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A World At School, July 8, 2014
Nigerian police stop car bomber’s attempt to blow up school
Students taking an exam at a secondary school in Nigeria survived an attempt to blow them up using a car laden with explosives.
READ MOREChannel NewsAsia, July 4, 2014
Mob burns school in riot-hit Myanmar city
MANDALAY, Myanmar: Muslims in Myanmar’s second-largest city accused police on Saturday of standing by as a Buddhist mob went on a rampage, torching a school and other buildings.
READ MOREGCPEA Press Release, July 4, 2014
Attacks on Schools Commonplace in Conflicts Around the World: UNSG Report
The UN Secretary-General’s report released on July 1st confirms findings that attacks on education are a deliberate tactic in most armed conflicts worldwide, said GCPEA.
READ MOREBangkok Post, July 3, 2014
Gunmen fire on Narathiwat school
Gunmen opened fire at police guarding students and teachers during the morning national anthem at a school in the southern border province of Narathiwat on Thursday morning. Fortunately, no one…
READ MOREHuffington Post, July 1, 2014
Schools Should Be Safe Havens and Places of Learning Not Theaters of War
Nigerian Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, will formally launch the Safe Schools Initiative at a meeting of British Members of Parliament.
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, July 1, 2014
UN: Report Shames Wartime Abusers of Children
(Geneva, July 1, 2014) – All parties implicated in a new United Nations’ report about abuses of children during armed conflict should call an immediate halt to these crimes, Human…
READ MOREOffice of the Special Representative of the Secretary General for Children and Armed Conflict, July 1, 2014
Secretary-General’s Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict Documents Continued Child Suffering in 23 Conflict Situations
New York, 1 July – In 2013, children were recruited and used, killed and maimed, victims of sexual violence and other grave violations in 23 conflict situations around the world.
READ MORERadio 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.
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