Category Archives: refugees

Virtually Educated: The Case for and Conundrum of Online Higher Education for Refugees

Posted on 24 May 2016 by GEM Report

by Martha K. Ferede, Consultant GEM Report, Lecturer in International and Comparative Higher Education, Sciences-Po In addition to increased provision of primary and secondary schooling, refugees also need pathways into accredited tertiary education programs. As was highlighted in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, Arab States, Conflict, Developed countries, Developing countries, fragile states, refugees, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, syria, teaching, Uncategorized, united nations, violence, Youth | Tagged #Target 4.5, refugees, Target 4.3 | 12 Comments

Humanitarian aid: education’s double disadvantage

Posted on 23 May 2016 by GEM Report

The GEM Report’s recent paper on trends of aid to education shows how education remains an under-prioritised and underfunded sector of humanitarian aid. Humanitarian aid makes up only a small share of the external financing that countries receive for education. … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, Conflict, Finance, fragile states, Primary school, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized, united nations, violence | Tagged #Target 4.5, conflict, finance, humanitarian aid, Target 4.a | 1 Comment

No more excuses. Provide education to all forcibly displaced people

Posted on 20 May 2016 by GEM Report

By the GEM Report and the UNHCR Education Section Days before the World Humanitarian Summit, we have jointly released a new policy paper, ‘No more excuses’, with new data showing that only 50% of refugee children are in primary school … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Arab States, Child soldiers, Conflict, data, Developing countries, Disaster preparedness, Equality, fragile states, Human rights, immigration, Legislation, Out-of-school children, Primary school, Quality of education, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, sdgs, syria, Uncategorized, violence | Tagged #Target 4.5, refugees | 6 Comments

Big hopes for education, and yet more big targets at the World Humanitarian Summit

Posted on 11 February 2016 by GEM Report

The UN Secretary-General’s Report, One Humanity: Shared Responsibility, was released yesterday for the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul this May. It contains calls for reform in humanitarian aid architecture that could change lives for millions if taken at their word. … Continue reading →

Posted in Finance, Human rights, Out-of-school children, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized | Tagged conflict, finance, humanitarian aid, Target 4.a | 1 Comment

Syria? Education?

Posted on 3 February 2016 by GEM Report

It’s not news that calls for funds for education in humanitarian situations are left unmet, but it doesn’t fail to shock when the actual figures are laid bare. Syria, which no one can deny is in dire need of assistance, … Continue reading →

Posted in Arab States, Conflict, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, syria | Tagged conflict, finance, humanitarian aid, syria, Target 4.a | 4 Comments

Education is indispensable in strengthening the bonds that hold communities and societies together.

Posted on 16 November 2015 by GEM Report

The GMR is based at UNESCO headquarters in Paris and, while none of the Report team was directly affected by the weekend’s tragic events, a black mark has been left on us all. The impact is felt even more as … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, Africa, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Citizenship, Conflict, Equality, Equity, fragile states, immigration, Marginalization, refugees, school violence, sdg, sdgs, Skills, Sustainable development | Tagged target 4.7 | 4 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

Educating migrants will be the first SDG challenge for rich countries

Posted on 2 October 2015 by GEM Report

It is impossible to turn a blind eye to the arrival of so many hundreds of thousands of migrants* into Europe recently. According to Save the Children, this includes the highest number of child migrants seen since the end of … Continue reading →