Category Archives: refugees
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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The Rohingya Children of Karachi
By Baela Raza Jamil, CEO Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) “Oh Allah I seek Refuge from Being Unlettered, Undocumented and Vulnerable- please protect and enable me to reach my potential.” Areeba is a Rohingya belonging to a migrant family from Myanmar. Her ancestors … Continue reading
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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Making the most of World Refugee Day
It’s World Refugee Day, a vital moment for raising awareness of the challenges refugees face every day around the world. Refugees have existed since notions of empire and state took root: people who have been forcibly displaced from their home, … Continue reading
Posted in migration, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, displacement, migration, refugee, refugees
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Educating refugees: Old ways of working aren’t good enough
By Aaron Benavot, originally posted on Promising Practices for Refugee Education The plight of refugees is in the news every day, and not a moment too soon. Refugee children and adolescents suffer from having almost all of their rights taken … Continue reading
Posted in refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, education, human rights, IDPs, 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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Learning on the run: using ICT for education in emergencies
Natural disasters, extreme weather, bombings and protracted armed conflict can destroy schools and undermine the normalcy of school life. Given the complexity of how education is impacted by emergencies, innovative solutions are needed to ensure that disruption to education is … Continue reading
Posted in Conflict, emergencies, ICT, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, emergencies, ICT, mobile learning, refugees, Target 4.3, technology
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