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Save the Children, September 17, 2014
Education Never Been Deadlier for Syria’s Children, Save the Children Report Says
New report from Save the Children – Future under threat: The impact of the education crisis on Syria’s children – finds that the country’s schools are increasingly being damaged and…
READ MOREReuters, September 17, 2014
Gunmen kill 15 at college in north Nigeria’s Kano
Gunmen stormed a higher education college in northern Nigeria on Wednesday, firing on fleeing students and setting off an explosion in an attack that killed at least 15 people and…
READ MOREHuffington Post, September 12, 2014
Gaza’s Education in Rubble
The morning roll call will be a particularly morbid affair on the first day of school in Gaza this Sunday. Hundreds of students, killed in the recent fighting, will be…
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, September 11, 2014
Israel: In-Depth Look at Gaza School Attacks
Three Israeli attacks that damaged Gaza schools housing displaced people caused numerous civilian casualties in violation of the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said today.
READ MORENDTV, September 9, 2014
What it Takes to Teach at Schools on Naxal Turf
A dilapidated government school in Bihar has been attacked by Naxals each time security forces used the school as a camp during elections.
READ MOREDawn.com, September 9, 2014
Militants blow up rebuilt school in Bajaur
Suspected militants blew up a government girls’ primary school in the border area in Nawagai tehsil early on Monday, officials and local people said.
READ MOREThe Guardian, September 8, 2014
These attacks on children are crimes against humanity
If the abiding image of the summer of 2014 will be the knives of hooded Isis executioners pointed at the necks of innocent victims, the abiding legacy is the torment…
READ MOREOffice of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict, September 8, 2014
Multiple Crises Affecting Children Create Unprecedented Challenges
New York, 08 September – The multiplication of crises affecting children since the beginning of 2014 create unprecedented challenges that overshadow progress accomplished to protect them from the impact of…
READ MOREUNICEF, September 7, 2014
No “back to school” for 30 million children affected by conflict and crisis: UNICEF
Almost 30 million children are out of school in emergency or conflict affected countries – approximately half of all children out of school worldwide. Schools have been targeted and millions…
READ MOREGCPEA Media Release, September 5, 2014
UN Security Council Should Build on its Momentum in Protecting Schools from Attack and Military Use
The UN Security Council should support specific actions to address the widespread incidence of targeted attacks on education and military use of schools in wartime. In particular, the Council should…
READ MOREThe Express Tribune, September 3, 2014
Education emergency: In a first, private school comes under attack in Turbat
Armed men torched a private school in the Dasht area of Turbat, a western district of Balochistan, late Monday night. The men also set an estimated 150 textbooks on fire…
READ MORECenter for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution, September 2, 2014
Five Hundred Days Remain to Achieve Our Goal of Universal Primary Education
There are fewer than 500 days before the world reaches its deadline for achieving the Millennium Development Goals. In these final 500 days, we should turn our attention to tackling…
READ MOREOffice of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, September 1, 2014
Leila Zerrougui Addresses Human Rights Council’s Special Session on Iraq
The events that are unfolding in Iraq continue to put children at risk and have led to increased grave violations committed by all parties to the conflict.
READ MORERadio Dabanga, September 1, 2014
Teachers strike against insecurity in North Darfur’s Kutum
Teachers of 14 secondary schools in Kutum locality, North Darfur, embarked on a one-week strike today, in protest against the murders of seven teachers in the locality since last year.
READ MOREOffice of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict, August 31, 2014
Address by Leila Zerrougui, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, to the Human Rights Council’s Special Session on Iraq
I thank you for allowing me to address the Council here today and for giving me this most timely opportunity to provide an update on the situation of children in…
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, August 28, 2014
Dispatches: School’s Out in Syria
According to a report released this week by the United Nations independent commission of inquiry for Syria, more than 2.8 million children in Syria are out of school because of…
READ MOREDaily Sabah, August 28, 2014
Insurgents Kill Muslim Teacher in Thailand
A bomb exploded as a group of officers escorted teachers to a school in the Kokpo district of Pattani, killing a 28-year-old female and injuring another and a policeman.
READ MOREWatchlist on Children and Armed Conflict, August 26, 2014
September 2014 Special Update
The Council will discuss the UN Secretary-General annual report on children and armed conflict during a debate on 8 September 2014 hosted by the United States. Watchlist on Children and…
READ MOREUNESCO, August 25, 2014
Gaza school year hit by resumption in hostilities
Nearly half a million children in Gaza will not be able to return to primary and secondary schools on Sunday as the new academic year starts, UNESCO, Save the Children…
READ MORENigeria Political Economist, August 25, 2014
13 Female Police Trainees, 22 Male Missing After Gwoza Police School Attack
No fewer than 13 female Police trainees, and 22 male counterparts have been confirmed missing, after gunmen suspected to be members of the dreaded Islamic sect, Boko Haram, launched a…
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