Category Archives: Human rights
Post-2015: If we don’t tackle educational inequality, we’ll fail the fairness test
By Will Paxton, head of education policy and advocacy for Save the Children UK and chair of the Global Campaign for Education UK’s Policy Group, and Anthony Davis, policy adviser for Plan UK As debates about the post-2015 development framework … Continue reading
Early childhood care and education: Getting off to a good start
The first Education for All (EFA) goal aims to expand and improve comprehensive early childhood care and education, especially for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children. As part of our countdown to the launch of our next report, we look … Continue reading
Will boys and girls have equal access to education in 2015?
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report As the 2015 deadline draws near, is the world on track to give its boys and girls the same chance to get a good education? This week we … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Arab States, Gender, Human rights, Literacy, Primary school, Secondary school, Skills
Tagged GMR, GMR 10th anniversary
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Telling the truth and shaping a vision for education
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report, we have invited the Report’s previous directors to share their views on progress and prospects for Education for All. By Kevin Watkins Was it really three years? When I … Continue reading
BRIEFLY: 200 million children denied their right to early childhood care and education
To mark Education for All Global Action Week, the Global Campaign for Education is launching a report today that considers early childhood care and education – the focus of the week – from the point of view of human rights. … Continue reading
Education as a way out of exploitation
A new video and an accompanying article released by UNICEF about education in northern Benin turn the spotlight on child labour, child trafficking and other factors that rob children of their right to education. As we will discuss in our … Continue reading
BRIEFLY: Attacks in Nigeria leave thousands without schools
One common impact of conflict on education – which we noted in the 2011 Education for all Global Monitoring Report – is the tendency for armed groups to attack schools. Since the beginning of this year, the Islamist group Boko … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Conflict, Human rights
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Ensuring education for Syrian refugee children
The continuing conflict in Syria is taking a heavy toll on education, as thousands of Syrian families take their children out of school and flee across the border to seek refuge. Recognizing their needs, the United Nations and its humanitarian … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, Arab States, Conflict, Donors, Human rights, Refugees and displaced people
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Justice for children: Lubanga and Kony are only the tip of the iceberg
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report The widespread use of child soldiers – whose damaging effects on education we examined in the 2011 Global Monitoring Report – came under the global spotlight for the … Continue reading
‘The future we want’ post-2015: Sustainable development goals
By Pauline Rose, director of the Education for All Global Monitoring Report In his speech to the General Assembly this week, the United Nations secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, presented his action agenda for the next five years. His speech highlighted many … Continue reading
Posted in Basic education, Climate change, Democracy, Developing countries, Economic growth, Employment, Governance, Human rights, Millennium Development Goals, Poverty, Reproductive health, Sustainable development
Tagged Ban Ki-moon, climate change, democracy, economic growth, education, Education for All, employment, human rights, Millennium Development Goals, poverty, sustainable development, United Nations
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