous and unstable countries.
News Dirigeants du G7 : il n'y aura pas de réduction des inégalités sans éducation ! 23 Août 2019 - Alors que le G7 s’ouvre demain à Biarritz, 60 organisations de la société civile dans le monde, dont la Coalition éducation pour la France, demandent aux dirigeants du G7 de débloquer les fonds nécessaires pour l’éducation.
News 83,920 refugee children in Jordan out of school - UNHCR "Of the 233,000 refugee children of school age in Jordan, 83,920 are out of school and are not enrolled in any formal or informal education system, according to UNHCR data released this month.
Blog Measurement Library Launched for Researchers in Middle East and North Africa This blog discusses the challenges researchers face when working with students in crisis and conflict-affected contexts and show how the recently launched MENAT Measurement Library, a joint project by the IRC and NYU Global TIES for Children, supports evidence-based approaches in the field.
News UNESCO Reports Large Increase in Migrant and Refugee School-Age Children "The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has released its annual report on the state of education around the world. The 2019 report focuses for the first time on the theme of migration and displacement and finds that the numbers of migrant and refugee school-age children have grown by 26% since the year 2000."
News Rohingya Refugee Children Missing Out on Education and Viable Future "A study by the U.N. Children’s Fund finds more than half a million Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar are not learning the life skills they need to prepare them for the future or to protect them from present-day abuse and exploitation."
