Education Cannot Wait, the UN’s Global Fund for Education in Emergencies and Protracted Crises, will hold its multi-year High-Level Financing Conference February 16-17, 2023, in Geneva. This is a crucial opportunity for the U.S. government and donors to commit to financing quality, inclusive, and transformative education for over 222 million children and adolescents living in crisis and conflict settings around the world.

This dynamic, exciting event features two discussions, "Financing the Education in Emergencies sector: A Case for Investment in 222 Million Dreams," which will provide an overview of Education Cannot Wait's mission and the U.S. government's involvement, and "Nothing About Us Without Us: Youth-Led Solutions to Education Crises," a call to action by young leaders working to protect the right to quality, inclusive, safe education for displaced students around the world.

Speakers

Event speakers include:

• Dr. Joel Hellman, Dean, Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University
• Dr. Joan Lombardi, Senior Fellow, Georgetown Collaborative on Global Children's Issues and Senior Scholar, Center for Child and Human Development
• Yasmine Sherif, Director, Education Cannot Wait: UN's Global Fund for Education in Emergencies and Protracted Crises
• LeAnna Marr, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Center for Education, USAID
• Elizabeth Campbell, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau for Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) at the U.S. Department of State
• Representative Grace Meng, Congresswoman representing the 6th District of New York
• Nehemia Abel, Georgetown GHD ‘23, Policy and Advocacy Fellow, International Rescue Committee, 2021 USAID Donald M. Payne Fellow and Co-Founder, Ubumwe
• Olivia Issa, Program Lead, NASH Refugee Resettlement Initiative, George Washington University '22
• Emmanuelle Dyer Melhado, Outreach Chair, Welcoming Campus Initiative and No Lost Generation at George Washington University, George Washington University '24
• Jessica Garcia Bocaletti, Senior at International High School at Langley Park and Posse Scholar
• Pierina Anton Lopez, Global Campaign for Education-US Fellow, 2021 USAID Donald M. Payne Fellow, and Georgetown Global Human Development (GHD) '23

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Host Organizations

This event is co-hosted by: Georgetown University's Global Human Development (GHD) Program, Collaborative on Global Children's Issues, Center for Child and Human Development, Institute for the Study of Migration (ISIM), and Institute for Women, Peace, and Security (GIWPS); Association d'Aide à l'Education de l'Enfant Handicapé (AAEEH), Education Cannot Wait, Global Campaign for Education-US, Global Citizen, International Rescue Committee, Jesuit Refugee Service/USA, International Parliamentary Network on Education (IPNED), RESULTS, Save the Children, Youth Alliance Working Group of the Children's Policy and Funding Initiative (CPFI), National Association of System Heads (NASH) Refugee Resettlement Initiative, No Lost Generation - George Washington University, the Welcoming Campus Initiative - George Washington University, the D.C. Student Consortium on Women, Peace, and Security.