How the Humanitarian Sector Should Engage Young People: A Call to ActionDecember 2, 2022 | | Action Alert | H.D. Wright Since the creation of the United Nations Special Envoy on Youth in 2013, aid professionals have asked themselves how to engage young people. In 2021, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and …
Mainstreaming Disability-Inclusive Education: A Requirement, Not a Request
Mainstreaming Disability-Inclusive Education: A Requirement, Not a RequestOctober 19, 2022 | | Action Alert | Pierina Anton Lopez and Anny LinAt Light for the World South Sudan, 25-year-old Esther Piro, a South Sudanese disability rights activist, advocate, and trainer with a hearing impairment, serves as a Disability Inclusion Facilitator in her community. Through this role, Esther works to mainstream disability …
GCE-US hosts Global Action Week for Education 2022 April Coalition Meeting
GCE-US Hosts Global Action Week for Education 2022 April Coalition MeetingApril 27, 2022 | | Action Alert | Pierina Anton Lopez On April 26, 2022, the Global Campaign for Education-US hosted its April coalition meeting during the Global Action Week for Education. For a week every April, Global Campaign for Education chapters around the world, including GCE-US, mobilize around a …
Girls’ Education is Not a Silver Bullet Solution to Climate Change
Girls’ Education is Not a Silver Bullet Solution to Climate Change April 27, 2022 | | Girls Education | AMPLIFY Girls When it comes to climate change, we recognize that girls and women face the deepest burdens and harshest impact. We also know that getting girls into school and helping them thrive is critical to the world and requires deep investment. …
USAID Announces $18 Million Contribution to Education Cannot Wait
USAID Announces $18 Million Contribution to Education Cannot Wait Washington, D.C., April 14, 2022 — As a coalition committed to ensuring that all children and adolescents affected by crisis and conflict achieve an education, the Global Campaign for Education-US applauds USAID for its April 13, 2022 announcement of $18 million in funding to Education Cannot Wait (ECW). This funding will …
My Fellowship Experience with GCE-US
My Fellowship Experience with GCE-US January 6, 2022 | | Action Alert | Shruti NallappaMy experience as both a Fellow and Senior Fellow with the Global Campaign for Education – US has been an insightful and incredible experience. In the midst of a global pandemic and adjusting to working remotely, I have grown professionally, academically, and personally. GCE-US has provided me …
Meeting the Education Needs of Displaced Children and Young People
Meeting the Education Needs of Displaced Children and Young PeopleAugust 12, 2021 | | Action and Advocacy | “This is about ensuring that every single child around the world has access to education.”- Karina Gould, Minister of International Development, CanadaOn July 27, 2021, Canada Development, Global Partnership for Education, Education Cannot Wait, UNHCR, and UK Aid together hosted the “Meeting …
An Impact-Focused Internship Experience
An Impact-Focused Internship ExperienceAugust 10, 2021 | | Action and Advocacy | My experience as an Advocacy Intern at GCE-US has been empowering, educational, and full of growth. I entered the internship passionate about policy advocacy and universal access to quality education, but with little idea what to expect. I was immediately welcomed to the team, and invited to participate …
Now is the Time to Fund Basic Education for All
Now is the Time to Fund Basic Education for AllJune 29, 2021 | | Action and Advocacy | The power of education is clear – brighter futures, healthier communities, and increased economic growth for individuals and countries. Education increases security and stability, spurs economic growth, and provides proven results across development sectors. As outlined in USAID’s Education Strategy, “the U.S. …
Realizing Quality and Inclusive Education in Kenya Through Financing
Realizing Quality and Inclusive Education in Kenya Through FinancingMay 10, 2021 | | Action and Advocacy | Global Action Week for Education is a concentrated week of global action in support of the human right to quality, inclusive universal education. Since Action Aid and OXFAM joined forces to campaign to end child labor in 1999, other advocacy campaigns have taken …