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Human Rights Watch, March 4, 2018
Endorsing Safe Schools Declaration important to protect children from horrors of armed conflict

Human Rights Watch statement to HRC panel on Protecting the Rights of the Child in Humanitarian Situations

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BBC News, February 21, 2018
Nigeria’s Boko Haram crisis: More than 100 missing after school attack

More than 100 Nigerian schoolgirls are missing after an attack on a boarding school by Boko Haram jihadists

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Theirworld, February 20, 2018
Girls and teachers escape as Boko Haram gunmen attack Nigerian school

Students and teachers fled for their lives when Boko Haram fighters attacked a girls’ boarding school in Nigeria.

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BBC News, February 15, 2018
One in six children ‘affected by conflict’ – Save the Children

Attacks on hospitals and schools have become the “new normal”.

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UN Special, February 14, 2018
How to protect students, teachers, and schools in war

Children continue to pay the heaviest price of attacks on schools, which leave them unable to learn or fulfil their potential. This is why the governments of Argentina and Norway…

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GCPEA, February 8, 2018
Safe Schools Declaration News #2 (Q4 2017)

Welcome to the second edition of Safe Schools Declaration News, covering the period from October-December 2017.The Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack* coordinates advocacy for endorsement, and monitors implementation,…

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Norwegian Refugee Council, February 6, 2018
Colombia: Conflict forces children out of school

NRC encourages the Colombian Government to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration, and step up its efforts to ensure that schools are safe and protected.

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Human Rights Watch, January 13, 2018
Somalia: Al-Shabab Demanding Children

The Somali government has taken some steps to protect schools and students, Human Rights Watch said. In 2016 it endorsed the Safe Schools Declaration.

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Human Rights Watch, January 10, 2018
Syria: Children Under Attack in Damascus Enclave

The attacks on Eastern Ghouta, 15 kilometers from the Syrian capital, resulted in the closing of schools, depriving many children in the besieged area of access to education.

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The Guardian, December 27, 2017
Children increasingly used as weapons of war, Unicef warns

Some 27 million children in conflict zones have been forced out of school.

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Scientific American, December 22, 2017
A Call to Make Schools Safe Zones, Not War Zones

Educational facilities are used in armed conflicts—with children inside. We need to stop this.

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Huffington Post / Theirworld, December 7, 2017
An attack on one school is an attack on all schools

Every child deserves an education without fear of violence or attack. Every school should be a safe place for children to learn, play and fulfil their potential.

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GCPEA PRESS RELEASE, December 6, 2017
Ten Latin American Countries Convene to Protect Education

Panama City hosted a defense workshop on the Safe Schools Declaration on December 5-6, 2017 with representatives of 10 countries who have endorsed the Declaration.

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Theirworld, November 30, 2017
Students killed as Taliban gunmen storm college campus in Pakistan

The Pakistani Taliban has been attacking schools and educational facilities for years – disrupting the education of hundreds of thousands of children, mainly girls.

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GCPEA PRESS RELEASE, November 30, 2017
GCPEA releases Framework for Action to implement the Safe Schools Declaration

The Safe Schools Declaration: A Framework for Action provides governments with suggestions, recommendations, and examples of good practice to assist them in implementing the Safe Schools Declaration

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All Africa / Human Rights Watch, November 28, 2017
What the EU Can Learn From the AU About Protecting Children in War

Next week, the African Union has the opportunity to show the European Union exactly what it can do to help protect children during times of war

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Human Rights Watch, November 27, 2017
War is Driving Girls Out of School

When girls leave school, their futures can be irreparably harmed, increasing the risk of child marriage and harmful child labor.

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GCPEA PRESS RELEASE, November 16, 2017
El Salvador Endorses Safe Schools Declaration: 71st Country to Commit to Protect Education in Wartime

Over one-third of countries worldwide promise to protect education in war

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New York Times / Human Rights Watch, November 14, 2017
Years after U.S.-led forces overthrew Taliban, Afghanistan is failing its girls on a daily basis

By age 12 to 15, two-thirds of girls are out of school, and only 37 percent of adolescent girls can read — compared to 66 percent of adolescent boys

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GCPEA Press Release, October 26, 2017
Yemen endorses Safe Schools Declaration in advance of UN Security Council Debate on Children and Armed Conflict

Yemen has become the 70th country to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration and commit to take concrete measures to enhance protection for schools, universities, students, teachers, and academics during armed…

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