Category Archives: Millennium Development Goals

How to reduce poverty’s impact on education

Posted on 16 October 2011 by Hans Botnen Eide

Français | Español On October 17, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, it’s worth remembering that progress in fighting poverty is inextricably linked with progress in achieving education for all. Although poverty continues to decline in many countries, … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Aid, Basic education, Developing countries, Early childhood care and education, Equality, Finance, Health, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Poverty, Teachers | 24 Comments

What’s in a name? Rebranding the EFA Fast Track Initiative

Posted on 28 September 2011 by Pauline Rose

Français | Español By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report While world leaders were gathering at the United Nations General Assembly in New York last week, an event on the sidelines signalled a change that … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Aid, Basic education, Conflict, Developing countries, Donors, Finance, Governance, Innovative financing, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children | 2 Comments

Education needs to be protected by law

Posted on 22 July 2011 by Andrew Johnston

Français | Español Human Rights Watch has supplied further momentum to the growing movement to protect education during conflicts, by pointing out the gap between global and national legal protections. Governments should explicitly outlaw attacks on schools and curtail their … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Conflict, Legislation, Millennium Development Goals, Refugees and displaced people | 3 Comments

Education for security and development

Posted on 30 May 2011 by EFA Editor

Français | Español | العربية By Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan To mark the launch in Amman, Jordan, of the Arabic edition of the 2011 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, The hidden crisis: Armed conflict and … Continue reading →

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

A week of global action for girls’ and women’s education

Posted on 1 May 2011 by EFA Editor

Français | Español The Global Monitoring Report team is joining forces with UNESCO’s network of field offices to mark this year’s Education for All Global Action Week (May 2-8), which focuses on girls’ and women’s education. In 2000, governments pledged … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic education, Conflict, Developing countries, Gender, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Sexual violence | 4 Comments

Hard lessons in the world’s largest refugee complex

Posted on 29 March 2011 by EFA Editor

Français | Español Somali refugees’ struggle for education in the Dadaab camps in northeastern Kenya, which we focused on in a post earlier this month, comes under the spotlight in an article from IRIN that builds on the findings of … Continue reading →

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

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