Resource Implementation of International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: The Right to Education Education is both a human right in itself and an indispensable means of realizing other human rights. As an empowerment right, education is the primary vehicle by which economically and socially marginalized adults and children can lift themselves out of poverty and obtain the means to participate fully in their communities.
Resource Refugee Education: Is Technology the Solution? This paper highlights some promising practices in using technology to bridge the gaps, and asks if technology is the solution to providing refugees with quality education?
Resource Alternative Education for Iraqi Refugees In August 2007, Jordan changed its policy to allow non-resident Iraqi ‘refugee’ children to attend public schools. However, many Iraqis had already been in the country for a few years and had missed several years of schooling. They therefore found it difficult integrating into Jordanian schools and catching up on missed education.
Resource Listening to the Voices of Internally Displaced Communities to Achieve Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education This paper outlines the real-life day-to-day challenges young IDPs experience when seeking access to quality education, which is fundamental to their healthy development and future life chances.
Resource Supporting the Youngest Refugees and Their Families Early life experiences shape the architecture of the brain and lay the foundation for later development. The very youngest refugees† face compounding risks that threaten their long-term development and wellbeing. Still, the multi-dimensional needs of displaced infants, toddlers and those who care for them remain overlooked and underfunded.
Resource Refugee Status, Gender and Learning This data report provides details from a survey of applicants to the Norwegian Refugee Council’s Accelerated Education Program in Northern Uganda, 2020.
Blog G7 Call for International Cooperation to Protect Children’s Right to Education in Emergencies and Crises COVID-19, climate-induced disasters, the Afghanistan crisis, the Ukraine conflict, and other forgotten crises – threats against global stability and security are at extraordinary highs and projected to worsen.
Resource Inclusion and exclusion within a policy of national integration: refugee education in Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp This article explores the impact of global policy shifts toward ‘national integration’ on schooling for refugee youth in Kenya. This study responds to calls for deeper sociological attention to education and global migration, as states expand educational opportunities for refugee populations while negotiating educational rights amongst citizens.
Event Continuing learning and schooling for refugees: Ensuring refugee students are able to learn at home and return to school Led by UNHCR and UNESCO, convened and chaired Special Envoy Angelina Jolie and co-hosted by Canada and the United Kingdom, this high-level virtual roundtable will bring together voices of affected communities and partners to hear about the needs and responses on the ground. The roundtable is built on a recognition of the role of host governments in leading responses and the need for international solidarity in supporting planning for return to school and catching up on missed education.
Resource A global overview of refugee education data This report is based on a review of 1,109 questionnaires from 621 data collection exercises in the top 35 low- and middle-income refugee-hosting countries in 2021, welcoming 20.58 million refugees. It aims to provide an overview of the extent to which refugees are included in education data systems but does not provide estimates of refugee inclusion of education based on these data.