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Singing from the same song sheet – Growing momentum across the disability movement to adopt a comprehensive definition of inclusive education to achieve SDG 4

Posted on 2 September 2020 by GEM Report

By Ana Lucia Arellano, Chair, IDA and Manos Antoninis, Director, GEM Report Countries committed to achieve inclusive education by 2030 and yet almost a quarter of a billion are still out of school. Of these, children with disabilities are 2.5 … Continue reading →

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The winning One Big Idea on inclusion and education submitted by youth

Posted on 13 August 2020 by GEM Report

Back in May, the GEM Report asked youth around the world to submit their One Big Idea to achieve inclusion in education in the ten years left in the decade of action towards 2030 – the deadline for the Agenda for Sustainable Development. We received … Continue reading →

Posted in disability, Inclusion, Uncategorized, Youth | Tagged 2020 GEM Report, 2020 Youth Report, disability, Inclusion, inclusive education, tanzania, youth, youth day | 6 Comments

“Every child is like any other” – Robert Lumu wins Inclusion and Education photo contest

Posted on 10 April 2020 by GEM Report

Robert Lumu’s photograph of 9-year-old Jemba John, sitting and reading with his peers at his school in Central Uganda, where Albinism is still considered a curse, is the winner of the 2020 GEM Report photo competition on inclusion and education. … Continue reading →

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10 students with a disability talk about the difficulties of accessing inclusive education in the USA

Posted on 3 December 2019 by GEM Report

“Being disabled, for many of us, means the end to any hopes of pursuing an education”, said Ashley Cowan D’Ambrosio, a Master of Arts student at the City University of New York with multiple disabilities, including attention deficit hyperactivity disorder … Continue reading →

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New photo competition on inclusion and education

Posted on 10 September 2019 by GEM Report

The 2020 GEM Report due out in April 2020 will cover inclusion in education, addressing all those at risk of exclusion from education because of gender, sexual orientation, displacement, migration, ethnicity, language, remoteness, poverty, disability or other characteristics. Pictures speak … Continue reading →

Posted in disability, Gender, Inclusion, Language, migrant, migration, Poverty, Uncategorized | Tagged #SDG 4.5, #Target 4.5, 2020 GEM Report, disability, displacement, Gender, Inclusion, inclusive education, language, migration, poverty | 1 Comment

Tell us what you think about inclusion in education

Posted on 4 September 2019 by GEM Report

September is an important month for inclusion and education – the theme of the 2020 Global Education Monitoring Report due for release next April. Later this month, the International Forum on Inclusion and Equity in Education is being held in … Continue reading →

Posted in disability, Gender, Inclusion, migrant, migration, Uncategorized | Tagged #SDG 4.5, 2020 GEM Report, data, disability, Inclusion, indigenous, leave no one behind, migrants | 1 Comment

Displaced children with disabilities face overlapping barriers

Posted on 3 December 2018 by GEM Report

The 2019 Global Education Monitoring Report launched two weeks ago, focuses on migration and displacement. In discussing displaced people with disabilities, it begins with a premise established by the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities that having an … Continue reading →

Posted in Inclusion, migrant, migration, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized | Tagged 2019 gem report, 2020 GEM Report, disabilities, disability, displacement, Inclusion, inclusive education | 4 Comments

Radwan: “My school said ‘We don’t want wheelchairs any more’”

Posted on 26 July 2018 by GEM Report

Almost every country around the world has ratified the right to education, but yet many schools either refuse to enrol children with disabilities or are ill-equipped to cope with their needs. A recent report by Human Rights Watch which looked … Continue reading →

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Having a disability shouldn’t affect your access to education

Posted on 1 December 2017 by GEM Report

Everyone has the right to education but for some people accessing this education is far harder than it should be. Marking December 3, which is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we are focusing on some of the barriers … Continue reading →

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The 2020 GEM Report will be on Inclusion and Education

Posted on 12 June 2017 by GEM Report

At the end of last week, the GEM Report’s Advisory Board met in Paris to discuss the success of the 2016 GEM Report, hear about the plans for the 2017/8 and 2019 GEM Reports, and decide on the future theme … Continue reading →