As the Global Fund for Education in Emergencies & Protracted crises, #ECW is a strong supporter of the #SafeSchoolsDeclaration .

🛑Schools & other civilian infrastructure must be protected from attacks+military use

🛑Children must be protected. They are #NotATarget .
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My piece w/ Rebecca Bell-Martin is out about residents in Lat Am cities using self-protection strategies to weather gang violence. Humanitarians should reinforce these &
-recognize agency
-assess violence type
-consult older, disabled, LGBTI, women & others b/c each use diff strategies

We congratulate Ambassador Amanda Gorely for joining the #SafeSchoolsDeclaration - the rest of Asia- Pacific countries should follow their lead!

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Que faites-vous les 16 & 17 février 2023 ?
Participez à la conférence #HLFC2023 d'Education Cannot Wait pour en savoir plus sur la crise🌏 de l'éducation et la réponse d' #ECW & ses partenaires!
Inscrivez-vous pour participer virtuellement ➡️bit.ly/3PW14Ub
#222MillionsDeRêves

📣222M crisis-affected girls & boys urgently need #education support.

With #HLFC2023 on the horizon, the #222MillionDreams ✨📚 Campaign calls on 🌍leaders to address the global #EducationCrisis !

👉bit.ly/222Mdreams
Global Citizen ⭕ Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 🇦🇺 France Diplomacy 🇫🇷🇪🇺 USAID Education Sida

In an increasingly hostile environment for civil society, humanitarians face trial in #Greece today for saving lives. The case is riddled w/ procedural flaws that undermine the rights to due process & a fair trial.

#FreeHumanitarians

More by Human Rights Watch here:
hrw.org/news/2022/12/2…

Sad to see this news from Afghanistan
The Taliban authorities on Tuesday ordered an indefinite ban on university education for Afghan girls english.alarabiya.net/News/world/202…

Don't miss this blog by two of GCPEA Secretariat fantastic Steering Committee members on protecting education from all hazards.

'While it takes a village to raise a child, education definitely has a role to play towards elevating climate negotiations to a new era!'

Time to press the accelerator to protect education from all hazards! By Yayoi Segi-Vltchek, Chief of Section, Section of Migration, Displacement, Emergencies and Education, UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳, and Linda Jones, Senior Adviser, Education in Emergencies, UNICEF bit.ly/3FQcyoM

⭐️80 states are endorsing the international Declaration on protecting civilians from #explosiveweapons in populated areas In Dublin today 🇮🇪 & sending a strong message to the world that bombing and shelling in cities and towns is unacceptable #EWIPA Dublin #EWIPA

Education was specifically targeted in this devastating incident which killed or injured hundreds many of whom were students.
@HRW's recommendations to Somali govt and partners are stellar: accountability, justice, and holistic support to victims.
#NotATarget

In her final report, the UN's outgoing education expert calls for new international law recognizing children's right to free pre-primary education. My colleague Bede Sheppard on why this is so important:
hrw.org/news/2022/10/1…

Russian forces occupied at least two schools in Izium, Ukraine🇺🇦, and used them to routinely torture detainees. My colleagues Human Rights Watch spoke to some of the survivors to document their ordeals: hrw.org/news/2022/10/1… #SafeSchoolsDeclaration Photo: School #12.

#Cameroon : Thousands of ppl protested Monday against separatist attacks and abductions at schools and churches. They demanded to know the whereabouts of scores of ppl, including 5 Catholic priests, a nun, and 2 worshippers taken last month from a church, voanews.com/amp/cameroonia…

The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education says it's time countries enshrine #ChildRights to early-childhood education in a legally-binding human rights instrument: undocs.org/Home/Mobile?Fi…. We Human Rights Watch agree!! What might that look like? Our idea: tandfonline.com/share/F6JY766E…

Great news! #Nigeria signs a formal agreement with @unicef to end the military detention of children suspected of involvement with Boko Haram; pledges swift reintegration assistance. unicef.org/nigeria/press-…

Protect Education in #Afghanistan

'Attacks on children and their school facility are unacceptable and can be a grave violation of children’s rights. School facilities should always be a safe place for every child, where children can learn, play and grow to reach their full potential.' #NotATarget

Global Protection Cluster @WilliamChemal sends a powerful message ' When education is protected, lives are protected; #girls & #boys are protected! Less #childmarriage , child labor, child trafficking & child recruitment by armed groups.'
#EducationUnderAttack2022 👉bit.ly/3MigfnM

“Attacks on education is a cross-sectoral issue - and we need coordination desperately.” says Dr. Marika Tsolakis of GCPEA Secretariat

“Attacks increased despite the closure of schools due to COVID-19”