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  • 1. Every child in school
    • Angola: Effective policies give children in Angola a second chance to learn
    • Lao PDR: Mobile teachers reach 7,000 out-of-school children in 280 villages
    • Pakistan: Youth advocates help enrol of out-of-school children in Pakistan
    • South Sudan: Prioritizing education and promoting gender equality in South Sudan
  • 2. Quality of learning
    • Lao PDR: 'Schools of Quality' reach under-served rural children in Lao PDR
    • Liberia: Connecting Classrooms youth advocates meet Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
    • Partnerships for Mobile Learning in Pakistan
    • Towards Textbooks free from Gender Stereotypes-Lebanon
  • 3. Global citizenship
    • Cook Islands: Students Helps Coastal Communities Cope with Change
    • Namibia: Sustainable living in the desert
    • Navigators for peace: 9,100 Schools in 180 Countries
    • Sexuality Education, One Community at a Time
    • Swaziland: Positive Speaking Ambassadors Break Taboos on HIV and AIDS
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    • 2015
      • #DrawDisability Campaign: Submissions open
      • Help the World Education Forum find a slogan
      • Rally for Safe Schools: Experts gather to discuss gender-related school-based violence
      • Young people a key part of Global Citizenship Education agenda
      • Youth Advocacy Group members speak at the Global Education & Skills Forum
      • #EducationCan: sustainable development begins with education
      • UN envoy Gordon Brown promotes safe schools
      • Advocacy Training for Young Leaders in Global Citizenship Education
      • Viewpoint: GEFI YAG Member Rolando Villamero on how to foster global citizenship through education
      • Denmark: From Village School to Global Citizenship
      • Submissions open for #DrawDisability art campaign
      • New report shows why ‘business as usual’ won’t lead to universal primary or secondary education
      • GEFI’s Youth Advocacy Group welcomes new Co-Chairpersons
      • #DrawDisability Exhibition at the World Education Forum
      • Quality education for the world we want – new video
      • Stories from global citizens: Quality Education
      • World Education Forum
      • YAG reflections: Success in youth-led advocacy campaign
      • INEE named a 2015 WISE Awards Finalist
      • Call for nominations: 2015 UNESCO International Literacy Prizes
      • #DrawDisability exhibition opens at the World Education Forum
      • Youth raise their voices for education in West Africa
      • Youth demand key role in future education agenda
      • World Education Forum adopts Declaration on the Future of Education
      • Of cubes and drawings: #DrawDisability at the World Education Forum
      • UN seminar on Global Citizenship Education
      • Global Youth Advocacy Workshop on Global Citizenship Education
      • The Brightest Hope: essays from children on the importance of education in times of crisis
      • #DrawDisability at one of the world's largest international disability community gatherings at UN headquarters
      • $2.3 billion needed to send all children and adolescents to school in war zones
      • GEFI marks the Conference of State Parties on the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with #DrawDisability Exhibition at UNICEF House
      • Education essential to the vision of a life of dignity for all
      • GEFI infographics reveal huge gap in financing for education
      • Applications (in English or Arabic) for the Youth Advocacy Training in Amman, Jordan now open!
      • Sustainable development begins with education: New Arabic resources
      • Teachers must be safe at work: 17 killed in airstrike on teachers’ office in Yemen
      • Global Citizenship Education National Youth Training in Pakistan
      • GEFI's Youth Advocacy Group to help young people take action on global citizenship education
      • The Role of Global Citizenship Education in Fostering Youth Peacebuilders
      • GEFI event builds a bridge between the MDGs and SDGs for Education 2030
      • Youth – The key to violence prevention and conflict resolution
      • Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi to speak at GEFI high-level event
      • New Video : Transforming the way we think and act through Global Citizenship Education
      • Leaders Appointed to new Commission on Global Education as United Nations goes into Session
      • New Video from GEFI asks: Can We Keep the Education Promise?
      • GEFI Youth Call World Leaders To Action at UN Sustainable Development Summit
      • GEFI event puts a Spotlight on Education at UN Sustainable Development Summit
      • MEDIA RELEASE: World Leaders Put #EducationFirst For Sustainable Development
      • New photography book calls attention to the plight of out of school children
      • Online exhibition of winning #DrawDisability drawings opens
