North West Syria: Schools and children still under attack despite year of ceasefire
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Amman, 6 May 2021 - Attacks on schools in North West Syria have been continuing despite a ceasefire that was agreed more than a year ago, Save the Children said today.
Since the beginning of 2020, Save the Children and its partner Hurras Network have confirmed 37 attacks on educational facilities to date in the North West of Syria[i]. Nine of these took place after the announcement of the ceasefire in March 2020.
The attacks have killed at least four children and four staff members of the schools, with the actual number of deaths expected to be higher. School facilities have been destroyed and damaged and the education of many children has been disrupted.
Education Cannot Wait announces US$1 million grant in Chad in response to influx of refugees fleeing violence in the Central African Republic
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Implemented in partnership with the Government of Chad and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the ECW first emergency response will enhance protection and learning opportunities for 7,800 refugee and host community children and youth
3 May 2021, New York Education Cannot Wait (ECW) announced today a new US$1 million grant that will provide some 7,800 Central African Republic (CAR) refugee children and youth fleeing violence in CAR, and children in host communities welcoming them in Chad, with the safety, protection and opportunities of quality learning environments.
Public Statement by Chair of Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict
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SC/14508
The Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, in connection with the examination of the third report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in South Sudan (S/2020/1205), agreed to convey the following messages through a public statement by the Chair of the Working Group.
To all parties to armed conflict in South Sudan in particular South Sudan People’s Defence Forces (SSPDF), including the Taban Deng-allied South Sudan People’s Defence Forces, and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-in-Opposition
The federal government has initiated a coordinated approach to financing and implementing an integrated safe schools programme across the country, which is government-led and is tailored to the current realities. Ndubuisi Francis reports that a comprehensive and effective plan of action is desirable to stem the current spate of abductions in schools in the northern part of the country
Prior to the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nigeria accounted for approximately 20 per cent of the global out-of-school population. With an estimated 13 million children currently out of school in the country, Nigeria sits in the precipice of a socio-economic disaster and a full education crisis, if there is no coordinated action to stop the current wave of systematic attacks on the fundamental rights of children to a safe learning environment.