Category Archives: Out-of-school children

Donor conference must deliver on the promise of education for Syria

Posted on 1 February 2016 by GEM Report

By Joseph Nhan-O’Reilly, Head of Education Policy & Advocacy at Save the Children UK. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Global Partnership for Education and Chair of the Board’s Strategy & Policy Committee. He is … Continue reading →

Posted in Conflict, Donors, fragile states, Human rights, Out-of-school children, syria | Tagged conflict, finance, syria, Target 4.a | Leave a comment

Can Africa afford free education?

Posted on 27 January 2016 by GEM Report

Today, BBC World Service is holding a debate in South Africa around the question ‘Can Africa afford free education?’, which we have been helping them answer. Inequality in education: poverty as a major factor. The new agenda calls for 12 … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Developing countries, Out-of-school children | Tagged SSA, target 4.1 | 7 Comments

The tangled web of conflict, climate change and education

Posted on 30 November 2015 by GEM Report

The recent attacks on Paris have put increased urgency on the conversations to happen at the 21st Conference of Parties or COP 21 taking place over the next couple of weeks. Because, increasingly so, arguments are being built around the … Continue reading →

Posted in Climate change, Equity, Marginalization, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Poverty, sdgs | Tagged target 4.7 | 8 Comments

School-Related Gender-Based Violence impedes gender equality

Posted on 25 November 2015 by GEM Report

Today marks the start of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign, coordinated by the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative. This year’s theme, From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World: Make Education Safe for All, … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Gender, Human rights, Learning, Out-of-school children, parity, SRGBV, Teachers, violence | Tagged #Target 4.5, SRGBV, Target 4.a | 4 Comments

Understanding context in Paraguay to promote gender equality

Posted on 5 November 2015 by GEM Report

Yesterday we held a Paris launch for our new report: Gender and EFA 2000-2015: Achievements and challenges. It was well attended by Ministers of Education from Niger, Paraguay, Morocco and Sweden, by the US Ambassador to UNESCO and the Director … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Equity, Gender, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, sdgs | Tagged #Target 4.5, paraguay | 3 Comments

Education 2030 Framework for Action: let’s get started

Posted on 4 November 2015 by Aaron Benavot

by Aaron Benavot and Manos Antoninis The Education 2030 Framework for Action was adopted today in a high level meeting alongside the 38th UNESCO General Conference. What is this document and what does it mean for our work over the … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, Africa, Basic education, Developed countries, Developing countries, Early childhood care and education, Economic growth, Finance, integrated development, Learning, Literacy, Marginalization, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, Pre-primary education, Primary school, Report, sdg, sdgs | Tagged development, education, education-2030, finance, primary education, SDGs, sustainable development, UNESCO | 11 Comments

A Data Revolution for Education 2030

Posted on 2 November 2015 by GEM Report

By Jordan Naidoo, Director of Education at UNESCO, and Sylvia Montoya, Director of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). The fourth Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) is a global dream about quality education for all children, youth and adults. But this ambitious … Continue reading →

Posted in Equality, Equity, Learning, Literacy, mdgs, Millennium Development Goals, Out-of-school children, parity, Post-2015 development framework, Poverty, Quality of education, sdg, sdgs | 7 Comments

Education cannot wait, and yet it always does

Posted on 23 October 2015 by GEM Report

For many years now there have been calls for greater attention to education in crisis situations from a multitude of advocacy organisations and influential spokespeople. Despite this noise, although there have been some indications of progress, there have been no … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Aid, Conflict, Developed countries, Developing countries, emergencies, Finance, fragile states, Literacy, Out-of-school children, refugees, syria | Tagged afghanistan, conflict, Finance, humanitarian aid, iraq, refugees, syria, Target 4.a | 4 Comments

Don’t be gender blind. Take a moment to understand gender gaps in education.

Posted on 13 October 2015 by Kate Redman

It may surprise many that, in global terms, girls make up just 52% of out of primary school age children. At the secondary level there are actually fewer girls out of school than boys. When averaging out the gender parity … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, Africa, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Equality, Equity, Gender, Latin America, Learning, Out-of-school children, parity, Post-2015 development framework, Primary school, Quality of education, Secondary school | Tagged #Target 4.5, Gender, gender. equality | 5 Comments

Are We Ready for the new Sustainable Development Goals?

Posted on 22 September 2015 by GEM Report

By Alice Albright, Chief Executive Officer of the Global Partnership for Education. This blog is part of a series of last minute reflections before a new education goal is set in stone. For several years now, we in the development … Continue reading →