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Category Archives: Fragile States
Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
The Global Protection Cluster officially launched new standards for child protection in humanitarian settings on October 29th, 2012. Background: In some countries up to 1 child out of 4 suffers from abuse, exploitation, violence and neglect. Between 500 million and 1.5 … Continue reading
UN Women Sourcebook on Women, Peace and Security
Cross-posted from UN Women This brief sourcebook is a collection of cutting-edge resources intended to raise awareness, provoke policy, support training, advocacy and share lessons learned on implementation of the women, peace and security (WPS) agenda, including the UN Security … Continue reading
Posted in Fragile States, International Development, Peace, Peacebuilding, Women
Tagged Development, Fragile States, Peacebuilding, UN Women, United Nations, Women
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Stand with Malala on November 10th for girls’ education
The UN Special Envoy for Global Education declares November 10th a global day of action for Malala and 32 million girls more. On that day, one month following the assassination attempt, he will travel to Pakistan to deliver to President Zardari the million-plus … Continue reading
Posted in Child Protection, Education, Fragile States, Human Rights, International Development, Peace, Women
Tagged Education, Education First, Education For All, Fragile States, Girls' education, I am Malala, International Development, Malala Yousafzai, Peace, Petition, politics, United Nations, Violence against women
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Supporting Teachers in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States – Brookings: new report & event
Teachers living in situations of armed conflict, forced displacement, and state fragility risk their lives to be on the frontlines of educating children. Often they are the only educators present, working in difficult and dangerous conditions with little or no … Continue reading
Petition: “It’s Up to Us to Deliver for Malala,” UN Special Envoy for Global Education
UN Special Envoy for Global Education’s Petition: “We call on Pakistan to agree a plan to deliver education for every child. We call on all countries to outlaw discrimination against girls. We call on international organizations to ensure the world’s 61 million … Continue reading
A girl with a book…
Still thinking of Malala Yousafzai in Pakistan, a schoolgirl recently shot by the Taliban after advocating education for girls in her blog… Hope she will recover. If you want to know more about her, you can take a look at … Continue reading
Tina Robiolle, PhD 