      • MENA Regional Youth Advocacy Workshop on Global Citizenship Education
      • Education 2030 Framework for Action to be formally adopted and launched
      • Missed ‘#EducationFirst for Sustainable Development’? Watch the highlights in GEFI’s new video
      • Launch of Gender Summary of the EFA global Monitoring Report
      • The Brightest Hope: Education and Innovation in Emergencies
      • #DrawDisability: International Day of Persons with Disabilities 03 December 2015
      • Youth Advocacy in Inclusive Education: The Inclusion Caravan Experience
      • UN Security Council Adopts Historic Resolution on Youth, Peace and Security
      • Regional workshop empowers youth to forge tolerant and peaceful societies
    • 2014
      • UN, partners seek $1 billion to save Syria’s children from becoming ‘lost generation’
      • South Sudan: displaced students take final exams at UN compound
      • World Radio Day 2014
      • In Davos, Ban spotlights ‘girl power’ as crucial to reach global development goals
      • MDG Advocates call for investing in girls’ empowerment to accelerate progress on Millennium Development Goals
      • U.S. designated a Champion Country for the Global Education First Initiative
      • Ethiopia becomes a Global Education First Initiative Champion Country
      • Ill-qualified teachers, poor access to schools at root of global education crisis – UN report
      • Call for Advocacy Consultant - Global Education First Initiative
      • Six young leaders named as new members of the Youth Advocacy Group (YAG)
      • UNGEI Fund for Documentation of Good Practice Update
      • 8,000 participants turn out in support of Dubai Cares’ Walk for Education 2014
      • Launch: Crowdsourcing youth priorities in the post-2015 development agenda
      • UNICEF Podcast: Investing in education through public–private partnerships
      • Press Release: 'Davos of education' will tackle global education crisis
      • To 2015 and beyond: Putting girls' education at the heart of the agenda
      • Press Release: New global education goals must prioritize girls
      • Girls' education: An effective tool for empowerment
      • Putting Girls’ Education at the Heart of the Agenda
      • Press Release: 20.20.20 Business Backs Education
      • At Dubai forum, UNESCO chief calls for scaling up efforts to educate girls worldwide
      • China’s Peng Liyuan named UNESCO envoy for advancing education of women, girls
      • Education events in Washington will address learning for all and the final push to 2015
      • Press release: Global leaders and celebrities team up to get 57million into school
      • Do It - youth can make a difference
      • EAC to host a strategic meeting to engage priority countries that do not yet have an EAC co-funded program
      • My World Global Week of Action
      • Take action for education by writing to your MP
      • Safe Spaces for Learning: Engaging Men and Boys
      • Why I want to see young people involved
      • Backing universal education, UN educational chief condemns Nigerian abduction
      • Global Citizenship Education: Preparing learners for the challenges of the twenty-first century
      • Every child deserves to live in peace
      • 'Act to Protect': UN launches guide on attacks against schools, hospitals
      • Launch of the Advocacy Toolkit for Youth
      • UN MDG Advocates appeal to G-7 countries to support quality education for all
      • Protecting Schools from Attack in Nigeria and Beyond: How to Support Community-Based Responses
      • Youth Advocacy Toolkit launches on the sidelines of the ECOSOC Youth Forum
      • Aid to education has fallen by 10% since 2010
      • On African Child Day, UN education envoy urges focus on kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls
      • UNICEF Podcast: More funding needed to keep the promise of education
      • Educating the world’s most vulnerable children – hard work ahead
      • No progress in reducing global number of children out of school
      • Youth leaders applaud progress made at Brussels conference but demand more from donors
      • Historic Replenishment is major pivot point in global education
      • Showing little change, global number of children out of school stalls at 58 million – UNESCO
      • UNESCO welcomes statement by world’s emerging economies on strengthening cooperation on education
      • 23 July vigils to mark 100 days since Girls of Chibok were kidnapped
      • Call for Short-Term Consultant - Global Education First Initiative
      • Millions Learning: Global Call for Case Studies
      • Young Chinese university students learn effective advocacy strategies
      • 500 Days of Action for the Millennium Development Goals
      • MDG Momentum: UN launches 500 days of action to build a better world
      • Meeting Malala gives boost to creators of #GirlWithABook project
      • Upcoming Event: Education for Global Citizenship
