Category Archives: Human rights

Will boys and girls have equal access to education in 2015?

Posted on 23 August 2012 by Pauline Rose

By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report As the 2015 deadline draws near, is the world on track to give its boys and girls the same chance to get a good education? This week we … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Arab States, Gender, Human rights, Literacy, Primary school, Secondary school, Skills | Tagged , | 4 Comments

Telling the truth and shaping a vision for education

Posted on 21 June 2012 by Kevin Watkins

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report, we have invited the Report’s previous directors to share their views on progress and prospects for Education for All. By Kevin Watkins Was it really three years? When I … Continue reading →

Posted in Conflict, Early childhood care and education, Equality, Equity, Gender, Governance, Human rights, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Quality of education, Skills | Tagged | 3 Comments

BRIEFLY: 200 million children denied their right to early childhood care and education

Posted on 27 April 2012 by Hans Botnen Eide

To mark Education for All Global Action Week, the Global Campaign for Education is launching a report today that considers early childhood care and education – the focus of the week – from the point of view of human rights. … Continue reading →

Posted in Donors, Early childhood care and education, Equity, Human rights, Pre-primary education | Tagged | Leave a comment

Education as a way out of exploitation

Posted on 12 April 2012 by Hans Botnen Eide

A new video and an accompanying article released by UNICEF about education in northern Benin turn the spotlight on child labour, child trafficking and other factors that rob children of their right to education. As we will discuss in our … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Developing countries, Human rights, Marginalization, Out-of-school children, Poverty | 2 Comments

BRIEFLY: Attacks in Nigeria leave thousands without schools

Posted on 30 March 2012 by Hans Botnen Eide

One common impact of conflict on education – which we noted in the 2011 Education for all Global Monitoring Report – is the tendency for armed groups to attack schools. Since the beginning of this year, the Islamist group Boko … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Conflict, Human rights | 3 Comments

Ensuring education for Syrian refugee children

Posted on 27 March 2012 by Hans Botnen Eide

The continuing conflict in Syria is taking a heavy toll on education, as thousands of Syrian families take their children out of school and flee across the border to seek refuge. Recognizing their needs, the United Nations and its humanitarian … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Arab States, Conflict, Donors, Human rights, Refugees and displaced people | 4 Comments

Justice for children: Lubanga and Kony are only the tip of the iceberg

Posted on 14 March 2012 by Pauline Rose

By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report The widespread use of child soldiers – whose damaging effects on education we examined in the 2011 Global Monitoring Report  – came under the global spotlight for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Child soldiers, Conflict, Human rights, Out-of-school children, Sexual violence | 3 Comments

‘The future we want’ post-2015: Sustainable development goals

Posted on 26 January 2012 by Pauline Rose

By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report In his speech to the General Assembly this week, the United Nations secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, presented his action agenda for the next five years. His speech highlighted many … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Climate change, Democracy, Developing countries, Economic growth, Employment, Governance, Human rights, Millennium Development Goals, Poverty, Reproductive health, Sustainable development | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Dinos lo que piensas sobre la necesidad de adquirir competencias

Posted on 22 December 2011 by GEM Report

Acabamos de lanzar  el blog denominado Jóvenes, Competencias y Trabajo donde los jóvenes pueden expresar sus ideas sobre las destrezas que se necesitan para tener un trabajo decente.  Jóvenes, Competencias y Trabajo es un espacio abierto para los jóvenes del … Continue reading →

Posted in Developed countries, Developing countries, Employment, Equality, Equity, Ethnicity, Gender, Human rights, Marginalization, Skills, Training | 1 Comment

Dites nous! De quelles compétences ont besoin les jeunes?

Posted on 22 December 2011 by GEM Report

Nous venons de lancer notre nouveau blog « Youth, Skills & Work »  (jeunesse, compétences et le monde du travail), une plateforme pour les jeunes qui souhaitent échanger leurs points de vue sur le niveau d’éducation et les compétences nécessaires … Continue reading →

Posted in Developed countries, Developing countries, Employment, Equality, Equity, Ethnicity, Gender, Human rights, Marginalization, Skills, Training | 1 Comment