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Education Cannot Wait (ECW), August 15, 2023

Two Years On: Afghan Girls’ Call from the Heart to Claim their Right to Education Rings Out Louder Than Ever

Two years after the de facto Taliban authorities took power in Afghanistan and subsequently banned girls’ access to secondary and tertiary education, Education Cannot Wait (ECW) – the United Nations global fund…

New Lines Institute, August 2, 2023

The Path to Reconstructing Education in Yemen

https://soundcloud.com/newlinesinstitute/the-path-to-reconstructing-education-in-yemen?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing In the latest Contours episode, host Carolyn Moorman sits down with experts Jerome Marston, Katherine Zimmerman, and Alexander Kochenburger to dive into the Yemeni civil war’s effects on Yemen’s…

Alexander Kochenburger, New Lines Institute, July 12, 2023

Rebuilding for the Future:  A Spatial Analysis of Education Reconstruction in Yemen  

As Yemen’s conflict enters its ninth year, a protracted cease-fire within the country and a recent normalization in relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran (the conflict’s main external sponsors) have…

GCPEA, May 24, 2023

PoC Week Side-Event: Education in Armed Conflict: Protection, Prevention and Access

The Guardian, March 30, 2023

Egyptian army has turned Sinai schools into military bases, says rights group

Egyptian forces have taken over 37 schools and transformed them into military bases while dozens more have been destroyed during a 10-year war with militants in Sinai, a rights group…

GCPEA, December 21, 2022

GCPEA News: Highlights of 2022

A student stands at a desk in a classroom of a school in Chernihiv, Ukraine, that was destroyed by bombing in March 2022. © UNICEF/UN0726022/Ibarra Sánchez Tragically, attacks by armed forces…

Human Rights Watch, November 2, 2022

Somalia Reeling from Devastating Attack on Education Ministry

On the afternoon of October 29, residents of Mogadishu were once again hit by a devastating attack in a crowded and bustling area of Somalia’s capital. The double car bombings…

Human Rights Watch, October 20, 2022

Ukraine: Russian Forces Tortured Izium Detainees

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOH2DMFFjmM&t=3s (Kyiv, October 19, 2022) – Russian forces and others operating under their command routinely tortured detainees during their six-month occupation of Izium, a city in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine, Human…

UN OHCHR, October 13, 2022

Children have specific rights and should be protected at all times, UN experts

GENEVA/NEW YORK/VIENNA (6 October 2022) –  With pandemics, complex humanitarian emergencies, and extreme climate-related crises posing significant global challenges, UN rights experts* remind all States that children are full human rights…

United Nations, October 3, 2022

Security Council Press Statement on Attack against Educational Centre in Kabul

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Nicolas de Rivière (France): The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the horrendous terrorist…

United Nations, October 3, 2022

Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Attack on Educational Centre in Afghanistan

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres: The Secretary-General strongly condemns today’s heinous attack on an educational centre in the Dasht-e-Barchi area of…

Human Rights Watch, October 3, 2022

Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan Conflict Leaves Children without Education

Kayirgul is a bright 9-year-old elementary school student from Ak-Sai village in southern Kyrgyzstan. Her village was one of the ten impacted during violent clashes on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in mid-September. She…

UNICEF, September 30, 2022

UNICEF statement on attack on Kaaj Educational Center, Dasht-e-Barchi, West Kabul, Afghanistan

KABUL, 30 September 2022 – “UNICEF is appalled by the horrific attack, early this morning, inside the Kaaj Educational Center in the Dasht-e-Barchi district of West Kabul, Afghanistan. This heinous act…

UNICEF, September 30, 2022

UNICEF condemns attack on school in Koya, Kurdistan Region of Iraq and calls on all parties to respect the Safe Schools Declaration

BAGHDAD, 28 September 2022- “UNICEF abhors and condemns the attack which impacted a school today in a refugee settlement in Koya, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.  “At least two children…

Daily Trust, September 15, 2022

International Day to Protect Education: Why States Must Implement Safe Schools Declaration

“It is better to stay alive at home than to be in the hands of the terrorists while seeking education,” said Maryam Wavi, one of the survivors of the over…

UN Chronicle, September 15, 2022

Let’s Recommit to Protecting Students, Educators, and Schools from Attack

On 8 May 2021, a barbaric attack targeting students at the Sayed ul-Shuhada high school in Afghanistan killed 85 people, 42 of them girls, and injured more than 200. Zakia,…

Al Jazeera, September 15, 2022

Ms. Maleiha Malik Al Jazeera Interview

Ms. Maleiha Malik, Executive Director, Protect Education in Insecurity and Conflict (PEIC) a project of Education Above All (EAA) interview with Al Jazeera in commemoration of the International Day to…

Education Cannot Wait (ECW), September 12, 2022

We Must Unite to Protect Education From Attack

Statement by ECW Director Yasmine Sherif Statement on International Day to Protect Education from Attack – 9 September 2022 Schools, students and teachers continue to be targeted and attacked in…

Inter Press Service, June 1, 2022

Ukraine Points Up the Threat to Education During War

Over 1,800 schools and universities have been damaged or destroyed since Russia’s invasion on February 24, according to Ukraine’s Education Ministry. Credit: UNICEF NEW YORK, Jun 1 2022 (IPS) – Conflict…

Save the Children, May 11, 2022

Save the Children condemns school attack in Ukraine

DNIPRO, 9 MAY 2022 – Save the Children strongly condemns the reported bombing of a school in Luhansk, Ukraine, believed to be sheltering 90 civilians, including children in its bunker. While…