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 …
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 …
Youth Participation in Education: From the Lens of a Student
Youth Participation in Education: From the Lens of a StudentApril 30, 2021 | | Youth | Shreyan AcharyaPhoto: Youth leaders in India, Credit: UNICEF/UN0276725/Das When I started my Master’s in development studies at the University of Sussex’s Institute for Development Studies (IDS), I concentrated on relating different development concepts to education. For me, education is truly a foundation for human …
Step-up Efforts for Disability-Inclusive Education
Step-up Efforts for Disability-Inclusive EducationApril 22, 2021 | | News | Valentina Pomatto, Humanity & Inclusion (HI)Accessible Reading – Alt Text: Children with disabilities face obstacles in accessing and learning in schools. Obstacles exist both within and outside the education system. Within the education system, obstacles include: inaccessible infrastructures, non-adapted materials, non-adapted curricula, lack of teachers’ preparation, and segregation of …
To “Build Back Better” in Education, Focus on Building Inclusive Social Infrastructure
To “Build Back Better” in Education, Focus on Building Inclusive Social InfrastructureApril 29, 2021 | | News | Meghan Hussey, Special Olympics InternationalIMAGE: Children at a school in Morocco participate in a program with Special Olympics, as part of the “Play Unified, Learn Unified” project, supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. School closures during COVID-19 have impacted the learning and …
The Right to Education in Baltimore: Exploring Innovative Approaches
The Right to Education in Baltimore: Exploring Innovative ApproachesJanuary 21, 2020 | | Action Alert | GCE-US Proponents of the international right to education and the use of human rights instruments, such as the Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education, should be driven by people, for people. Furthering our understanding and use of these rights and instruments, requires bringing people …
Great News: READ Act Passed!
Great News: READ Act Passed!September 12, 2017 | | Action Alert | GCE-US Great news: The READ Act has become law! Thank you to everyone advocating for the Reinforcing Education Accountability in Development (READ) Act! The bill has now passed and been signed into law. This is a huge step forward to ensure quality education for all.Please thank your Members …
From Skeptical To Inspired
From Skeptical To InspiredJuly 22, 2013 | | News | GCE-USI consider myself a very fortunate individual to have been a participant of Malala Day hosted by the United Nations as a representative of Global Kids. Listening to Malala Yousafzai address youth who represented a multitude of nations from around the globe, including myself, was one of the most inspiring …
Determined Potential
Determined PotentialJuly 22, 2013 | | News | GCE-US“I raise up my voice – not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard,” announced Malala Yousafzai to a chamber full of students from over 100 countries during the UN’s first Youth Assembly held on July 12 at the UN headquarters in New York …
The Importance Of Involving Youth In Achieving The MDGs
The Importance Of Involving Youth In Achieving The MDGsJuly 18, 2013 | | News | Mia Jamiliby Mia Jamili NEW YORK – Last Friday, July 12, marked the first ever Malala Day at the United Nations Headquarters and I along with three of my fellow GCE-US advocates had the privilege of serving as youth delegates at the event. The experience …
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