How to Take Action Against Child Labor: Interview with Reid Maki from the Child Labor Coalition August 13, 2024 | | Action and Advocacy | Rachel Aluko & Natalie Snelson August 2, 2024 Washington, D.C. – On Friday, August 2, Natalie Snelson and Rachel Aluko interviewed Reid Maki, Director of Child Labor Issues and Coordinator of Child Labor Coalition. The …
GCE-US 2024 AMP Global Scholars Seminar
GCE-US 2024 AMP Global Scholars Seminar July 24, 2024 | | Action and Advocacy | Genevieve Manise & Natalie Snelson July 16, 2024 Washington, D.C. – This month, the Global Campaign for Education-US (GCE-US) team in Washington, D.C. had the pleasure of meeting with the AMP Global Scholars, a group of global students whose mission is to make the …
GCE-US Celebrates the Global Child Thrive Act
GCE-US Celebrates the Global Child Thrive Act July 23, 2024 | | Action and Advocacy | Genevieve Manise & Natalie Snelson July 23, 2024 Washington, D.C. – The Global Child Thrive Act is a multisectoral, interagency bill enacted in 2021 which aims to integrate childhood development interventions into US foreign assistance programs. The launch event provided updates on strategy …
Child Labor as a Barrier to Education For All
Child Labor as a Barrier to Education For All July 18th, 2024 | | News | Rachel Aluko July 12, 2024 Washington, D.C. – The Global Campaign for Education U.S. commemorates World Day Against Child Labor, an initiative spearheaded by the International Labour Organization (ILO) that takes place each year on June 12. Child labor is an ongoing issue in …
Redefining Humanitarian Aid through Localization
Redefining Humanitarian Aid through Localization July 17th, 2024 | | News | Natalie Snelson July 2, 2024 Washington, D.C. – “International development and peacebuilding donors have recognized the need to localize their assistance in order to achieve increased effectiveness by making their aid more inclusive. However, the actual implementation of localization remains elusive” (Pamina and Wingender, 2023). GCE-US is …
Education in Emergencies: The Lifeline for Refugee Children
Education in Emergencies: The Lifeline for Refugee Children July 17th, 2024 | | News | Divine Irakoze July 2, 2024 Washington, D.C. – Education is a fundamental human right, yet millions of children around the world are deprived of this right due to conflict and disaster. Refugees face significant barriers to accessing education which can have long-lasting impacts on their …
The Promise of Youth Democracy: a Structure for Self-Organization
The Promise of Youth Democracy: a Structure for Self-Organization July 7, 2024 | Action Alert | H.D. Wright Since the appointment of the United Nations Special Envoy on Youth in 2017, young people have departed from old modes of youth engagement, and organized to construct a modern mechanism for transnational dialogue. In 2021, the 100 Million Campaign formed the first …
The Perils of Youth: Coming of Age in a War-Torn World
The Perils of Youth: Coming of Age in a War-Torn World March 4, 2023 | Action Alert | Tasneem Alhmooze and H.D. Wright In 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 …
READ Act Resources
READ Act Reauthorization Resources November 2024 | News Take Action to Support READJoin GCE-US to ensure passage of the READ Act Reauthorization Act before the end of the 118th Congress! Download our Action Week Toolkit to access all of the resources you need to take action. The READ Act Reauthorization Act is a reauthorization of the original READ Act of …
Decolonizing Education through Diplomacy
Decolonizing Education through Diplomacy May 22, 2023 | News | 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 relearn, of questioning, reconsidering, and being open to different possibilities.” -Farhana Sultana (Human Geography, 2009) Decolonization can be understood as …