The #ProtectEiENow campaign, led by the Global Campaign for Education (GCE), CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION TO PROTECT THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND PROTRACTED CRISIS. The international community needs to take urgent, concrete and effective measures to ensure transformative, inclusive and equitable quality education for all in emergency contexts – this requires political will and public financing to do so.
Please join us to MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN. Contribute to raising the voices and stories of the people affected – they should be at the centre of the global education agenda.
We urge governments, donors, and international organizations to:
(To learn more about our demands, please watch the CAMPAIGN FILM below)
Climate-change impacts, conflicts, situations of violence, poverty, persecution and public health emergencies are some of the drivers of these increasingly complex, intertwined and multifaceted crises, which last longer than ever before, with many leading to protracted and cyclical crises and impacting a growing number of people all over the world.
All this has a devastating impact on the right to education of millions of people, resulting in a generation of children and young people who are deprived not only of their right to quality education but also of the protection that education provides in these contexts, where education may be the only safe space. For the most marginalized people, the impact is much greater.
This reality is dramatically impacting the progress of the entire Sustainable Development Agenda, specifically Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4). Despite this dire situation, education remains one most underfunded areas of humanitarian aid – just 2,4 % of the global humanitarian funding, far below the 4 % UN target and the 10 % allocated by the European Union.
To know more, we invite you to listen to the high-level policy debates and discussions organized in the framework of the #ProtectEiENow campaign:
“Protect Education in Emergencies: Inclusive planning, sustainable funding, realized rights” - High-level panel discussion with:
- Stefania Giannini, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education.
- Honourable Joyce Moriku Kaducu, Minister of State for Education (Primary), Uganda
- Mr Assane Hamza, Deputy Secretary-General of the Minister of Education, Niger
- Mrs Marisela Figueroa, Deputy Minister for Pedagogical and Technical Affairs, Honduras
- Pr. Abdoul Aziz Yaouba, Secretary-General of the National Commission of UNESCO of the Republic of Cameroon
- Charles North, Acting CEO, Global Partnership for Education (GPE).
- Dennis Sinyolo, Chief Regional Coordinator for Africa, Education International (EI)
- Mr Aseel Saraih, journalist and member of the Arab Campaign for Education for All (ACEA)
- Ram Gaire, GCE Board Member from the National Campaign for Education Nepal (NCE-Nepal), Asia South-Pacific Association for Basic Adult Education (ASPBAE)
- Abideen Olasupo, Executive Director, Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative and GCE Youth leader, Nigeria
- Yasmine Sherif, Director, Education Cannot Wait (ECW)
Moderated by Madeleine Zúñiga, GCE Board Member, National Coordinator of the Campaña Peruana por el Derecho a la Educación (CPDE)
“Equitable access to learning in displacement: taking action against discrimination and marginalisation” - Policy debate with:
- Stella Oryang, refugee teacher in Ogili Hills ECD & Primary School, Uganda
- Akoy Mayan, a 14 years old boy with a physical disability, living in the Mahad IDP camp (South Sudan)
- Her Excellency, Dr Najwa Qbailat, the General Secretary of the Ministry of Education for administrative and financial affairs, Jordan
- Jennifer Roberts, Senior Education Officer (Emergencies), UNHCR
- Kamila Partyka, Policy Officer at the Directorate-General for Humanitarian Aid Operations, European Commission
- Anna-Maria Tammi, Education Specialist, Thematic Lead for Education in Crisis and Conflict, Global Partnership for Education (GPE).
- Kathryn Anna Moore, Gender and EiE lead, UN Girls’ Education Initiative (UNGEI)
- Christina Zetlmeisl, Country Director Uganda, Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS)
- Myriam Jafaar, Inclusive Education Coordinator, INEE
Closing remarks by Robert Jenkins, Global Director of Education, UNICEF
Moderated by Beathe Oagard, the GCE Board member
GCE is a leading civil society movement that promotes and defends education as a fundamental human right. GCE has over 124 members, made up of national education coalitions, International NGOs, regional networks, and youth-led organisations. GCE advocates for education as a fundamental right. GCE defines education as the foundation for all forms of development and as a catalyst for growth. As a transnational organization, GCE believes that education is the key to ensuring sustainable and equitable economic growth, improved health and social development.
GCE’s initiatives focus on the following strategic areas, equality and no-discrimination, education in emergencies, education financing, and transformative education.
Credits:
GCE, ECW/Aida/Orgocka, UNICEF/Sokol/Azoura/Alghabri/Kokicn/Knowles-Coursin