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Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack, December 16, 2014

New International Guidelines Address an Insidious Gap in Protecting Education during War

Government armed forces and non-state armed groups should refrain from using education facilities for military purposes in accordance with the new Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use…

Opinio Juris, December 16, 2014

Guest Post: Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use

At an event at the United Nations in Geneva this morning, the ambassadors of Norway and Argentina unveiled a set of six new “Guidelines” aimed at better protecting schools and…

El Pais, December 16, 2014

Son colegios, no trincheras

Rifles de combate entre pupitres, municiones al lado de murales de Bob Esponja, alambres y trincheras excavadas en patios de colegios.

Politico, December 16, 2014

Obama condemns Taliban attack on Pakistani school

President Barack Obama has condemned a Taliban attack on a Pakistani school that killed at least 126 people, mostly children and teenagers.“By targeting students and teachers in this heinous attack,…

The Office of Gordon and Sarah Brown, December 16, 2014

Statement by Gordon Brown on Pakistan school attack

Speaking from Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where he is visiting schools and meeting children, Gordon Brown said:

UNICEF, December 16, 2014

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on killing of children in Peshawar, Pakistan

NEW YORK, 16 December 2014. The horrific, callous killing of more than one hundred children today in Peshawar, Pakistan must do more than shock the conscience of the world – as…

Global Partnership for Education, December 16, 2014

Statement on the Attack on a School in Pakistan by the Board of Directors of the Global Partnership for Education

The Board of Directors of the Global Partnership for Education, meeting in Washington D.C. on December 16, 2014, deplores the appalling attack on a school in Peshawar in Pakistan earlier…

Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, December 16, 2014

UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Strongly Condemns Horrific Peshawar School Attack

New York – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui, strongly condemns the horrific attack against the Army Public School and Degree College in…

UNESCO, December 16, 2014

Statement of the UNESCO Director-General after the attack against a school in Pakistan

Less than a week after Malala Yousafzai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, this heinous attack is a crime against the future of all children and the nation…

Foreign Policy, December 15, 2014

The Pakistani Taliban’s War on Education, by the Numbers

A bloody day has come to an end in Peshawar, Pakistan, where Taliban gunmen stormed an army-run elementary school, killing at least 145 people, almost all of them children.

Public Radio International, December 15, 2014

There’s an international effort to make safe schools in conflict zones

The world has been shocked by the massacre of more than 130 children at a school in Peshawar, Pakistan. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility.

TeleSur, December 15, 2014

Israeli Army Raids Palestinian School, Refugee Camp

Israeli troops threw tear gas and stun grenades at Palestinian students in the Burin village just north of Nablus, while killing one Palestine at a refugee camp.Israeli forces staged two violent…

Huffington Post, December 15, 2014

Attacks on Schools Threaten Children’s Future; States Must Act

Children need to be protected, nurtured and allowed to reach their potential. We all instinctively know this because our own children are the most important part of our lives.Salam is…

UNICEF, December 15, 2014

UNICEF Statement on deadly attacks on children in Yemen and Pakistan

NEW YORK – The massacre today of more than 100 children in an attack on a school in Pakistan, and the reported killing of at least 15 school girls in…

BuzzFeed, December 15, 2014

More Than 1,000 Schools In Pakistan Have Been Attacked By The Taliban In The Last Five Years

The attack on a school in the Pakistani city of Peshawar might be the worst in the country’s history, but human rights groups say it is part of an ongoing…

Education Above All, December 15, 2014

Response to the Attacks Taken Place in Peshawar, Pakistan

Education Above All, the Qatar-based foundation that promotes human, social and economic development through quality education and other welfare programmes and initiatives, issued a statement in response to the attacks…

December 15, 2014

Dispatches: Uniting Against the Pakistan School Massacre

The attack on a school in Peshwar in northwestern Pakistan that left at least 145 dead – almost all of them children – sets a new low of depravity for…

O Globo, December 11, 2014

Transformando bunkers em salas de aula

Scoop Independent News, December 10, 2014

Malala Takes A Stand Against Attacks on Education

Children’s right to education is under attack in more than 70 countries, causing millions of children to lose out on school because of war and conflict. Awarding the Nobel Peace…

Save the Children, December 9, 2014

Malala and Thousands of Children Take a Stand Against Attacks on Education at Save the Children Peace Party

In Oslo today, where the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded, Save the Children held its 18th annual Peace Prize party for 6,000 school children on an outdoor stage.