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Global Partnership for Education, November 11, 2014
Statement by Julia Gillard, Board Chair of the Global Partnership for Education on the Killing of Students in Nigeria
The Global Partnership for Education works with GCPEA to support efforts around the world that prevent violent attacks on education and improve protection.
READ MOREUnited Nations, November 10, 2014
Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General on attacks in Yobe State, Nigeria
The Secretary-General is outraged by the frequency and brutality of attacks against educational institutions in the north of the country and reiterates his demand for an immediate cessation to these…
READ MOREReuters, November 10, 2014
Suicide bomber kills dozens at school assembly in Nigeria
The Nigeria Police Force confirmed that the bomber was disguised as a student and said 47 people, most of them students, had been killed.
READ MOREUNICEF, November 7, 2014
Statement on the protection of children during the armed conflict in Eastern Ukraine
UNICEF reminds all parties to the conflict that all children must be protected from harm, as required by international legal standards and as their moral responsibility.
READ MOREUNICEF, November 7, 2014
Statement by Hanaa Singer, UNICEF Representative for Syria on attack on the Al Hayat Primary School in Eastern Damascus
The attack on the Al Hayat Primary School in the district of Qaboun in eastern Damascus on Wednesday is yet another horrific reminder of the terrible price Syria’s children are…
READ MOREA World at School, November 7, 2014
First 2400 students to be enrolled in Nigeria’s Safe Schools Initiative
The students are from Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states, where a state of emergency has been enforced after killings, abductions and attacks on schools.
READ MOREUCA News, November 6, 2014
Manobo villagers decry military occupation of classrooms in Mindanao
A “cultural caravan” comprising Manobo students and educators from Davao del Norte arrived in Manila on Wednesday to highlight the increasing violence that they say has disrupted access to education…
READ MOREAssociated Press, November 6, 2014
School shelling deaths in Ukraine hurt peace hopes
Authorities in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev said the security services will investigate the shelling of Donetsk’s school No. 63.
READ MOREAssociated Press, November 5, 2014
Mortar Fire on Syria School Kills 13 Children
Mortar rounds slammed into a school Wednesday in a rebel-held suburb east of Damascus, killing at least 13 children, activists said.
READ MOREThe Age, November 5, 2014
Australia’s UN security role a chance to defend children’s education
Paul Ronalds, CEO of Save the Children Australia, calls on Australia to use its seat on the UN Security Council to stand up for children’s education and publicly endorse the…
READ MOREThe Chronicle of Higher Education, November 3, 2014
Scholars in Danger Join World’s Refugees
Academics and students are being forced to flee their homes and homelands at a level not seen since World War II.
READ MOREUniversity World News, October 30, 2014
Grave found near site of mass student abduction
Federal and military forces discovered an unmarked mass grave on 27 October in Cocula, 16 kilometres from Iguala in Guerrero state in southeastern Mexico, where 43 students from a teacher…
READ MORESave the Children Australia, October 29, 2014
New figures: nearly 9 million children out of school from year’s worst humanitarian crises
A child living in a fragile or conflict-affected developing country is nearly three times more likely to be out of school as a child living in another developing nation, finds…
READ MOREUN News Centre, October 29, 2014
UN applauds donation by Malala Yousafzai for reconstruction of Gaza schools
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Malala Yousafzai, has announced a contribution of $50,000 to help with the rebuilding of UN schools heavily damaged during recent fighting.
READ MORENew York Times, October 27, 2014
In Mexico, a New Lead on Missing Students
Mexican investigators planted red flags to mark suspected human remains Tuesday as they combed through a garbage-choked ravine in the search for 43 students missing since they were arrested by…
READ MOREDawn.com, October 26, 2014
Militants blow up school in Khyber
The unknown attackers planted the explosives in the school building which detonated with a loud bang, completely destroying Government Primary School, Sultan Khel.
READ MOREEducación Futura, October 26, 2014
Sobre el derecho de aprender en paz
En marzo de este año, la Coalición Global para la Protección de la Educación bajo Ataque, publicó la lista de los treinta países cuyos sistemas educativos se encuentran en situación…
READ MOREGCPEA, October 22, 2014
Protecting Education Newsletter – October 2014
As classrooms opened for another season of learning this year, far too many students and teachers in conflict-affected areas returned to school filled with dread and fear of possible attack,…
READ MOREThe Mark News, October 16, 2014
The Other Nobel Winners
When Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai pick up their Nobel Peace Prizes, there are going to be a lot of other winners standing alongside them.
READ MOREOffice of the Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, October 16, 2014
Increased Levels of Violence Disproportionately Affect Children
The increase in attacks against schools and hospitals is a call for all to better protect these facilities and to adopt concrete measures to deter the military use of schools.
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