Category Archives: Human rights

Colin Northmore: Helping immigrant students in South Africa exercise their right to education

Posted on 2 June 2020 by GEM Report

Colin is one of many champions being highlighted by the GEM Report in the run up to the launch of its 2020 publication on inclusion and education: All means all, due out 23 June. In their own way, and in … Continue reading →

Posted in access, Africa, Basic education, Human rights, immigrant, Inclusion | Tagged inclusion champions | 6 Comments

Drafting guiding principles on state obligations concerning private schools: Lessons and strategic considerations from a rights perspective

Posted on 22 January 2018 by GEM Report

By Tom Lowenthal, OxHRH Managing Editor and DPhil Candidate, University of Oxford As the Oxford Human Rights Hub’s course, Learning Lessons from Litigators, helps us to understand, children will not be educated by lawsuits alone: Just as there are tactics … Continue reading →

Posted in Human rights, private schools, privatisation, sdg, sdgs, Uncategorized | Tagged human rights, private schools, RTE campaign, SDGs, target 4.1 | 2 Comments

GEM launches new campaign to help citizens claim their legal Right to Education

Posted on 11 December 2017 by GEM Report

Although the majority of countries recognize the right to education through international and national law, the fulfilment of the right to education is far from being a reality. This is why we have launched a campaign to make sure the … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, Human rights, Uncategorized, Youth | Tagged accountability, human rights, right to education, RTE campaign, youth | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Equality, Equity, Human rights, Inclusion, legal rights, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, 2020 GEM Report, disability, equality, equity, Inclusion, inclusive education, inequality | Leave a comment

Teachers are central to any effective response to school-related gender-based violence (part 1)

Posted on 24 November 2017 by GEM Report

School-related violence can be physical, psychological or sexual; occur on school grounds, in transit or in cyberspace; and include bullying, corporal punishment, verbal and emotional abuse, intimidation, sexual harassment and assault, gang activity and the presence of weapons among students. … Continue reading →

Posted in Gender, Human rights, school violence, Sexual violence, SRGBV, Uncategorized | Tagged Gender, school violence, SRGBV, Target 4.a, violence | 6 Comments

The role of civil society in accountability systems: A human rights perspective

Posted on 20 November 2017 by GEM Report

By Zama Neff, director of Human Rights Watch’s Children’s Rights Division From girls in rural Afghanistan, to children in immigration detention on the US-Mexico border, to grandmothers fleeing war in Sri Lanka, throughout my career working on children’s rights, I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in accountability, Conflict, Human rights, Uncategorized | Tagged accountability, civil society, conflict, human rights, Target 4.a | 1 Comment

A racist education

Posted on 21 March 2017 by GEM Report

By Kassiani Lythrangomitis I was born in a racist country, with a racist president, and racist laws. My neighbour was a racist. I went to a racist school that did not allow black children to learn in the same space … Continue reading →

Posted in Conflict, curriculum, Democracy, Ethnicity, Human rights, Uncategorized | Tagged conflict, curriculum, human rights, racism, south africa | Leave a comment

We need textbooks that are affirming of sexual diversity

Posted on 10 January 2017 by GEM Report

This blog looks at the way that textbooks can help or hinder the tolerance of sexual diversity. It is part of a series of blogs on this site published to encourage debates around a new GEM Report Policy Paper: Between … Continue reading →

Posted in curriculum, Human rights, LGBT, LGBTI, sexual diversity, Sexual violence, teaching, textbooks, Uncategorized | Tagged Between the Lines Blog Series, curriculum, education, homosexuality, human rights, LGBT, LGBTI, sexual diversity, target 4.7, textbooks | Leave a comment

With the “Rise of Children,” So Too Must Textbooks Reflect Children’s Rights

Posted on 16 December 2016 by GEM Report

This blog looks at the way that textbooks cover children’s rights. It is part of a series of blogs on this site published to encourage debates around a new GEM Report Policy Paper: Between the Lines, which looks at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Arab States, Asia, Basic education, curriculum, Human rights, Teachers, teaching, textbooks, Uncategorized | Tagged Between the Lines Blog Series, target 4.7 | 1 Comment

Out of date textbooks put sustainable development at risk.

Posted on 15 December 2016 by GEM Report

Today, we’ve launched a new study into secondary school textbooks around the world, continuing our focus on the content of education, which we began in the 2016 GEM Report with a focus on curricula. Our focus on textbooks comes from … Continue reading →