      • Advocacy 101: Improving Education Across Africa
      • Burundi’s Youth Say No to Violence, Yes to Education and Growth!
      • The Republic of Korea becomes a Champion Country for the Global Education First Initiative
      • The United Nations in India spotlights education during the month of September 2014
      • Pledge to work together for a better future for all
      • UNESCO Director-General and Prime Minister of Bangladesh jointly award literacy prizes
      • Upcoming Event: Sustainable Development Post-2015 Begins with Education
      • GEFI Event to spur political momentum for 'Quality Education'
      • Press Release: UNESCO - Sustainable development begins with education
      • Global Education First Initiative High-Level Event: Quality Education for the World We Want
      • Media Advisory: Global Education First Initiative focuses on providing quality education
      • Global Education First Initiative now on UN Stamps
      • INEE essay contest: Share your story!
      • Let's Help Young People be Heard
      • Press release: World Leaders Unite for Quality Education at Global Education First Initiative event during UN General Assembly
      • Global leaders show support and pledge their commitment to quality education
      • GEFI’s Short Film: Quality Education for a Peaceful World
      • Keep Schools Out of Conflict
      • Global Education First Initiative and Partners Congratulate Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi
      • Youth Advocacy Toolkit Podcast 1: Rolando's Story on Doing Caravan for Inclusion
      • Teaching to transform lives in Kibera
      • A clarion call for education at UNGA
      • World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development calls for renewed committment by all countries
      • Brookings Institution Recruitment: Promoting Girls' Education in Developing Countries
      • #DrawDisability - children and youth invited to help the UN raise awareness of disability
      • A Youth Advocacy Toolkit for Everyone
      • 'Quality Education for the World We Want' highlights video
      • UN Secretary-General says Taliban attack on Pakistan school an act of ‘horror and rank cowardice'
    • 2013
      • At UN, Malala Yousafzai rallies youth to stand up for universal education
      • A Lesson from Malala: Girls’ Education Pays Off
      • Children still battling to go to school
      • The Fight for a Better World
      • Standing with Malala on Education
      • Putting the last child first in Nigerian primary schools
      • Call for Comments: Business Engagement Framework for Education and Learning
      • Education plays a central role in the UN youth agenda
      • UN Chief promotes girls' education in Pakistan
      • Expert Interview: Achieving Education for All
      • Malala Yousafzai's speech at the United Nations
      • Malala Comes to the United Nations
      • Malala Day Media Advisory
      • A special gift for Malala from Cameroon
      • UN chief's 100-day countdown message for International Day of Peace
      • Thailand supports GEFI and commitment to education
      • UNICEF Podcast: Putting learning at the centre of education
      • Video: UNGEI and Girls' Education
      • Live at the Apollo: UN chief urges Democracy Prep grads to help shape ‘new future’
      • Malala Day: UN Youth Takeover
      • Malala Day in East Africa
      • UN envoy and young Pakistani activist launch drive for safe, universal education
      • Leaders call for a greater focus on learning to unlock the transformative power of education
      • ‘No’ to Child Labour in Domestic Work
      • UNICEF Podcast: The right of indigenous peoples to education that's appropriate to their culture is recognized. But is it realized?
      • Schooling for millions of children jeopardised by reductions in aid
      • The realities of child marriage
      • The Youth Resolution: The Education We Want
      • Children With Disabilities = Children Without Disabilities
      • Achieving learning for all through inclusive education perspectives and practices
      • EU conference says education should be front and centre of global development agenda
      • Youth Advocacy Group video interviews with Brookings
      • UN chief promotes education, gender empowerment during final day of Mozambique visit
      • EU high level conference on education and development: From challenges to opportunities
      • India’s national youth consultation on the post-2015 agenda: YOUth matters
      • China is newest Member State Champion for the Global Education First Initiative
      • Natural resource revenues could nearly double school access in developing nations – UN study
      • How can innovation improve access to quality learning?
      • Award-winning programme gives Ethiopian girls a safer transition to adulthood
      • UN Secretary-General supports Global Action Week: Every Child Needs a Teacher
      • UNICEF Podcast: Young people provide strategic advice on education issues
