Category Archives: emergencies

Losing out on learning: Action to ensure refugee children get an education

Posted on 21 September 2017 by

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 →

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Learning on the run: using ICT for education in emergencies

Posted on 20 March 2017 by

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 →

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Impact of conflict on teachers and their role in peacebuilding: What can be learnt from Nepal?

Posted on 30 September 2016 by

By Dr Tejendra Pherali, Senior Lecturer in Education and International Development at UCL Institute of Education This blog looks at the impact on, and role of, school leadership during conflict, using Nepal and the Maoist insurgency as a case study. … Continue reading →

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Education: how to keep the peace

Posted on 21 September 2016 by

Today, on the International Day of Peace, we should remember one key line taken from the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: “There can be no sustainable development without peace, and no peace without sustainable development”. Stable peace, our latest Report … Continue reading →

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Building resilience and shaping futures: the UNRWA response to the education needs of Palestine refugees from Syria

Posted on 21 June 2016 by

By Caroline Pontefract, Director of Education, UNRWA/UNESCO Education Programme Over the past 65 years, the UNRWA/UNESCO education programme has been providing quality and equitable learning opportunities for refugees, and is currently supporting 500,000 refugees in the Middle East despite the … Continue reading →

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No child should have to pay the cost of war

Posted on 20 June 2016 by

By Malala Yousafzai, Student, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Co-Founder of the Malala Fund No child should have to pay the cost of war, to be kept away from the classroom because of conflict. Yet whole generations of refugee children … Continue reading →

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Reaching All Children with Education: Lebanon’s national education response strategy to the Syria crisis

Posted on 25 May 2016 by

By Lebanon’s Ministry of Education and Higher Education In Lebanon, the five years since the beginning of the Syria Crisis have had a significant impact on its people and its institutions. With an estimated 1.5 million Syrian refugees now hosted … Continue reading →

Posted in Arab States, Basic education, emergencies, Equality, Equity, fragile states, Legislation, Marginalization, Primary school, Quality of education, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Report, sdg, sdgs, Secondary school, syria, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments