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The impact of COVID-19 school closures and stress on adolescent mental health in Kenya
By Jessie Pinchoff, Karen Austrian, Faith Mbushi, Population Council & Julie Mwabe, Kenya Executive Office of the President, Policy and Strategy Unit “I had anxiety because we left school when we were just about to sit for the exams, and … Continue reading
Posted in Out-of-school children, Youth
Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, covid19, kenya, mental health, target 4.1, youth
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Don’t forget about those who were not in school before the pandemic
🔊 Listen to this blog By Andrew Christensen, Dr Carla Pezzulo , Professor Andy Tatem , Dr Victor Alegana and Omar Bakari, academics and practitioners working in education policy, disability rights, public health, and geospatial and data science School closures … Continue reading
Posted in Out-of-school children, Primary school, Secondary school
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, out of school, out of school children, target 4.1, youth
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#AllmeansALL a call to action from 40 million European youth to mark Zero Discrimination Day
To mark Zero Discrimination Day 2021, the GEM Report team, the European Students’ Union, the Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions and the Global Students Forum came together yesterday, March 1, to host an interactive webinar on the findings … Continue reading
The winning One Big Idea on inclusion and education submitted by youth
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
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Sazhida runs a kindergarten for pastoralist children in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan during the summer
This content comes from our newly released interactive youth version of the 2019 GEM Report, presented today at the UN Youth Forum in New York. Jailoo kindergartens provide education for the children of pastoralist families who move to mountain pastures … Continue reading
Posted in Early childhood care and education, migrant, migration, Uncategorized, Youth
Tagged 2019 gem report, migrants, migration, pastoralist children, youth
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Youth leaders assemble at the UN for the SDGs
The ingenuity, resolve and enthusiasm of young leaders is vital for sustainable development. Over 1000 youth leaders from over 100 countries gathered at the 2018 Winter Youth Assembly at the United Nations on February 12-14. The theme, Innovation and Collaboration … Continue reading
Why we need student advocacy
by Viktor Grønne – student, activist, and Danish UNESCO Youth Representative As we launch the 2017/8 youth version of the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report on how youth can help hold governments to account for education, the discussion naturally centred on … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, sdgs, Uncategorized, Youth
Tagged RTE campaign, target 4.1, youth
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I believe my grandfather when he said ‘education will help you be whoever you want to be’
By Pegah Moulana, youth ambassador for the GEM Report Right to Education campaign When I was young, my grandfather once told me: “Education will help you to be whoever you want to be”. Looking back 10 years on, I know … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, right to education, Uncategorized, Youth
Tagged RTE campaign, target 4.1, youth
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“Education is far too important to be left solely to the government or educational institutions”
“I believe that it is no longer enough for us to pay lip service to education; now is the time to insist on transparency and accountability in education,” said Victoria Ibiwoye, youth representative of the SDG Education 2030 Steering Committee … Continue reading
Learn more from our international youth ambassadors – Join our digital launch event
This afternoon at 4 PM (GMT), the GEM Report will host a digital launch event for the 2017/8 Youth Report. The digital launch will bring together some of the key youth ambassadors for the GEM Report #WhosAccountable campaign on the … Continue reading
Posted in accountability, Uncategorized, Youth
Tagged accountability, right to education, RTE campaign, youth
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