Category Archives: Conflict
The role of civil society in accountability systems: A human rights perspective
By Zama Neff, director of Human Rights Watch’s Children’s Rights Division From girls in rural Afghanistan, to children in immigration detention on the US-Mexico border, to grandmothers fleeing war in Sri Lanka, throughout my career working on children’s rights, I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, Conflict, Human rights, Uncategorized
Tagged accountability, civil society, conflict, human rights, Target 4.a
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Accountability in education in post-conflict Nepal
This blog is written by Tejendra Pherali, UCL Institute of Education, the author of a case study on accountability and education in Nepal commissioned for the 2017/8 GEM Report. The blog coincides with the national launch of the report taking … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, Conflict, Uncategorized
Tagged accountability, country case study, government, nepal, Target 4.a
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Learning from Promising Practices in Refugee Education
By Emma Wagner, Education in Emergencies Policy & Advocacy Adviser, Save the Children Earlier this year Save the Children, Pearson and UNHCR formed a new groundbreaking partnership to tackle the refugee education crisis. The Promising Practices in Refugee Education initiative … Continue reading
Posted in Conflict, migration, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, innovation, migration, refugee education, refugees
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New GEM Report says ‘Don’t just blame the teacher when the system is at fault’
The 2017/8 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report was released today at global events in Maputo, Mozambique, Brasilia, Brazil and in London, UK. It stresses that accountability is indispensable in achieving SDG 4. The Report highlights the responsibility of governments to … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, Conflict, Developed countries, Developing countries, Equality, Inclusion, monitoring, privatisation, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Teachers, Testing, Training, Uncategorized
Tagged accountability, education, governance, private schools, regulations, school choice, target 4.c, teachers, Testing
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Losing out on learning: Action to ensure refugee children get an education
By Joseph Nhan-O’Reilly, Head of Education Policy & Advocacy and Sébastien Hine, Education Research Adviser at Save the Children The world is now witnessing the highest levels of displacement on record. According to UNHCR, an unprecedented 65.6 million people around … Continue reading
Posted in Conflict, emergencies, fragile states, refugees, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, conflict, peace, refugee, refugees
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Crowd sourcing solutions to the challenges of refugee education
By Joseph Nhan-O’Reilly, Head of Education Policy & Advocacy at Save the Children, Chair of the Global Book Alliance and a member of the Executive Committee of Education Cannot Wait. Last week, UNESCO headquarters in Paris was abuzz with policy … Continue reading
Posted in Conflict, ICT, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, conflict, displaced populations, displacement, refugees
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A racist education
By Kassiani Lythrangomitis I was born in a racist country, with a racist president, and racist laws. My neighbour was a racist. I went to a racist school that did not allow black children to learn in the same space … Continue reading
Posted in Conflict, curriculum, Democracy, Ethnicity, Human rights, Uncategorized
Tagged conflict, curriculum, human rights, racism, south africa
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