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Radio New Zealand National, June 30, 2014
Susan Bissell – UNICEF’s Child Protection Chief
The UN children’s fund says Boko Haram is having a severe impact on girls’ education in Nigeria.
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, June 30, 2014
Syria: ISIS Holds 130 Kurdish Children
(New York) – The Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) should immediately release the estimated 133 Kurdish boys it has held hostage in northern Syria for a month.
READ MOREBrookings, June 27, 2014
Delivering Results for Children: Achievable milestones towards 2015
As the school year lets out for millions of children across the globe, we are reminded of the work we need to do so that many more of the 58…
READ MORENorwegian Refugee Council , June 26, 2014
Education cannot wait
Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) pledged to enable one million children to access education in fragile and conflict affected states by 2017 at the Education Replenishment Conference in Brussels.
READ MOREJune 26, 2014
Special Representative Calls for Full Implementation of Action Plan to End Recruitment and Use of Children in South Sudan Government Forces
At the end of her visit in South Sudan, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui, called for the full implementation of the Action…
READ MOREPermanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations, June 25, 2014
ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment
Statement by Tine Mørch Smith on behalf of Norway at the ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs General Discussion on June 25.
READ MORELos Angeles Times, June 22, 2014
Bombing at northern Nigeria school leaves at least 8 dead, 20 injured
At least eight people were killed Monday by a bomb blast at the School of Hygiene in the northern Nigeria city of Kano, with suspicion falling on the Islamist militant…
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, June 19, 2014
India: Implement UN Recommendations on Children
India should carry out the recommendations of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child to improve protection for children affected by armed conflict…
READ MOREInstitute of International Education, June 19, 2014
The War Follows Them
The crisis in Syria continues to have a devastating impact on professors, university students, and the education sector, not only in Syria but also in the neighboring countries that are…
READ MOREGCPEA Press Release, June 13, 2014
Norway: Leading Way to End Military Use of Schools
Today the Norwegian government announced its commitment to promote international standards to protect schools and universities from military use during armed conflict.
READ MOREIRIN Global, June 12, 2014
Soldiers in schools – the impact of military occupations on education
BANGKOK, 12 June 2014 (IRIN) – Schools are targeted in conflicts around the world – they might represent ideas viewed as controversial, the destruction of a civilian building that is…
READ MOREUNICEF, June 7, 2014
Attack on school in Mosul, Iraq
Baghdad/Erbil, IRAQ, 8 June 2014 – UNICEF is horrified by reports from the northern Iraqi city of Mosul of multiple child casualties when a school was directly targeted by mortar…
READ MORECNN, June 6, 2014
Grisly scene in Iraq: ‘See these children? See what’s left from the mortar?’
Broken bodies of children. A dead mother. A wailing father.
READ MOREBBC, June 6, 2014
Iraq university hostages’ ordeal ends in Ramadi
Militants have stormed a university in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, briefly taking dozens of students and staff hostage before retreating under fire.
READ MOREGCPEA Press Release, June 5, 2014
Protecting Schools from Attack in Nigeria and Beyond: How to Support Community-Based Responses
Local knowledge and skills are crucial in the fight to protect students, educators, and schools from attack, said the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) in a new…
READ MOREMcClatchy DC, June 3, 2014
Radicals in Syria holding 150 students abducted on way to final exams
ISTANBUL — About 150 Kurdish students were kidnapped last week by the radical Islamist group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria…
READ MOREVoice of America, June 2, 2014
UNICEF Says Fighters Occupying South Sudan Schools
JUBA — United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) officials said Tuesday that men in uniform are occupying at least 30 schools in five different states in South Sudan…
READ MOREMay 29, 2014
GCPEA Joins 61 Organizations Calling on the US Government to Help Protect Education from Attack
Community letter on Nigeria abductions
READ MOREHuffington Post, May 27, 2014
Update from Nigeria: Launching the Safe Schools Initiative
The Safe Schools Initiative has been launched by the Nigerian government and international aid agencies with the aim of making schools more secure.
READ MOREUN News Centre, May 21, 2014
‘Act to Protect’: UN launches guide to preventing attacks against schools, hospitals
Guidance Note on Attacks against Schools and Hospitals
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