βEducation is an absolute necessity, not just for the children themselves but also for global peace, stability and prosperity for all. Schools should be treated as sanctuaries and that it is our common responsibility to ensure that every child has access to an education, even at times of conflict.β
- Ms. Virginia Gamba, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict during Arria Formula Meeting on the issue of attacks on schools in October 2017.
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SSD Implementation Network
The Safe Schools Declaration State-led Implementation Network will promote cooperation, assistance, and peer-to-peer exchange of experience and good practice amongst states that have endorsed the Declaration.
Resources
Safe Schools Declaration
An inter-governmental political commitment to protect students, teachers, schools, and universities from the worst effects of armed conflict.
Education Under Attack 2020
A Global Study of Attacks on Schools, Universities, their Students and Staff, 2013-2019.
Toolkit for Collecting and Analyzing Data on Attacks on Education
GCPEA, 2021
Available in: English, French, Spanish
What can be done to better protect women and girls from attacks on education and military use of educational institutions?
GCPEA, 2018
Available in: English
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Save the Children condemns school attack in UkraineοΏΌ
Ukraine: Deadly Attacks Kill, Injure Civilians, Destroy Homes
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Β Consultant to Research National Accountability for Attacks on Education (June- August 2022)Β Background:Β Since 2011, the Global Coalition to Prot...
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π£ Attacks on education & military use of schools continued in 2021 with Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Palestine & Myanmar experiencing spikes during the year
As we mark 6 months since adopting #UNSCR 2601, action to ensure the safety of students & educators is more critical than ever
UNSCR 2β£6β£0β£1β£ is the first Security Council resolution dedicated to the protection of education, and the first thematic resolution to refer to the #SafeSchoolsDeclaration.
An important step in protecting the right to education and ensuring that schools are #NotATarget.
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π£ As we mark 6 months since unanimously adopting #UNSCR 2601 on protection of education, facilitated by π³π΄π³πͺ, schools & universities continue to be bombed/used for military purposes
Concerted action to implement res 2601 & #ProtectEducation from attack is more urgent than ever!
π£#ECW & partners believe that students & teachers deserve to go to school without fear of being attacked.
States & justice institutions can better #ProtectEducation by systematically investigating attacks on #education & fairly prosecuting perpetrators.
#ProtectEducation @UN
According to @GCPEAtweets new case study , 70% of #highered institutions in #Gaza were damaged by #explosiveweapons during the May 2021 hostilities in #Palestine, depriving students of their right to education.
#educationunderattack #protecteducation
Between January 2019 and September 2021, teargas and other weapons firing injured at least 480 students and educators in #Palestine.
Education is #notatarget.
#protecteducation #educationunderattack #SafeSchoolsDeclaration
Find out more: https://t.co/gcA8fY7APU
Accurate and timely data on #attacksoneducation can help save lives.
Parties must make every effort to collect and share disaggregated data on attacks involving #explosiveweapons to better understand impact&inform prevention and response plans.
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At least 305 #schools and #kindergartens were destroyed or damaged by #explosiveweapons in #Palestine between January 2019 and September 2021. Click to read @GCPEAtweets new case study π
#StopExplosiveWeapons #ProtectEducation #educationunderattack https://t.co/kqBl8JD3ST
EDUCATION UNDER ATTACK | New brief on strengthening collaborations between civil society orgs and journalists, for the effective documentation of attacks on education.
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