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Category Archives: Conflict
Forced to flee – and deprived of a decent education
Français | Español | العربية When conflict forces people to flee their homes, the chances of their children getting a decent education suffer a huge blow, our new report finds. The 2011 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, to be launched on … Continue reading
Education doesn’t save lives, so why should we care?
Français | Español The hidden crisis: Armed conflict and education, the 2011 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, will be launched on March 1. Patricia Justino, a member of the report’s Conflict Advisory Group, looks at the long-term harm that results … Continue reading
Southern Sudanese pin their hopes on education
Français | Español | العربية Southern Sudan’s referendum on independence this week is focusing international attention on one of the world’s poorest regions – and its dire education needs. Thousands of southerners have been returning home to from the north and … Continue reading
‘Lest we forget’: Child soldiers and Armistice Day
Français | Español Every year on November 11, many people commemorate those who died in the First World War and conflicts since. ‘Lest we forget,’ the phrase that sums up the spirit behind such commemorations, urges us not only to remember … Continue reading
‘Lies, damn lies and statistics’
By Leila Loupis, communications manager, Education for All Global Monitoring Report Français | Español ‘Lies, damned lies and statistics’ – one of Mark Twain’s favourite lines, even if he didn’t coin it himself – may not have been heard much at … Continue reading
When teachers are in the front line
Each year, World Teachers’ Day on October 5 is an opportunity to pay homage to teachers and the vital role they play in efforts to reach global education goals. This year the celebrations highlight teachers’ contribution to recovery from crises … Continue reading
Posted in Basic education, Citizenship, Conflict, Democracy, Developing countries, Teachers
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Too little, too late: the cost of aid delays
Lives are being lost needlessly because of an aid system that favours crisis response over prevention By Kevin Watkins, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report from The Guardian, August 2, 2010 Last year, a militia attacked 12-year-old … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, Conflict, Developing countries, Donors, Marginalization
Tagged finance, humanitarian aid
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Education can’t wait till the war is over
By Pauline Rose, senior policy analyst, Education for All Global Monitoring Report team Recently I visited the huge refugee camps around Dadaab, Kenya, where more than 250,000 Somalis shelter from the war ravaging their country. In one camp, schoolboys said … Continue reading
Out of conflict and into school – in two minutes
In a snappy YouTube clip, Katy Webley, head of education at Save the Children, spells out the lessons that her organisation has learned from its Rewrite the Future campaign, including the message that “Education must become part of emergency responses, … Continue reading
George Weah: “There is nothing as important as education”
In a powerful comment article in The Guardian, George Weah backs 1Goal, the campaign to ensure that education for all is a lasting impact of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Weah, the first African soccer player to have been named … Continue reading
