News Two Million Children Unable to Return to School in West and Central Africa More than 2 million children are unable to return to school due to ongoing security risks across the West and Central African region. There are an estimated 9,288 schools closed and 44,000 teachers who will not be able to reach their classrooms, while schools are starting again.
Resource Paulo Freire and critical consciousness in conflict-affected contexts In this article, we introduce some of the key tenets of Paulo Freire’s pedagogical vision of education for peace, social justice and democracy, and some limitations in terms of its application. In doing so, we aim to demonstrate its relevance and importance to conflict-affected contexts.
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.
Resource Education and Conflict Review: Theories and conceptual frameworks in education, conflict and peacebuilding This special issue of Education and Conflict Review attempts to assemble theories and conceptual frameworks that are dispersed across a wide array of academic publications and often inaccessible to those who need them the most, particularly to the education and conflict researchers and practitioners in low-income contexts.
Resource “What I Believe Can Rescue That Nation” : Diaspora Working to Transform Education in Fragility and Conflict This study examines diaspora’s engagement in education development work in their fragile and conflict-affected countries of origin. Through analysis of 28 in-depth interviews with diaspora from four countries, we discuss diasporas’ motivations to engage, activities of engagement, and factors that enable or constrain it.
Resource ECD and Early Learning for Children in Crisis and Conflict Brief adapted from a background paper commissioned for the 2019 Global Education Monitoring Report
Resource Developing Social Cohesion through Schools in Northern Ireland and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: A Study of Policy Transfer In this article, we consider an example of policy transfer for another purpose: to promote social cohesion through schools, specifically in societies that have experienced ethnic division and conflict. Focusing on the model of shared education, we explore a process of policy transfer between Northern Ireland and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Resource The Politics of Education in Iraq: The Influence of Territorial Dispute and Ethno-Politics on School in Kirkuk The Iraqi Disputed Territories consist of 15 districts stretching across four northern governorates from the Syrian to Iranian borders. The oil-rich Iraqi governorate of Kirkuk lies at the heart of this dispute and reflects the country’s ethnic and religious diversity. This paper explores the influence of these conflicts and contests on education in the city of Kirkuk.
