Category Archives: Conflict

How donors betray children’s hopes in conflict zones

Posted on 18 March 2011 by EFA Editor

Français | Español By Sarah Press, Education Thematic Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for Save the Children (UK) If you wanted to put names and faces to the million of forgotten children in the world, you might … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Basic education, Conflict, Developing countries, Donors, Human rights, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Poverty, Primary school, Refugees and displaced people | 2 Comments

For refugees in Kenya, ‘education is the only thing we can take home’

Posted on 15 March 2011 by Pauline Rose

Français | Español By Pauline Rose, senior policy analyst, Education for All Global Monitoring Report In many ways, Kenya is an example of an African success story in education. According to the 2011 EFA Global Monitoring Report, growth in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Basic education, Conflict, Developing countries, Donors, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Refugees and displaced people | Tagged , | 6 Comments

Pakistan declares ‘education emergency’

Posted on 10 March 2011 by EFA Editor

Français | Español Kicking off a campaign aimed at making March “the month that Pakistan talks about only two things: education and cricket”, a government commission has painted a damning picture of the country’s education system, whose poor progress towards global … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Conflict, Developing countries, Finance, Governance, Legislation, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Primary school | 16 Comments

Millions of girls are still missing out on school

Posted on 8 March 2011 by EFA Editor

Français | Español As the world marks the 100th anniversary today of International Women’s Day, it’s worth having a look at what progress has been made towards improving education for women and girls since the global community adopted the Education for … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Conflict, Developing countries, Gender, Human rights, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Poverty | 2 Comments

Budget cuts, aid and American national security

Posted on 2 March 2011 by Kevin Watkins

Français | Español  By Kevin Watkins, director, Education for All Global Monitoring Report There’s nothing quite like a fiscal crisis to secure the triumph of short-termism over the long-term national interest. The United States stands to gain a great deal from … Continue reading →

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Aid donors get an F for education

Posted on 2 March 2011 by Kevin Watkins

Français | Español Poor people understand the power of education to transform lives – yet education receives just 2% of humanitarian aid By Kevin Watkins, director, Education for All Global Monitoring Report If you want to see iron resolve in action, … Continue reading →

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THE HIDDEN CRISIS: ARMED CONFLICT AND EDUCATION

Posted on 1 March 2011 by EFA Editor

Français | Español | العربية The 2011 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, The hidden crisis: Armed conflict and education, is launched today at 10 a.m. in New York by Irina Bokova, director-general of UNESCO, with simultaneous launches in a dozen other locations, … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Basic education, Conflict, Developing countries, Donors, Human rights, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Poverty, Refugees and displaced people, Sexual violence | 4 Comments

Rape in war zones takes huge toll on education

Posted on 25 February 2011 by EFA Editor

Français | Español The 2011 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, to be launched on March 1, warns that rape and other sexual violence are depriving millions of children of an education by keeping them in a climate of terror. … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Conflict, Developing countries, Human rights, Out-of-school children, Sexual violence | 1 Comment

When schools become battlegrounds

Posted on 18 February 2011 by EFA Editor

Français | Español | العربية Two studies released this week highlight the grim reality that is increasingly dominating conflict zones – and taking a terrible toll on education, as we describe in the forthcoming 2011 Education for All Global Monitoring … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Child soldiers, Conflict, Developing countries, Out-of-school children, Poverty, Refugees and displaced people | 1 Comment

Education and conflict in Côte d’Ivoire: a deadly spiral

Posted on 16 February 2011 by EFA Editor

Français | Español | العربية The political upheaval in Côte d’Ivoire is taking a heavy toll on education, especially in the north, illustrating starkly the devastating impact conflict can have on learning opportunities – and the vicious circle in which … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Conflict, Developing countries, Ethnicity | 2 Comments