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Bringing the international education community together
By Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education, UNESCO As 2019 draws to a close and prompted by my colleague Julia Gillard’s recent blog, I would like to share my reflections on how to strengthen our collective action for accelerating progress … Continue reading
What we do in Heraklion to accomplish integration through education
By Nikolaos Angelakis, Deputy Mayor for Education, Longlife Learning and Youth Issues Heraklion, our city, aims to become a learning, smart, cohesive city – a meeting place of “5+1 cultures”. That’s why we have created “The Local Strategic Plan for … Continue reading
Posted in Adult education, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized
Tagged cities, Heraklion, Learning Cities, lifelong learning, migration, Target 4.4
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Internal Migration and Education in Egypt: Migrating to Opportunity?
This blog is written by Caroline Krafft, Adriana Cortes Mendosa, and Skylah Thao, equal co-authors of a background paper for the new Arab States 2019 GEM Report. Internal migration, i.e. people moving within a country’s borders, can, potentially, either improve … Continue reading
Posted in Arab States, immigrant, immigration, migrant, migration, Uncategorized
Tagged 2019 gem report, Arab States, arab states 2019, Egypt, immigration, internal migration, migrants, migration
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10 students with a disability talk about the difficulties of accessing inclusive education in the USA
“Being disabled, for many of us, means the end to any hopes of pursuing an education”, said Ashley Cowan D’Ambrosio, a Master of Arts student at the City University of New York with multiple disabilities, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder … Continue reading
Posted in disability, Inclusion, Uncategorized
Tagged 2020 GEM Report, disabilities, disability, Inclusion, inclusive education, target 4.7
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Pregnant girls must be supported in attending school
In October, Sierra Leone’s government issued a clarification to its 2015 policy that barred pregnant girls from attending school. Sadly, the clarification only reaffirms the government’s position. Based on erroneous perceptions that ‘pregnant girls have the potential to negatively influence … Continue reading
Benefits and challenges of refugee inclusion: Lessons from Lebanon
By Elizabeth Adelman, Vidur Chopra, and Sarah Dryden-Peterson, equal co-authors of a background paper for the Arab States 2019 GEM Report on double-shift schools in Lebanon At 1.30 pm on a balmy October afternoon in Beirut, 12-year old Nour and … Continue reading
Cities need to pull their weight in using education to help migrants and refugees feel included
Today the GEM Report released its 40th policy paper ahead of the UNHCR Global Refugee Forum next month to mark the one-year anniversary of the Global Compact on Refugees. The paper highlights the increasingly important role of cities using education … Continue reading
Leveraging technology to tackle the migrant education crisis in the Arab States
By Nafez Dakkak, Executive Chairman of Edraak at the Queen Rania Foundation Samia was 10 when she left her home for the first time and became a refugee. She was just about to enter 5th grade. Forcefully displaced from her … Continue reading
Fixing the Past: Conflict, Displacement and Education in Iraq
By Alison Oswald, author of a background paper on Iraq for the Arab States 2019 GEM Report on migration, displacement and education Last month four thousand children went to register for the new school year in Hamam al Alil Camp … Continue reading
Countries must urgently protect the right to education of migrants and refugees in the Arab States
The first regional edition of the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report published by UNESCO was launched this morning at the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE). The Arab States Migration, displacement and education: Building bridges, not walls Report analyses the … Continue reading
