London literacy campaign highlights global problem
During the last couple of days, those of us joining thousands of others in London’s busy transport system have been able to pick up a free evening newspaper with a front page campaign to boost literacy...
View Article‘Run, run as fast as you can!’ Your school is under attack.
The Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) has been officially launched United Nations in New York. Save the Children is one of the founding members of this coalition. It was an...
View ArticleTreating education as a life saver in emergencies
“I’d like to be a teacher… But I’d have to finish school first before I could be a teacher… it’s not enough to say I’d like to be a teacher—I have to finish school first. If I can go to school, then I...
View ArticleEducation: the forgotten need in emergencies
Half-way through the month of September, many children will already be back in school, ready to begin a new year of schooling. However, there are at least six countries – Ivory Coast, Libya, Yemen, as...
View ArticleFor all the women who open up a world of opportunities
Today I’m joining millions of women everywhere in celebrating International Women’s Day today, as well as those who for a myriad of reasons cannot actually celebrate it, for they continue to be the...
View ArticleEducation First: our next global agenda
There was a lot of excitement on Wednesday when the UN Secretary General launched Education First, the UN’s five-year initiative aimed at reinvigorating the education goals that have long been...
View ArticleSomaliland: Abdi – a serious boy
Abdi is one of the most serious boys I’ve ever met. In fact, in the hour we spend together talking, I only see him smile once – when I take his picture. Abdi is 14 years old and lives near the village...
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Education: a voice for human rights
UN Human Rights Day Monday 10 December marked Human Rights Day, an opportunity for the world to acknowledge the achievements of the worldwide struggle for human rights and to recommit ourselves to...
View ArticleMozambique: 50,000 girls rising through education
Today, around the world, it’s hoped that one billion girls, boys, women and men, will join the one billion rising campaign –a global, connected movement to end violence, rape and abuse against girls...
View ArticleNo teacher = no learning = no right to education
This week, the worldwide education community celebrates Global Action Week. Together we are pushing for action on the urgent priority of guaranteeing that every child has a teacher. Without a critical...
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