GCE-US Statement on the House FY21 State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill July 2020 | | News | GCE-US July 2020 Washington, DC – On July 6, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs recommended that international basic education be funded at $975 million for the coming fiscal year (FY 2021) and an additional …

GCE Statement Against Racism News | GCE-US All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights The Global Campaign for Education (GCE) promotes and defends Education as a Basic Human Right and strives towards achieving an equitable and quality education for all, with rights and social justice at its core. As a civil society movement, our mission …

International Finance Corporation Decides to Move Away from For-Profit Education Investments News | GCE-US The World Bank Group’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) has set a new precedent in upholding the right to education in an official commitment to freeze investments in private for-profit pre-primary, primary, and secondary (also called “K-12”) schools. The signatory organisations applaud this landmark decision by the …

President Trump’s Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2021 Jeopardizing Education! February 10, 2020 | | News | GCE-US FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 10, 2020 President Trump released his fiscal year (FY) 2021 budget request on February 10. The $4.8 trillion budget provides insight into Trump’s priorities for an election year and a potential second term. The Global Campaign for Education-US …

GCE-US Commends House of Foreign Affairs Committee’s Attention to Global Education  News | GCE-US The Global Campaign for Education-US (GCE-US) commends the House Foreign Affairs Committee for unanimously passing the Global Child Thrive Act of 2019 (H.R. 4864) and the Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act (H.R. 4508) out of committee on December 18, 2019. Proper interventions in child development and education …

GCE-US Commends House of Foreign Affairs Committee’s Attention to Global Education News | GCE-US The Global Campaign for Education-US (GCE-US) commends the House Foreign Affairs Committee for unanimously passing the Global Child Thrive Act of 2019 (H.R. 4864) and the Malala Yousafzai Scholarship Act (H.R. 4508) out of committee on December 18, 2019. Proper interventions in child development and education …

Statement of Appreciation for Congresswoman Nita Lowey’s Leadership October 10, 2019 | | News | GCE-US Washington, DC | October 10, 2019 – The Global Campaign for Education-US (GCE-US) applauds the career-long accomplishments of Representative Nita Lowey (NY-17), who has consistently championed the universal human right to education. For more than thirty years, Rep. Lowey has recognized education as a …

Organizations Applaud U.S. Government for $12 Million Commitment to Education Cannot Wait October 1, 2019 | | News | GCE-US Washington, D.C., October 1, 2019 – As world leaders gathered at last week’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, the U.S. Government joined other public and private donors to support education programs for children and youth around …

An important victory to strengthen public education! June 13, 2019 || News | GCE-US FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jennifer Rigg, Executive Director, jrigg@gce-us.org Washington, D.C. (June 13th, 2019) The Global Campaign for Education-US (GCE-US) welcomes the decision from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) to end funding used “to support for-profit provision of core education services.” GCE-US believes that compulsory …