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Learning from Promising Practices in Refugee Education

Posted on 31 October 2017 by GEM Report

By Emma Wagner, Education in Emergencies Policy & Advocacy Adviser, Save the Children Earlier this year Save the Children, Pearson and UNHCR formed a new groundbreaking partnership to tackle the refugee education crisis. The Promising Practices in Refugee Education initiative … Continue reading →

Posted in Conflict, migration, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, innovation, migration, refugee education, refugees | 5 Comments

The Rohingya Children of Karachi

Posted on 2 October 2017 by GEM Report

By Baela Raza Jamil, CEO Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) “Oh Allah I seek Refuge from Being Unlettered, Undocumented and Vulnerable- please protect and enable me to reach my potential.” Areeba is a Rohingya belonging to a migrant family from Myanmar. Her ancestors … Continue reading →

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Losing out on learning: Action to ensure refugee children get an education

Posted on 21 September 2017 by GEM Report

By Joseph Nhan-O’Reilly, Head of Education Policy & Advocacy and Sébastien Hine, Education Research Adviser at Save the Children The world is now witnessing the highest levels of displacement on record. According to UNHCR, an unprecedented 65.6 million people around … Continue reading →

Posted in Conflict, emergencies, fragile states, refugees, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, conflict, peace, refugee, refugees | 5 Comments

Making the most of World Refugee Day

Posted on 20 June 2017 by GEM Report

It’s World Refugee Day, a vital moment for raising awareness of the challenges refugees face every day around the world. Refugees have existed since notions of empire and state took root: people who have been forcibly displaced from their home, … Continue reading →

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Educating refugees: Old ways of working aren’t good enough

Posted on 11 April 2017 by GEM Report

By Aaron Benavot, originally posted on Promising Practices for Refugee Education The plight of refugees is in the news every day, and not a moment too soon. Refugee children and adolescents suffer from having almost all of their rights taken … Continue reading →

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Share your views and contribute to the forthcoming 2019 GEM Report

Posted on 10 April 2017 by GEM Report

The 2019 GEM Report will look at the issue of migration and education, as approved by the GEM Report International Advisory Board in June 2016. Today we are launching an online consultation, and hope you will share your views to … Continue reading →

Posted in migration, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, 2019 gem report, education, immigrants, immigration, migration, refugees | 1 Comment

Crowd sourcing solutions to the challenges of refugee education

Posted on 28 March 2017 by GEM Report

By Joseph Nhan-O’Reilly, Head of Education Policy & Advocacy at Save the Children, Chair of the Global Book Alliance and a member of the Executive Committee of Education Cannot Wait. Last week, UNESCO headquarters in Paris was abuzz with policy … Continue reading →

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Learning on the run: using ICT for education in emergencies

Posted on 20 March 2017 by GEM Report

Natural disasters, extreme weather, bombings and protracted armed conflict can destroy schools and undermine the normalcy of school life. Given the complexity of how education is impacted by emergencies, innovative solutions are needed to ensure that disruption to education is … Continue reading →

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What it’s like teaching refugees in Malawi

Posted on 24 June 2016 by GEM Report

By Dede Buloba Everyone agrees that education is important in a refugee camp to help those who have had to drop out of school to move across borders. I can speak about this from my experience as refugee, now teaching … Continue reading →

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Building resilience and shaping futures: the UNRWA response to the education needs of Palestine refugees from Syria

Posted on 21 June 2016 by GEM Report

By Caroline Pontefract, Director of Education, UNRWA/UNESCO Education Programme Over the past 65 years, the UNRWA/UNESCO education programme has been providing quality and equitable learning opportunities for refugees, and is currently supporting 500,000 refugees in the Middle East despite the … Continue reading →