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Kate Redman
UNESCO Paris
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k.redman(at)unesco.org
2019 GEM Report Press releases
- Global: New UNESCO report shows insufficient progress on including migrants and refugees in national education systems
- Reducing transaction costs for remittances could increase education spending by $1 billion per year
- Only one-third of the funding gap for refugee education has been filled
- Brain drain: ¼ of countries see at least one in five of their most highly skilled emigrate
- Africa: New report reveals the strain of refugees on education systems in sub-Saharan Africa
- Latin America and the Caribbean: The right to education is challenged for migrants in the region
- Africa: Over 50 million more children in sub-Saharan Africa to live in slums by 2030 with critical education needs
- Asia: UNESCO Report warns governments in Asia not to ignore the education needs of internal migrants
- Europe: Immigrants and refugees remain at high risk of segregation into different schools and slower school tracks
- Only 0.5% of global education spending is in the world's poorest countries
- New UNESCO Report praises Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan for inclusive education policies for refugees
2019 GEM Report Multimedia materials
- Photos and case studies of refugees, migrants and teachers from around the world.
- Infographics (in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese and Russian)
- 3 minute global video of people's stories about Education on the Move. Spanish, French , Chinese
- Video about Colombian teachers helping Venezuelan children fit in
- Video of Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh
- Video of A Moroccan second generation immigrant in France
- Video of An Erasmus student in Portugal
3 minute animation summing up the 2019 GEM report:
- English: https://youtu.be/LXeJLtEaNag
- French: https://youtu.be/iR1N7kMlOds
- Spanish: https://youtu.be/ygILfvqjzug
Press materials and other resources
- World Education Blog and Blog de la Educacion Mundial by the Report's team members
- Follow @GEMReport to get news releases, story tips, links to GEM Report related media and more.