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Tag Archives: Education
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
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:
Posted in Africa, Child Protection, Education, Peace Education, Peacebuilding
Tagged ban ki moon, Burundi, Education, Education For All, peace education, UNESCO, UNICEF, United Nations
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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
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launches UN’s Education First Initiative
On September 26, 2012, in the margins of the 67th session of the U.N. General Assembly, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon officially launched U.N.’s Education First initiative. The U.N. Secretary-General secured over US$1.5 billion in commitments for this initiative. The main … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Peace Education
Tagged ban ki moon, Development, Education, Human Rights, peace education, United Nations
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Half the Sky: Turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide | Brown University News and Events
Nicholas Kristof, the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the New York Times, visited Brown University on Thursday, Oct. 11, 2012, to give an evening lecture on his book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, which he co-authored … Continue reading
Posted in Education, International Development, Women
Tagged Development, Education, Girls' education, Half the Sky, Human Rights, Women
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Tina Robiolle, PhD 