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10 years of conflict: how Theirworld has supported the rights of Syrian children to education Format A decade after civil war broke out, we highlight some of our reports, campaigning and projects with partners that have helped to keep the plight of refugee children in the spotlight. By 2013 - just two years after the Syria conflict erupted - hundreds of thousands of children had fled with their families to neighbouring countries. Very few of them were in school. The world was barely beginning t...

>> Adam Rasgon Published: 12 Mar 2021 12:52 PM BdST Updated: 12 Mar 2021 12:52 PM BdST The partially-completed boys school in the West Bank village of Jaba, near Bethlehem, March 3, 2021. The New York Times Hamam al-Tos, who hopes to study mechanical engineering in Turkey, works in his fathers shop in the West Bank village of Jaba, near Bethlehem, March 5, 2021. The New York Times When Joe Biden was elected president, residents of the tiny hilltop village of Jaba in the occupied West Bank ...

‘We hope Biden will find a way to rectify the cruel decision to halt funding to the school’

One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, emergency education programmes supported by Education Cannot Wait are providing hope and protection to girls and boys in over 30 emergencies and protracted crises world-wide NEW YORK, Mar 11 2021 - As the world marks the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic on 11 March 2021, initial progress reports on Education Cannot Wait’s (ECW) COVID-19 emergency responses to date show that the Fund and its partners have already reached over 9 million vulnerab...

COVID-19 education response: Education Cannot Wait and partners reach over 9 million vulnerable children and youth Format One year into the COVID-19 pandemic, emergency education programmes supported by Education Cannot Wait are providing hope and protection to girls and boys in over 30 emergencies and protracted crises world-wide 10 March 2021, New York - As the world marks the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic on 11 March 2021, initial progress reports on Education Cannot Waits (E...

Minister of Education, UNICEF and partners launch 3-year Education Cannot Wait programme in Peru Format ** Lima, March 2021.-****“On behalf of the Government of Peru, I would like to thank the commitment of the United Nations, partner governments such as Canada and civil society organizations for working together on the challenges we face in education, especially those that involve the most disadvantaged children and adolescents, such as migrants“, with these words, Peru´s Minister of Educ...

Education Cannot Wait announces US$1 million grant to UNHCR in support of forcibly displaced and host-community children in Niger Format ECW’s First Emergency Response grant will reach over 6,000 girls and boys in the ****Tillabéri and Tahoua regions of Niger with expanded COVID-19 prevention measures, new classrooms and integrated educational support 9 March 2021, New York – The education system in Niger faces major challenges: COVID-19, climate change, insecurity, armed attacks on school...

The following opinion piece is part of series to mark the upcoming International Women’s Day, March 8. NEW YORK, Mar 7 2021 (IPS) - Access to an inclusive quality education is a universal human right. When the inherent right to a good education is ignored or denied, the consequences are severe. For a girl in country of conflict or forced displacement, the impact is brutally multiplied. Yasmine SherifBesides their already marginalized role in war-torn countries or as refugees, adolescent girl...

The following opinion piece is part of series to mark the upcoming International Women’s Day, March 8. NEW DELHI, India, Mar 6 2021 (IPS) - Power is an intriguing concept and it means different things to different people. In simple words, power is the ability to influence the behavior of others to get what you want. Power distribution is usually visible in most societies when there is a clear and obvious division between the roles of the men and expectations from women. One can’t talk abo...

Two girls at the Ngam camp for Central African Republic (CAR) refugees in Cameroon rest during the afternoon heat. According to UNICEF, CAR has one of the highest rates of child marriage in Africa, with 68 per cent of girls being married before age 18. At the multipurpose centre in the camp, UN Women runs awareness-raising programmes to prevent child and early marriage and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence, and advocates with the families to educate the children and keep girls in ...