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Reuters, June 1, 2016
U.N. adds Saudi coalition to blacklist for killing children in Yemen
UNITED NATIONS | BY MICHELLE NICHOLSUnited Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon slammed the Saudi Arabia-led coalition fighting in Yemen for killing and maiming children by adding it to an annual blacklist…
READ MOREForeign Affairs/Human Rights Watch, May 31, 2016
Schools Under Siege: How Afghan Classrooms Became Bunkers
A true commitment to protecting schools from attacks and preventing their use for military purposes requires political will and action on the ground.
READ MOREGlobal Coalition to Protect Education from Attack, May 27, 2016
PRESS RELEASE | Safe Schools Declaration: 53 Countries and Counting
By joining the Safe Schools Declaration, countries make concrete political commitments to protect students, teachers, and educational facilities during times of armed conflict.
READ MOREThe Telegraph, May 27, 2016
Education under fire: why urgent action is needed
While the movement of people from war-torn countries will inevitably affect the immediate ability of children to continue their education, a “growing number” of attacks on schools is adding to…
READ MORENuba Reports, May 26, 2016
Sudan: Primary School Bombed in Latest String of Civilian Attacks
Civilians, especially children, are routinely targeted in Sudan’s five-year civil war with the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North rebels in the South Kordofan and Blue Nile states, killing thousands and displacing…
READ MOREJoop/Human Rights Watch, May 24, 2016
Netherlands Moves World Toward Safer Wartime Schools
That schools in Europe are under armed attack is shocking. But in fact, as in Ukraine, schools are both used for military purposes and targeted in most of the countries…
READ MOREOffice of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, May 24, 2016
World Humanitarian Summit: Leila Zerrougui Highlights Protection of Children Affected by Conflict
Girls and boys are paying a very high price in conflict. They are abducted, recruited and used, suffer sexual violence, killed and maimed, and their schools and hospitals are destroyed.
READ MOREThe World Post / Huffington Post, May 24, 2016
Dispatches From the World Humanitarian Summit: Education as a Bridge Between Aid and Development
Investing in education and protecting our schools are the most-effective forms of peacekeeping that exist.
READ MORETime, May 23, 2016
Op-Ed by Forest Whitaker and Irina Bokova: Education is the Key to Breaking the Cycle of Violence
Schools should be on the frontlines of peace, not war.
READ MOREThomson Reuters Foundation News, May 22, 2016
At the World Humanitarian Summit, we must ensure all children have access to vital education
The impact of conflict, violence and displacement on education in Iraq has been nothing short of devastating
READ MOREBBC News, May 22, 2016
Emergency £2.7bn warzone education fund launched
An emergency fund to provide education during conflicts and natural disasters has been launched at the World Humanitarian Summit.
READ MOREReuters, May 22, 2016
Factbox: Schools under fire in war zones
A new fund which aims to raise more than $3.8 billion for children’s education in war zones and natural disasters has been launched on Monday at the first ever World…
READ MOREOffice of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, May 20, 2016
SRSG Zerrougui’s Briefing at the Open Session of the African Union Peace and Security Council
Briefing at the Open Session of the African Union Peace and Security Council
READ MOREPolitics Home, May 19, 2016
Four schools or hospitals attacked or occupied every day – Unicef UK
UNICEF UK is calling on the UK Government to sign up to the Safe Schools Declaration, sending a clear message to the world that schools must not be attacked or…
READ MOREOffice of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, May 19, 2016
SRSG Zerrougui: Protection of Schools Essential to Increase Access to Education in Africa
Leila Zerrougui addresses the African Union Open Session on Children and Armed Conflict
READ MOREMay 18, 2016
Chibok girls: ‘First kidnapped girl found’ in Nigeria
One of the missing Chibok girls has been found in Nigeria, activists say, the first to be rescued since their capture two years ago.
READ MOREGlobal Coalition to Protect Education from Attack, May 12, 2016
GCPEA’s Commitments at the High Level Round-Table on International Humanitarian Law at the World Humanitarian Summit
The Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack aims to participate at the High-Level Leaders’ Roundtable entitled “Uphold the norms that safeguard humanity” at the official segment of the Summit.
READ MOREGlobal Coalition to Protect Education from Attack, May 12, 2016
GCPEA Encourages States to Announce Endorsement of the Safe Schools Declaration at the World Humanitarian Summit
Today, one in four children between the ages of 6 and 15 living in conflict areas are missing out on their education.
READ MOREThe Guardian, May 6, 2016
When will the UK stand up to save education from bullets and bombs?
Some 462 million children live in countries in crisis, their schools often under attack or destroyed. Yet the UK has not signed the safe schools declaration.
READ MOREApril 27, 2016
When schools and students become spoils of war
Lack of education is a lack of light, it’s darkness.
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