Education in Danger Monthly News Brief, March 2021
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Safety, security and access incidents affecting the provision of education
Insecurity Insight publishes data on incidents where teachers were killed, kidnapped or arrested (KKA) and incidents where schools were damaged or destroyed by a perpetrator including state and non-state actors, criminals, individuals, students and other staff members. Access the data via our website or on HDX.
Past editions: February 2021; January 2021
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The Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) provided technical guidance on definitions of attacks on education. More on definitions used by Insecurity Insight and by GCPEA. = GCPEA incident.
A Decade of Safeguarding Education in Armed Conflict
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GCPEA TEN YEARS ON
In 2010, a group of UN agencies and non-governmental organizations working in the fields of education in emergencies, protection, higher education, and international humanitarian and human rights law united to create the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA). Its goal was to protect students, teachers, schools, and universities during armed conflict. Ten years on, over half of all UN member states have endorsed an international political commitment to safeguard education, and a UN international day to protect education from attack has been established, amongst other significant advances. Lives are being saved and the right to education secured for some of the world s most vulnerable -young people in war zones.
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The government must show serious commitment to children’s security by tackling the rising problem of insecurity ravaging the country.
Due to growing insecurity, Nigeria is gradually becoming one of the most dangerous places to live. The 2020 Global Terrorism Index identified the country as the third most affected by terrorism.
There was a sharp increase in Boko Haram’s targeting of civilians by 25 per cent, and killings by herdsmen increased by 26 per cent, compared with the previous year. The two countries higher on the index are Iraq and Afghanistan.
According to the Nigeria Security Tracker, 2,769 violent deaths were recorded between February 2020 and February 2021 in Borno State alone. Similarly, ransom-kidnapping by armed groups has increased substantially in the past five years. Over $18 million was paid as ransom for kidnapped victims between 2011 and 2020.