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      All students and educators, and schools and universities, are protected from attacks during armed conflict, including through prevention and response measures.
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      To protect education from attack through advocacy that leverages the strengths of our diverse membership.
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The Problem
- - - Attacks on education occur in many countries affected by armed conflict, insecurity, and weak systems of human rights protections or political pluralism. Schools and universities should be safe havens where students and educators can work toward a better future. Instead, in at least 37 countries globally, there is a pattern of attacks on education by state security forces and non-state armed groups.
What We Do
- - - The Safe Schools Declaration
      
      An inter-governmental political commitment to protect students, teachers, schools, and universities from the worst effects of armed conflict.
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    - Education under Attack
      
      The GCPEA flagship report profiling 28 countries that experienced at least 10 attacks on education over the past 2 years.
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Resources
- - - Latest GCPEA Publication
    - Practical Impact of the Safe Schools Declaration Fact Sheet, Second Edition
      
      GCPEA, 2025
      
      Safe Schools Declaration
      
      Available in: English
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  - - Latest Multimedia
    - Entretien de la GCPEA avec BBC News Afrique
      
      Le Journal – 16 Septembre 2024 https://www.bbc.com/afrique/bbc_afrique_radio/w172zn6cgkp040k [9:34 – 14:59]
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    - Spotlighting Attacks on Education in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
      
      GCPEA, July 23, 2025
      
      As the escalation of hostilities in Gaza and the West Bank reaches its 21st month, the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) and Save the Children, with the…
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Save the Children Publication

The War on Children

Save the Children, 2018

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