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September 24, 2024
Key Highlights of the High-Level Event to Commemorate the 5th UN International Day to Protect Education from Attack
10 September 2024 – Palais des Nations, Geneva Event Concept Note INTRODUCTION The High-Level Event to commemorate the fifth International Day to Protect Education from Attack was held on Tuesday…
READ MORESeptember 18, 2024
GCPEA, Plan International, and Save the Children Joint Statement for the 57th Session of the Human Rights Council
18 September 2024, Joint Statement Delivered by Plan International — Thank you, Mr. President. This statement is delivered on behalf of Plan International, The Global Coalition to Protect Education from…
READ MOREForbes, September 8, 2024
Education In Peril: The Human Cost Of War
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Contributor People are checking the destruction at a UN-run school after Israeli bombardment in Nuseirat, in the … [+]NurPhoto via Getty Images On September 9, the world…
READ MOREBrookings, September 6, 2024
Keeping children’s learning out of the crossfire in conflict is our duty
Sweta Shah, Fellow – Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education Currently, over 400 million children worldwide are affected by conflict, facing injury, death, displacement, and loss of education. Conflicts cause elevated…
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, September 5, 2024
Deadly Russian Attacks on Lviv’s Historic District
Yulia Gorbunova, Senior Researcher Lyceum No. 5 on Kokorudza Street in Lviv, Ukraine, damaged during a Russian air attack on September 4, 2024. © 2024 Lviv City Council/https://city-adm.lviv.ua In Ukraine’s western…
READ MOREWorld Peace Foundation, August 21, 2024
Ensuring the Continuity of Conflict-Sensitive Education during War: Lessons from “Education under Attack 2024”
A debris-strewn school in Prypjat, Ukraine (Olli Homann via Flickr) The number of grave violations against children in conflict zones hit a record high in 2023, and a disturbing number of…
READ MORELieber Institute West Point, July 22, 2024
PROTECTING SCHOOLS IN ARMED CONFLICT
by Steven Haines | Jul 17, 2024 In early July 2024, the BBC reported that the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) had conducted an air strike on a school in the Nuseirat refugee camp…
READ MOREInter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE), July 17, 2024
Gender-Based Attacks on Education in Armed Conflict
Published by Global Coalition to Protection Education from Attack (GCPEA), Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) Written by Alexander Kochenburger Published 16 JULY 2024 Topic(s): Attacks on Education, Gender Based Violence,…
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, June 28, 2024
Conflict in Northern Mozambique Puts Education at Risk
Zenaida MachadoSenior Researcher, Africa Division@zenaidamz@zenaidamz The Pulo Primary School after an insurgent attack on the village of Pulo, in Cabo Delgado province, Mozambique, March 6, 2024. © 2024 Juan Luis Rod/AFP…
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, June 26, 2024
Education Still Vulnerable to Attack in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
Syinat Sultanalieva Researcher, Europe and Central Asia Division @SyinatS A burnt-out kindergarten in the Kyrgyz village of Ak-Sai. The village saw widespread looting and destruction while briefly under the control…
READ MOREAlhurra, June 25, 2024
تقرير: 8 هجمات على التعليم يوميا خلال العامين الماضيين
الحرة – دبي 21 يونيو 2024 ارتفاع كبير في الهجمات التي يتعرض لها قطاع التعليم (أرشيف)
READ MOREUniversity World News, June 24, 2024
Steep rise in military attacks on higher education globally
Brendan O’Malley | 21 June 2024 The latest Education under Attack report published by the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) notes a steep rise in military and political violence…
READ MOREEL PAÍS, June 21, 2024
“Si me matan, que sea por ir a clase”: la educación sufre una media de ocho ataques cada día en el mundo
BEATRIZ LECUMBERRI Madrid – JUN 20, 2024 – 23:30 EDT Estudiantes heridas por proyectiles disparados contra una residencia de mujeres universitarias en Sudán, una escuela de la ONU en el campo de refugiados…
READ MOREForeign Policy in Focus, June 11, 2024
120 COUNTRIES HAVE SIGNED THE SAFE SCHOOLS DECLARATION. SADLY, THE U.S. ISN’T ONE OF THEM.
Preschool students study in a cramped classroom padded with sandbags in Irpin, Ukraine, July 2022 (Shutterstock). By Zama Neff | June 11, 2024 Standing in a sunbeam from an open window, the…
READ MOREStephanie Busari and Krystina Shveda, CNN, April 12, 2024
How the Chibok abductions continue to cast a long shadow over girls’ education in Nigeria
Chibok and Yola, Nigeria — Hauwa Ishaya vividly recalled the night in April 2014, when armed men stormed her boarding school in Chibok, abducting her and 275 other schoolgirls, forever…
READ MOREGeneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies, March 28, 2024
Attacks on education: global challenges and responses
An Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) briefing on Protecting Education in Emergencies (EiE), held on 19 March 2024, looked at the state of attacks on education globally, and explored the challenges,…
READ MOREEducation Cluster, Save the Children, and UNICEF, March 26, 2024
Verification of damages to schools based on proximity to damaged sites – Gaza, Occupied Palestinian Territory
Background • In Gaza, 17 years of blockade combined with recurrent conflict have damaged and destroyed an already fragile education infrastructure: increasing pressure on education facilities, disrupting education provision, and…
READ MOREFahmi Khaled, Sana'a Center for Strategic Studies, March 20, 2024
A War of Attrition: Higher Education in Yemen
IntroductionThe war has broken many of the basic elements of Yemeni society — but the legacy of its now-shattered higher education system will endure far beyond the cessation of hostilities.…
READ MOREEducation Above All (EAA), March 13, 2024
Palestine: Education Destroyed
The impact of the disproportionate attacks on Gaza and its civilian population will have significant consequences on all, most importantly on children. Since 7 October 2023, over 28,775 Palestinians have…
READ MOREInternational Committee of the Red Cross, February 22, 2024
Protecting and Ensuring Safe Access to education: The ICRC’s Experience and Approach in Armed Conflict and Other Situations of Violence
Introduction Armed conflict and other violence have a devastating impact on education. One in three of the world’s school-aged children lives in a country affected by conflict or disasters. Between…
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