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Al-Fanar Media, November 25, 2014
The Islamic State’s Plan for Universities
Dotted by machine-gun nests and administered by Islamic State officials who have imposed a harsh interpretation of Islamic law on campus, the largest higher-education institution in Iraq’s second-largest city is…
READ MOREThe Nation, November 23, 2014
Insurgents in Thailand’s deep South ‘ruled by heart, not head’
A hand-written note left at the crime scene where school teacher Issara Chairitchok was shot dead reflects the growing fear among the local population in Thailand’s southernmost provinces – that…
READ MOREGCPEA Press Release, November 20, 2014
25 Years after Landmark Treaty, Children’s Rights Still Violated with Impunity in Conflict
On the 25th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, GCPEA calls on states to safeguard children’s rights to life and education by addressing widespread attacks on…
READ MORENew York Times, November 17, 2014
Number of Academic Refugees Grows
According to the Institute of International Education, academics and students are being forced to flee their homes and homelands at a level not seen since World War II, when thousands…
READ MOREMail & Guardian, November 14, 2014
War on Nigerian schoolchildren escalates
Attacks on pupils are inflicting dreadful damage on Nigeria’s already precarious education systems.
READ MOREA World at School, November 12, 2014
Mexico protests over missing students highlight attacks on education
Growing anger in Mexico over the disappearance and presumed deaths of 43 trainee teachers has highlighted the levels of violence affecting the country’s schools.
READ MOREUnited Nations, November 12, 2014
Security Council Press Statement on Suicide Bomb Attack against Government Science Technical School in Potiskum in Yobe State, Nigeria
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the suicide bomb attack on 10 November 2014 committed against the Government Science Technical School.
READ MOREEducation International, November 12, 2014
Nigeria: College ‘hit by suicide bombing’ in latest atrocity
EI has roundly condemned the latest atrocities perpetrated against students and teachers by Islamist extremists in northern Nigeria.
READ MOREHealth and Education Advice and Resource Team (HEART), November 12, 2014
Conflict and education: counting the costs
A recent study, commissioned by Protect Education in Insecurity and Conflict and written by CfBT Education Trust, quantifies the multiple impacts of conflict on education in terms of the number…
READ MOREBBC News, November 12, 2014
Sheikha Moza: The power behind Qatar’s global lessons
The senior member of the Qatari royal family and education campaigner wants to galvanise the international community to provide education for 58 million children around the world without access to…
READ MOREGlobal 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…
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