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Education Under Attack: 2014 Report

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Tina Robiolle

The Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack just released a study that identifies 70 countries where attacks occurred between 2009 and 2012, including 30 where there was a pattern of deliberate attacks: Education Under Attack 2014 is a global study that charts the … Continue reading →

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Unlearning Violence: Evidence and Policies for Early Childhood Development and Peace

Posted on January 25, 2014 by Tina Robiolle

The World Peace Foundation is organizing an exciting conference on February 13 & 14, 2014, at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy – Tufts University. There is no cost to attend, registration is filling fast: interested individuals can obtain more … Continue reading →

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The State of the World’s Girls 2013 – “In Double Jeopardy: Adolescent Girls and Disasters”

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Tina Robiolle

Plan’s annual report on the world’s girls investigates what happens to adolescent girls in disasters, and how to better protect girls’ rights and well-being. Plan International just released the seventh report in its annual State of the World’s Girls series. In Double … Continue reading →

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UN Education First Initiative one year on: Education cannot wait

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Tina Robiolle

Today, we are celebrating the first-year anniversary of the UN Global Education First initiative launched by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon in September 2012. Around the same time last year, over 20 government and global humanitarian, development and education leaders representing … Continue reading →

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Working to end gender-based violence at school: new report

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Tina Robiolle

Worldwide, 66 million girls are missing out on an education. This new Plan International report, A girl’s right to learn without fear, focuses on one of the major barriers girls face: gender-based violence – sexual, physical and psychological –in and … Continue reading →

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