      • Education: A Possible Dream
      • MDG Momentum: 1000 Days of Action
      • Groups Announce Nearly $18M in Funding for Secondary Education in Developing Countries
      • Libya: UNICEF initiative to provide better quality education through teacher training
      • Ban urges ‘redoubled’ safety measures amid increasing violence against teachers
      • UN forum urges young innovators to use science and technology to change the world
      • Benin is newest Member State Champion for Global Education First Initiative
      • Leaders of Education International highlight the importance of quality education
      • Santiago Muñoz and his now shorter journey to school
      • Global experts call for lifelong learning as the cornerstone of development
      • Post-2015 Global Thematic Consultation on Education
      • UNICEF podcast: Girls advocate for girls' education and gender equality
      • NEPAD resolution references Global Education First Initiative
      • Early intervention and quality education to end violence against girls
      • UNICEF podcast: Khan Academy brings education to the wired masses
      • Briefing on the Global Thematic Consultation on Education for Post-2015
      • Journeys to School
      • Ahmad Alhendawi, newly appointed UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Youth, on his new role
      • Broadband access can help bridge educational divides, empower students
      • Crisis in Mali disrupting schooling of 700,000 children
      • UNICEF Podcast: Towards education for all in Haiti
      • Educating refugee children: The inspiring work of a member of the Youth Advocacy Group
      • At Davos, the UN Secretary-General urged greater efforts to achieve global education targets
      • "Nourishing Bodies, Nourishing Minds” Partnership
      • Key findings on out-of-school children in Kyrgyzstan
      • Secretary-General appoints young Jordanian as his Envoy on Youth
      • UN study shows there are over 1.3 million child labourers in Yemen
      • Youth in Revolt – Why protests in India and Pakistan herald a trend
      • Youth Call to Action: Education for all can be achieved
      • High-level strategic meeting to accelerate efforts to reach out of school children
      • Global Action Week: Every Child Needs a Teacher
      • GEFI High-Level Steering Committee meeting: The Secretary-General calls for greater tangible results for education
      • Reaching the Classroom Is Just the First Step
      • Young People Have a Dream for Education – We Can’t Wait anymore
      • Ban meets with UN partners in Washington DC to boost ‘quality and equality’ of education
      • Leaders Call for Urgent Action on Global Learning Crisis
      • Public Responses to April 2013 Learning For All Ministerial Roundtable Questions
      • Youth Advocacy Group represented in high-level global education discussions
      • Q&A: Empowering girls alone will not bring social change
      • Second meeting of the Global Education First Initiative Steering Committee
      • MIPTV community rallies behind global education cause
      • Global Education First Initiative takes centre stage at MIPTV event
      • High-Level Symposium on Conflict-Sensitive Education – Why and How?
      • Ban speaks to Malala, attacked Pakistani schoolgirl, to stress education and women’s rights
      • UNGEI open forum on education and gender equality in the post-2015 development agenda
      • On International Day, UN spotlights literacy as foundation for a more sustainable future
      • Countries in conflict must boost measures to protect children from violence
      • New chief of UN Women highlights girls’ education as priority to combat poverty, boost development
      • Seoul consultation deepens understanding of global citizenship education
      • UNESCO calls for greater emphasis on learning in primary school access programmes
      • Marking International Day of Peace, UN highlights power of education to build tolerant societies
      • Good education means good business: Working together to support global education goals
      • Media advisory: Global Education First Initiative focuses on providing all children with quality education through stronger leadership and financing
      • The role of business in delivering on the global promise of education
      • Press release: 28.5 million children still waiting for an education because of conflicts
      • Millions of children denied education due to conflict – UN warns
      • Plan calls for funds to support education for Syrian refugee children in Lebanon
      • Recommendations for the future of the Global Education First Initiative
      • Speakers at UN event urge stronger leadership, more financing to ensure education for all
      • Global Education First Initiative anniversary calls for bold leadership and coordinated financing to achieve a break-through in education
