Category Archives: syria

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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Fighting Poverty and Hunger for Quality Education

Posted on 16 August 2016 by

By Salam Al-Nukta, youth advisor to the GEM Report The youth population is continuously increasing, and is estimated to reach 1.8 billion this year. Obviously, it is a large population of mass power. Yet, as we say goodbye to another … Continue reading →

Posted in Arab States, Conflict, Learning, Nutrition, Out-of-school children, Post-2015 development framework, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, school violence, sdg, sdgs, syria, Uncategorized, Youth | Tagged , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

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

Virtually Educated: The Case for and Conundrum of Online Higher Education for Refugees

Posted on 24 May 2016 by

by Martha K. Ferede, Consultant GEM Report, Lecturer in International and Comparative Higher Education, Sciences-Po   In addition to increased provision of primary and secondary schooling, refugees also need pathways into accredited tertiary education programs. As was highlighted in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, Arab States, Conflict, Developed countries, Developing countries, fragile states, refugees, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, syria, teaching, Uncategorized, united nations, violence, Youth | Tagged , , | 12 Comments

No more excuses. Provide education to all forcibly displaced people

Posted on 20 May 2016 by

By the GEM Report and the UNHCR Education Section Days before the World Humanitarian Summit, we have jointly released a new policy paper, ‘No more excuses’, with new data showing that only 50% of refugee children are in primary school … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Arab States, Child soldiers, Conflict, data, Developing countries, Disaster preparedness, Equality, fragile states, Human rights, immigration, Legislation, Out-of-school children, Primary school, Quality of education, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, sdgs, syria, Uncategorized, violence | Tagged , | 6 Comments

Learning from former extremists

Posted on 4 April 2016 by

By Lynn Davies I met these other people, Muslims, and for some reason they saw something in me that I couldn’t see. They basically believed in me and they said that, ‘You can do more with yourself’. Interviewing former extremists … Continue reading →

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Syria? Education?

Posted on 3 February 2016 by

It’s not news that calls for funds for education in humanitarian situations are left unmet, but it doesn’t fail to shock when the actual figures are laid bare. Syria, which no one can deny is in dire need of assistance, … Continue reading →

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