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Amnesty International, December 10, 2015
Bombing of schools by Saudi Arabia-led coalition a flagrant attack on future of Yemen’s children
“Schools are central to civilian life, they are meant to offer a safe space for children. Yemen’s young school pupils are being forced to pay the price for these attacks.
READ MOREReuters, December 7, 2015
Taliban Occupies School during attack on Kandahar Airport
Taliban insurgents attacked the airport in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar on Tuesday and were engaged in fighting with security forces, regional officials said.
READ MOREBBC News, November 29, 2015
Woman dies after ‘terror drill’ at Kenya’s Strathmore University
One woman has died and at least 31 others have been hospitalised after a security exercise at a university in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
READ MOREBBC News, November 29, 2015
Woman dies after ‘terror drill’ at Kenya’s Strathmore University
One woman has died and at least 31 others have been hospitalised after a security exercise at a university in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
READ MOREGCPEA, November 9, 2015
Protecting Education Newsletter, November 2015
Ahead of the third year anniversary of the Pakistani Taliban’s shooting of schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai in a violent reaction to her commitment to girls’ education, GCPEA convened a workshop in…
READ MOREKyiv Post, November 9, 2015
The last school bell in Krasnohorivka
Nina Nikolayevna prefers to focus on the good times. When the school principal reminisces about the celebrations they used to hold at School Number 3, she is animated and passionate.
READ MOREUNESCO, November 2, 2015
The Safe Schools Declaration is now endorsed by 51 States
In the presence of H.R.H Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, all Member States of UNESCO were today invited to endorse the Safe Schools…
READ MOREUNESCO, October 29, 2015
UNESCO invites Member States to endorse the Safe Schools Declaration
At the opening day of the 38th General Conference on 3 November H.R.H Crown Prince Haakon of Norway and the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, will attend the Safe Schools…
READ MOREAssociated Press, October 29, 2015
Hundreds move out of Kenyan university fearing an attack after 4 students join extremists
Hundreds of students at Moi University in western Kenya are fleeing the school’s dorms, fearing a deadly extremist attack by some of their previous colleagues, a student leader said Friday.
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, October 28, 2015
DR Congo: Students, Schools at Risk in Conflict Zones
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo should increase protection for students and schools in areas of the country affected by armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said in a…
READ MOREUnited Nations Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, October 13, 2015
Plight of Children Caught in Conflict Worsening, Leila Zerrougui Will Say at Presentation of her Annual Report to General Assembly
There has been an “increasing disregard for international law” in many conflict situations around the world, leading to a worsening of the plight of children, Leila Zerrougui will tell Member…
READ MOREOffice of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, October 8, 2015
Accountability best defence for deterring attacks on schools: Leila Zerrougui
Leila Zerrougui highlighted key strategies aimed at protecting schools, students and teachers as she spoke at a high level event focused on upholding the right to education during emergencies, including…
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, September 22, 2015
Philippines: Paramilitaries Attack Tribal Villages, Schools
Military Supporting Abusive Forces in Mindanao
READ MOREAugust 19, 2015
Statement by Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director, on attack on teachers’ office in Yemen
NEW YORK, 19 August 2015 – Last night, 13 educators and four of their children paid a most terrible price in the continuing conflict in Yemen – killed in an…
READ MOREAugust 19, 2015
Borno to reopen schools despite Boko Haram
Borno State authorities set up a panel of 13 experts assigned to reopen schools closed for over a year due to violence and attacks by Boko Haram.
READ MOREAgence France-Presse/Relief Web, August 5, 2015
1,500 schools damaged or destroyed in Iraq’s Anbar
More than 1,500 schools have been damaged or destroyed as a result of the conflict in Iraq’s troubled Anbar province alone, a spokesman said Monday.
READ MOREOpinio Juris, July 12, 2015
Protecting Schools 80 Years After Roerich
Eighty-years ago today, the United States became the first country to ratify the international treaty commonly known as the Roerich Pact.
READ MOREA World at School, July 8, 2015
How conflict in Yemen is wrecking education system
Prime Minister of Yemen Khaled Bahah announced last January that 2015 would be the year of education in Yemen. Unfortunately, 2015 has become a year of conflict.
READ MOREDawn, July 6, 2015
Boys school blown up in Bajaur
Suspected militants blew up a government boys primary school in Nawagai tehsil bordering Afghanistan on Sunday, officials and local people told Dawn.
READ MOREOffice of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children in Armed Conflict, June 24, 2015
Leila Zerrougui pledges support for Guidelines aimed at protecting schools from military use during conflict
In a statement delivered in Geneva today, the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui, highlighted the support of her Office for the recently completed Safe Schools Declaration…
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