The Perils of Youth: Coming of Age in a War-Torn WorldMarch 4, 2023 | Action Alert | Tasneem Alhmooze and H.D. WrightIn the zero draft of the Pact for the Future, the starting document for the Summit of the Future, heads of state note that “young people will have to live with the consequences of our action and inaction.” To …
READ Act Resources
READ Act Reauthorization ResourcesAugust 11, 2023 | | News | Dana MarionTake Action to Support READSupport the READ Act of 2017, legislation that helps millions of vulnerable children and youth around the world access quality education. Thanks for taking the time to visit our Reinforcing Education Accountability in Development (READ) Act Reauthorization Act Resources page! The READ Act Reauthorization Act …
Decolonizing Education through Diplomacy
Decolonizing Education through DiplomacyMay 22nd, 2023 | News | Amlata Persaud, Ed.D., Childhood Education International Alternative Text: A group of children holding flags smiling in front of a globe. By Amlata Persaud, Ed.D., Childhood Education International “Decolonizing has to be a collaborative journey and a collective struggle of committed individuals. It is one of undoing and redoing, of unlearning to …
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 …