      • Global Partnership for Education calls for increased funding to fight global education crisis
      • Youth Advocacy Group member wins Global Citizen Movement Award for Education
      • Unite for Quality Education!
      • Palestinian refugee children return to school in Lebanon, aided by UN
      • Joint message for World Teachers' Day
      • Mariam Khalique, a teacher of Malala Yousafzai’s, is building futures under extreme circumstances
      • More teachers – better trained and supported – needed to reach education targets, UN warns
      • Secretary-General stresses importance of providing education girls deserve
      • UNESCO releases an advocacy brochure on The Global Learning Crisis
      • Girls who code can change the world - towards gender parity in computing fields
      • International Day of the Girl Child: UN urges ‘innovating for girls’ education’
      • UNESCO’s ‘Big Push’ workshop brings sub-Saharan Africa countries together to accelerate progress towards EFA
      • New report: Making Education a Priority in the Post-2015 Development Agenda
      • Call for applications: Youth Advocacy Group for the Global Education First Initiative
      • The Smartest Investment: A Framework for Business Engagement in Education
      • UN, World Bank boost support for women’s health, girls’ education in Africa’s Sahel
      • 50.5% Does Matter!
      • Press release: Global Partnership for Education grants more than half a billion US dollars for quality education for children in 14 low-income countries
      • Joint Statement on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
      • Press release: UNESCO Global Citizenship Forum opens in Bangkok
      • UNICEF Podcast: A more accessible world so that everyone can dream as big as they want
      • Respect for all other human rights starts with the Right to Education
      • Education as a right takes centre stage at New York event
      • Joint press release: Decline in education for Syrian children “worst and fastest in region’s history”
      • At the UNESCO Forum on Global Citizenship Education, youth reveal a fierce commitment to change
    • 2012
      • Timor-Leste: Education First Starts Here
      • Education First kicks off
      • UN Secretary-General’s new initiative secures over US$1.5 billion for education
      • Global leaders meet to call for education in emergencies
      • Global leaders demand attention to children’s education in crisis zones
      • Youth Advocacy Group Prepare Call to Action for the launch of UN Secretary-General's Initiative 'Education First'
      • Media Advisory: UN Secretary-General to launch major new education initiative
      • Gordon Brown appointed as UN Special Envoy for Global Education
      • Secretary-General visits Timor-Leste
      • International Literacy Day
      • INEE Global Meet-Up
      • Podcast #69: In Afghanistan, a popular project combines skateboarding with education – with great success
      • Education at the forefront of Human Rights Day at UNESCO
      • Podcast #68: Musician Emmanuel Jal on his music, his work as a peace activist, and South Sudan
      • UNICEF and UNESCO launch Post-2015 Global Consultation on Education
      • UNICEF condemns mortar attack on Syrian school
      • New Momentum for Global Education and the Post-2015 Development Agenda
      • 2012 EFA GMR calls for investment in developing young people’s skills
      • "Children must go to schools, not military camps"
      • Young people gather to promote youth engagement education and peacebuilding
      • SG Statement at Global EFA Meeting
      • Qatar’s Sheikha Moza launches 'Educate A Child'
      • Malala is a global symbol of every girl’s right to an education
      • Concert in Brindisi inspired by Education First
      • Blog by Chernor Bah: Youth Advocacy Group for Education First
      • Brookings: Never a better time for philanthropists in global education
      • Podcast: World Teacher's Day 2012
      • Join the campaign to save Malala and girls’ education
      • GMR 2012
      • Education First infographics
      • World Teachers' Day 2012
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  #EducationFirst for Sustainable Development
  New video of highlights from Global Education First Initiative (GEFI) high-level event

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  The Brightest Hope: Education and Innovation in Emergencies
  Co-hosted with INEE on 20 November, get the details and RSVP

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  $2.3 billion needed to send all children and adolescents to school in war zones
  New suggested targets for financing education in humanitarian crises

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Events

• #DrawDisability panel discussion and reception

  3 December 2015

  UN Headquarters - New York
• GEFI Youth advocacy workshop for MENA region

  12-16 December 2015

  Amman, Jordan

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