Tag Archives: Education For All

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

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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

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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

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Peace Education in Fragile States: A Hope for the Future

Here is a new post in Africa Up Close about school-based peace education in Burundi and the latest developement in the field of peace education:

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Now available: “Youth and Skills: Putting Education to Work” / the 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report

The 10th Education for All Global Monitoring Report, “Youth and Skills: Putting Education to Work”  shows how vital it is to ensure that all young people have the skills they need to prosper. But across the world, 200 million young … Continue reading

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