Category Archives: peace

Parents and communities need to be engaged in migrant children’s education

Posted on 3 July 2019 by GEM Report

by Anna d’Addio, Senior Policy Analyst at the GEM Report “We were blind, now our eyes have been opened … the educated children help us see. (Zahra, mother)” (Changezi and Biseth, 2011) Family and community involvement is key to overcome … Continue reading →

Posted in Developing countries, Disaster preparedness, Equality, Equity, Ethnicity, fragile states, immigrant, immigration, Inclusion, Inclussion, Marginalization, migrant, migration, peace, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, right to education, Uncategorized | Tagged #SDG 4.5, #Target 4.5, conflict, education, intercultural education, migrant, migration | 2 Comments

The Global Compact for Migration will go on – with or without the United States – for the sake of education

Posted on 4 December 2017 by GEM Report

The United States has just announced they are pulling out of the United Nations Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. On 19 September 2016, the United Nations General Assembly hosted a high-level Summit to discuss ways in which … Continue reading →

Posted in immigration, Legislation, migration, peace, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, global compact for migration, immigrants, immigration, migration, refugees, trump, United Nations | 3 Comments

Why we should increase peace-building capacities of teachers and youth

Posted on 6 July 2017 by GEM Report

By UNESCO-IICBA (International Institute for Capacity Building in Africa) The propaganda and money used to lure young people into violent extremist groups such as Al-Shabaab in East Africa, Boko Haram in Nigeria and M23 rebel group in the Democratic Republic … Continue reading →

Posted in peace, Sustainable development, Teachers, Training, Uncategorized | Tagged peace, sustainable development, Target 4.a, target 4.c, teachers | 5 Comments

How would education suffer without aid from the USA?

Posted on 10 March 2017 by Aaron Benavot

Last week, White House officials said that President Trump would increase military spending by $54 billion, taking funds from domestic programs and foreign aid to pay the bill. What would a total cut of all USA aid for education mean? … Continue reading →

Posted in Aid, curriculum, Democracy, Developed countries, Developing countries, peace, Uncategorized | Tagged aid, funding, peace | 5 Comments

Afghan police better their lives – and others’ – with literacy

Posted on 26 September 2016 by GEM Report

Gul Rahman, a patrolman at Paktya Province prison security unit, Afghanistan, has greatly improved his ability to serve as a policeman as a result of his literacy class. He is married and the sole breadwinner for 12 family members. “Afghanistan … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult education, agricultural development, Asia, Basic education, Developing countries, Equality, legal aid, legal rights, Legislation, Literacy, Marginalization, peace, rural development, sdg, sdgs, Skills, Sustainable development, united nations | Tagged adult education, afghanistan, development, education, human rights, legal aid, target 4.6 | 4 Comments

Education: how to keep the peace

Posted on 21 September 2016 by GEM Report

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 →