Tag: education
As the 2025–2026 school year begins in Ethiopia’s Amhara region with the ambitious goal of enrolling 7.4 million students, armed conflicts, insecurity, droughts, and floods continue to deprive millions of children across Africa of their fundamental right to education. Education is not only a right; it is also a crucial lever for reducing poverty, fostering […]
In Chad, children’s rights are frequently violated and often marginalized. Dr. MBAIRE MBAINODJI Junior, a Doctor of Public Law and a committed human rights defender, emphasizes that a call to action is more urgent than ever to protect children and offer them a better future. According to Dr. MBAINODJI, the current situation of children in […]
The political, economic and social situation in Sudan remains fragile, exasperated by localized violence in certain parts of the country, associated with climatic hazards and epidemics. Over the past year, with 19 million school-aged children lacking access to formal education, and over 90% of the nearly 23,000 schools are closed or inaccessible. Over the last […]
Education is crucial to national growth and development, and as Cristian Munduate, the Representative of UNICEF in Nigeria, emphasized, schools should be sanctuaries of learning and growth, not sites of fear and violence. Nigeria, with one of the strongest armies in the region, is plagued by insecurity that puts vulnerable groups at risk. Throughout the […]
The World Food Programme’s (WFP) supports governments to ensure that all school-aged children have access to school meals and are healthy and ready to learn Every day, millions of children worldwide attend school on an empty stomach, and hunger significantly impacts their concentration and ability to learn. School meal programmes serve as a multidimensional solution, […]
The UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is a global virtual conference that brings together decision makers and professionals from the global education and sustainable development communities. It will be an opportunity to mobilize support for ESD for 2030, UNESCO’s program on ESD for the next decade, while raising global awareness of […]
Over the recent years, significant attention has been paid to human rights education (HRE), and this issue has gradually found its place in the language of governmental departments, NGOs, educational institutions, international human rights entities, and other related communities. It seems that the need for human rights education is an undeniable fact in today’s world […]
Although the empowerment of women has been among the most significant achievements of the past century, the international community must “push further” in its struggle to ensure the right to education for all girls, the top UN human rights official declared today. “Investing in girls’ education is not only the right thing to do, it […]
Police chased down student protesters and dragged them onto trucks Friday in Myanmar’s third such crackdown on public demonstrations in as many days. Authorities went after five students after they broke off from 200 other demonstrators locked in a standoff at a Letpadan monastery, an Associated Press photographer and other witnesses said. The demonstrators oppose […]
