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Human Rights Watch, May 29, 2017
Pakistan’s Poor Record Protecting Schools
There is something concrete Pakistan could do right now: join the 65 other countries that have endorsed the Safe Schools Declaration.
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, May 29, 2017
Safe Schools Declaration Turns Two
All Countries Should Act to Protect Schools During War
READ MOREKyiv Post, May 28, 2017
Civilians wounded amid shelling in Ukraine’s Krasnohorivka
A local school was reported to have been directly hit by missiles that caused the roof to catch fire.
READ MOREIndependent, May 28, 2017
In war zones across the world, education is being cut out of foreign aid – so young people join Isis instead
In almost all of today’s armed conflicts, schools and other institutions that should be safe for children and teachers are ripped apart by violence.
READ MOREGCPEA PRESS RELEASE, May 26, 2017
Romania’s Endorsement of the Safe Schools Declaration Signals Commitment from One Third of the Globe
Romania has become the 65th country to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration and join a global movement to protect learning at all levels during armed conflict.
READ MOREHuffington Post, May 23, 2017
All Schools Should Be Safe Havens Like Mine
As a senior in an American high school, I couldn’t help imagining what my school would have been like if occupied by soldiers.
READ MOREThe Namibian, May 23, 2017
Namibia Can Help Protect Schools in War Zones
The looting or use of schools for military purposes by armed groups has occurred repeatedly during the past four years of war in the CAR.
READ MOREThe Guardian (Nigeria), May 20, 2017
Third suicide bomb attack hits UNIMAID in two weeks
Barely 48 hours after three suicide bombers attacked the University of Maiduguri; another bomber on Saturday detonated his explosive outside the perimeter fencing of the school.
READ MOREThe Guardian, May 8, 2017
Taliban teachers: how militants are infiltrating Afghan schools
Educators face pressure to give good marks to young fighters while others are swapping chalk for Kalashnikovs after lessons
READ MOREOffice of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, May 4, 2017
Nigeria: First Report on Children and Armed Conflict Details Violations Suffered by Children as a Result of Boko Haram’s Insurgency and Ensuing Conflict
Schools have been targets of choice for Boko Haram.
READ MOREGCPEA PRESS RELEASE, May 3, 2017
Denmark 64th State to Endorse Safe Schools Declaration
Denmark has become the 64th country to join a rapidly expanding community of states committed to protecting education during armed conflict.
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch/International Educator, May 2, 2017
Brave Educators Face Down Mortal Danger, But They Need Help
Education should not be an accepted or inevitable casualty of war.
READ MOREUN Office of the SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict, May 2, 2017
Philippines: Report Showcases Progress Despite Ongoing Violations Against Children
Another concern was the high number of attacks on schools and teachers, especially the increase since 2015 of such attacks in indigenous communities.
READ MORETheirworld, May 2, 2017
Civil war and lack of food wreck children’s education in South Sudan
Since the South Sudanese civil war began in December 2013, one in three schools have been attacked by armed forces, according to a recent report by the South Sudan Education…
READ MOREBoston Globe, April 30, 2017
South Sudan’s civil war creates a new lost generation
‘‘Schools are left in ruins, some occupied by warring forces, death of innocent people is rampant,’’ Michael Lopuke, an undersecretary at the ministry of education, said in an e-mail.
READ MOREIndian Express, April 29, 2017
Jharkhand, India: ‘Maoists’ try to blow up school building
A high school building was partially blown up and equipment of a mobile phone tower, which is yet to begin functioning, was set on fire by suspected Maoist operatives.
READ MOREThomson Reuters Foundation, April 28, 2017
Burkina Faso teachers return to school, seek support, after jihadist threats
Teachers in the northern areas near Mali began receiving threats in January and were told to change their secular curriculum to Koranic education.
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, April 26, 2017
Is Britain Serious About Barriers to Global Education?
Britain’s Political Parties Should Endorse the Safe Schools Declaration
READ MORETheirworld, April 25, 2017
‘World is failing to help’ Yemen’s war-scarred children back into school
Hundreds of schools have been bombed or closed – but the international community has not done enough to support education, according to Save the Children.
READ MOREChristian Science Monitor, April 23, 2017
Education in South Sudan ‘cannot wait,’ says new report
The report from the Education Cluster documents the challenges of providing an education in the world’s youngest country.
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