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Tag Archives: Inclusion
New 2019 GEM Report shows insufficient progress including migrants and refugees in national education systems
Launched at events across five continents today, the new Global Education Monitoring Report, Building Bridges, not Walls shows that progress is insufficient in providing an inclusive education for migrants, refugees or other displaced people. Migration and displacement affect education. … Continue reading
Posted in Conflict, Equality, Equity, immigration, migration, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, 2019 gem report, global compact for migration, global compact for refugees, immigrant, Inclusion, inclusive education, leave no one behind, migrants, migration, refugee education, refugees, SDG 4
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A teacher hero – making home-made desks for refugee children with disabilities
Rahman Hamdan is a teacher in an UNRWA school in Gaza who has made desks and chairs for children with disabilities. Often, physical barriers are enough for a child living with a disability to be turned away or to feel … Continue reading
Posted in Inclusion, Refugees and displaced people, Teachers, Uncategorized
Tagged 2020 GEM Report, disabilities, Inclusion, refugee education, refugees, teaching
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Radwan: “My school said ‘We don’t want wheelchairs any more’”
Almost every country around the world has ratified the right to education, but yet many schools either refuse to enrol children with disabilities or are ill-equipped to cope with their needs. A recent report by Human Rights Watch which looked … Continue reading
Posted in Inclusion, right to education, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, 2020 GEM Report, disabilities, disability, Inclusion, right to education
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‘I feel left behind’ says Fred, a blind student from Malawi
Fred is a thirteen year old boy attending a primary school in Malawi, which is supported by Save the Children. His story is one of many who are living with a disability and are coping with the challenges that this … Continue reading
Posted in Inclusion, right to education, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, 2020 GEM Report, Inclusion, right to education
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10 messages and 10 recommendations on disability and education
Timed to coincide with next week’s Global Disability Summit co-hosted by United Kingdom Department for International Development, the Government of Kenya and the International Disability Alliance, we have produced a summary of content related to disability and education from our … Continue reading
Posted in Inclusion, right to education, Uncategorized
Tagged 2020 GEM Report, Inclusion, inclusive education
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Join the online consultation for the 2020 GEM Report on inclusion and education
Following previous GEM reports on education and the other SDGs (2016), accountability (2017/8), and migration and displacement (2019), the 2020 GEM Report will focus on inclusion. An online consultation opened this morning for the Report and will run for eight … Continue reading
Posted in Inclusion, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, 2020 GEM Report, Inclusion, inclusive education
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Everyone benefits from diversity on campus – why the problem with affirmative action?
This week, affirmative action has been making the headlines in the United States. First introduced by President Kennedy in 1961, the policy was designed to ensure non-discrimination in university enrollment. Although originally some universities used strict quotas to admit a … Continue reading
Learning InEquality: An equality law approach to Education for All
Camilla Alonzo, Legal and Programmes Officer, Equal Rights Trust, an independent international organisation whose objective is to combat discrimination and advance equality as a fundamental human rights and a basic principle of social justice The statistics regarding the number of … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Inclusion, right to education, Sustainable development, Uncategorized
Tagged access, equality, Inclusion, inequality
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Having a disability shouldn’t affect your access to education
Everyone has the right to education but for some people accessing this education is far harder than it should be. Marking December 3, which is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we are focusing on some of the barriers … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Equity, Human rights, Inclusion, legal rights, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, 2020 GEM Report, disability, equality, equity, Inclusion, inclusive education, inequality
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