Tag Archives: peace

Losing out on learning: Action to ensure refugee children get an education

Posted on 21 September 2017 by GEM Report

By Joseph Nhan-O’Reilly, Head of Education Policy & Advocacy and Sébastien Hine, Education Research Adviser at Save the Children The world is now witnessing the highest levels of displacement on record. According to UNHCR, an unprecedented 65.6 million people around … Continue reading →

Posted in Conflict, emergencies, fragile states, refugees, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, conflict, peace, refugee, refugees | 5 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

Join our youth photo competition

Posted on 7 March 2017 by GEM Report

In September 2015, the member states of the United Nations agreed on a new sustainable development agenda with 17 goals to be achieved by 2030. These Sustainable Development Goals are the collective vision of the international community. They merge the … Continue reading →

Posted in Citizenship, sdg, sdgs, Sustainable development, Uncategorized | Tagged gender. equality, global citizenship, peace, sustainable development, Target 4.4, target 4.7 | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Conflict, emergencies, peace, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, sdg, syria, Uncategorized, united nations, violence | Tagged education, learning, peace, SDGs, target 4.7 | 2 Comments

Sufia, a champion for women’s rights in Bangladesh

Posted on 12 September 2016 by GEM Report

As the 2016 GEM Report shows, many people lack the skills to gain access to complex justice systems, which community based education programmes can help address. Sufia Begum (pictured right) has provided legal aid and essential support to clients seeking … Continue reading →