The Global Education Coalition “Never before have we witnessed educational disruption at this scale. Partnership is the only way forward,” said UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay as she announced the launch of the Global Education Coalition in March, a platform for collaboration and exchange to protect the right to education during this unprecedented crisis and beyond. “This Coalition is a call for coordinated and innovative action to unlock solutions that will not only support learners and teachers now, but through the recovery process and in the longer term, with a principle focus on inclusion and equity." The Global Education Coalition brings together more than 140 members from the UN family, civil society, academia and the private sector to ensure that learning never stops. Coalition members rally around three flagships, namely connectivity, teachers and gender, as well as support specific causes including the educational recovery following the deadly explosion in Beirut.