Category Archives: Conflict

Learning crisis and girls’ education in Afghanistan

Posted on 9 April 2020 by GEM Report

By M Niaz Asadullah, Professor of Development Economics at the University of Malaya, Malaysia A recent GEM Report blog based on WIDE data highlighted Afghanistan as one of “the bottom ten countries for girls’ education” in three dimensions: (i) mean … Continue reading →

Posted in Arab States, Conflict, data, emergencies, Equity, Gender, Out-of-school children, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized | Tagged afghanistan, Arab States, data, equity, Gender, girls, girls' education | 1 Comment

Accreditation, certification and recognition of non-formal education in the Arab States

Posted on 9 January 2020 by GEM Report

By Michael Cacich and Farida Aboudan, Educate A Child, a programme of the Education Above All Foundation The recent Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report 2019: Migration, displacement and education: Building bridges, not walls estimates annual education spending at US$4.7 trillion … Continue reading →

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Internally Displaced Girls and Education in Yemen

Posted on 6 January 2020 by GEM Report

By YoumnaFathi Al-Aswadi, author of a background paper for the Arab States 2019 GEM Report on migration, displacement and education The protracted conflict in Yemen since March 2015 has resulted in significant human suffering. More than 3.65 million people have … Continue reading →

Posted in Arab States, Basic education, child marriage, Conflict, Equality, Equity, fragile states, Gender, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized | Tagged arab states 2019, child marriage, conflict, girls, houthi, yemen | Leave a comment

Our joint pledge to increase financing and coordination and improve education for refugees

Posted on 16 December 2019 by GEM Report

Jointly authored by Yasmine Sherif, Director Education Cannot Wait, Alice Albright, CEO of the Global Partnership for Education and Keiko Miwa, Regional Director for Human Development of the World Bank The first Global Refugee Forum, which kicks off in Geneva … Continue reading →

Posted in Conflict, migrant, migration, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized | Tagged displaced populations, displacement, migrants, migration, refugee education, refugees | 1 Comment

Benefits and challenges of refugee inclusion: Lessons from Lebanon

Posted on 29 November 2019 by GEM Report

By Elizabeth Adelman, Vidur Chopra, and Sarah Dryden-Peterson, equal co-authors of a background paper for the Arab States 2019 GEM Report on double-shift schools in Lebanon At 1.30 pm on a balmy October afternoon in Beirut, 12-year old Nour and … Continue reading →

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Fixing the Past: Conflict, Displacement and Education in Iraq

Posted on 22 November 2019 by GEM Report

By Alison Oswald, author of a background paper on Iraq for the Arab States 2019 GEM Report on migration, displacement and education Last month four thousand children went to register for the new school year in Hamam al Alil Camp … Continue reading →

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New paper: Teachers need support to better help migrant and refugee students suffering from trauma

Posted on 20 June 2019 by GEM Report

The number of migrant and refugee school-age children around the world has grown by 26% since 2000. Eight years on from the beginning of the Syrian conflict, a new paper released today and at an event in the Netherlands looks … Continue reading →

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New 2019 GEM Report shows insufficient progress including migrants and refugees in national education systems

Posted on 20 November 2018 by GEM Report

Launched at events across five continents today, the new Global Education Monitoring Report, Building Bridges, not Walls shows that progress is insufficient in providing an inclusive education for migrants, refugees or other displaced people. Migration and displacement affect education. … Continue reading →

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A teacher remains fiercely committed to her students as UNRWA schools face closure

Posted on 17 October 2018 by GEM Report

Nesrin Ayoub is the head-teacher of an UNRWA-run girls’ primary school of 450 girls aged 6-16 years in Ein Hilweh Refugee Camp, in Lebanon. All the children are all Palestine refugees from Lebanon and Syria. People in the Ein Hilweh … Continue reading →

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Only a quarter of Rohingya refugees’ education needs have been met

Posted on 23 August 2018 by GEM Report

This time a year ago, the mass exodus of refugees began from Myanmar to Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. But one year on and only a quarter of the funds requested by 11 partners to cover their education needs have been … Continue reading →