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TeleSUR, August 4, 2014
One Honduran Teacher Violently Murdered, Every Month
The investigation reveals that violence has risen since 2009 and that other vulnerable groups such as lawyers and journalists are also suffering significant rates of violence.
READ MOREOffice of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict, August 4, 2014
Free Syrian Army Commits to Work with the United Nations to End and Prevent Recruitment and Use of Children
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict welcomes the commitment by the National Coalition of Syrian Revolution and Opposition Forces and the Supreme Military Council of…
READ MOREUNESCO, August 3, 2014
Keep schools out of the conflict says UNESCO Director General as UN launches Gaza Crisis Appeal
Paris, 4 August 2014 – On Friday 1 August, the United Nations launched the 2014 Gaza Crisis Appeal in order to respond to urgent humanitarian needs in Gaza. Education facilities…
READ MOREOverseas Development Institute, August 3, 2014
We should defend the rights of Gaza’s children
“What does this have to do with us?,” asked a blood-splattered girl called Amina pulled from the rubble of Jabaliya primary school last week.
READ MOREBrookings, August 3, 2014
The Destruction of Gaza’s Schools and the Future of Palestinian Children
Last week, according to the United Nations, Israeli forces bombed the Jabalia Elementary Girls School in northern Gaza while it served as an U.N.-designated shelter.
READ MOREThe Peninsula, August 2, 2014
EAA slams raids on Gaza educational facilities
DOHA: In light of new reports, confirmed by UNRWA’s initial assessment, indicating a deadly attack by Israeli defence forces on a UN school in the Jabaliya refugee camp, Education Above…
READ MOREA World At School, August 2, 2014
Ban Ki-moon: deadly bombing of third UN school in Gaza is a ‘criminal act’
At least 10 people at a United Nations school in Gaza have been killed today in an apparent Israeli air strike.
READ MOREAugust 2, 2014
Educational Toll of Gaza War: At Least 2 Universities, 148 Schools
At least two universities, seven United Nations schools and an estimated 141 locally run schools have suffered severe damage in the month-long war between Israel and Hamas.
READ MORENorwegian Refugee Council , August 2, 2014
Stop the bombing of schools in Gaza
NRC demands an immediate halt to Israel’s bombing of schools and Hamas’ use of schools in their military operation.
READ MORENew York Times, August 2, 2014
Airstrike Near U.N. School Kills 10 as Israel Shifts Troops in Gaza
JERUSALEM — As Israel began to redeploy significant numbers of its troops away from populated areas of Gaza on Sunday, an Israeli Air Force missile struck near the entrance of…
READ MOREThe Express Tribune Pakistan, August 2, 2014
Targeting education: Girls primary school blown up
A girls primary school was blown up by unidentified militants in Sro Kalay, Shabqadar near the Charsadda-Mohmand border in the early hours of Saturday.
READ MOREThe Conversation, August 1, 2014
Attacks on UN schools in Gaza clearly breach international law
The shelling of Jabalia Elementary Girls’ School in Gaza on July 30 by Israeli forces was a shocking example of modern military action. The shelling was the sixth time a United Nations school has…
READ MOREPajhwok Afghan News, July 31, 2014
Taliban have closed all schools in Mianshin: official
Insecurity, lack of healthcare services and schools are the main problems being faced by residents of the Mianshin district of southern Kandahar province, the district chief has said.
READ MOREAFRO, July 31, 2014
First Lady Shares World Vision for Girls and Women at African Summit
First lady Michelle Obama speaks to selected participants of the Presidential Summit for the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders in Washington, Wednesday, July 30, 2014, during a roundtable discussion.
READ MOREThe Guardian, July 31, 2014
Gaza: how international law could work to punish war crimes
For three weeks, the world has watched war crimes apparently committed by both sides in Gaza: lethal attacks on schools and hospitals…
READ MOREThe Friday Times, July 31, 2014
‘Expel girls or close down’
At least 23 private schools and English language centers in Balochistan’s western Panjgur district have been closed since April 25…
READ MOREGlobal Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA), July 31, 2014
All Parties Should Protect Schools and Children in Gaza Conflict
The shelling of a United Nations-run school in Gaza yesterday, resulting in multiple civilian casualties, highlights the urgent need to protect schools and children from the violence of armed conflict.
READ MOREAll Africa, July 30, 2014
Sudan: Education Undone – School Bombings Drive a Generation Out of the Classroom
The renewed conflict in South Kordofan has pushed many children out of the classroom into the refugee camps or the rebellion.
READ MOREBBC News, July 30, 2014
Nigeria Kano blast: Boko Haram blamed for six deaths
At least six people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a college in northern Nigeria’s biggest city, Kano, witnesses say.
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, July 30, 2014
Dispatches: Gaza’s Schools on the Battlefield
On July 30 a school in the Jabaliya refugee camp in Gaza run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) came under attack. At least 15 people died…
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