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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
READ MOREBBC 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
READ MORETheirworld, 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.
READ MOREBBC News, February 15, 2018
One in six children ‘affected by conflict’ – Save the Children
Attacks on hospitals and schools have become the “new normal”.
READ MOREUN 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…
READ MOREGCPEA, 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,…
READ MORENorwegian 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.
READ MOREHuman 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.
READ MOREHuman 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.
READ MOREThe 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.
READ MOREScientific 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.
READ MOREHuffington 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.
READ MOREGCPEA 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.
READ MORETheirworld, 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.
READ MOREGCPEA 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
READ MOREAll 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
READ MOREHuman 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.
READ MOREGCPEA 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
READ MORENew 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
READ MOREGCPEA 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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