Author: Reid Lidow
The Right to Education for Refugees (Project Syndicate)
From the article: LONDON – From Fawaz’s home in a makeshift refugee camp just across the border from Syria, where he lives with his now-displaced family, one danger has been traded for another. “There are no schools. There is no education. My children have no toys....
Commissioner Shakira calls for breakthrough International Finance Facility for Education
In a call to action made live on Theirworld, Shakira Mebarak, a member of the Education Commission, is asking her millions of fans – and education advocates worldwide – to join her in calling upon leaders to take action and support a breakthrough...
The key to innovating education in Africa will be to fix its financing (Quartz)
From the article: Africa is at risk of losing a generation of 21st century workers and job creators. If current trends continue, Africa will be home to one billion young people by 2050 but one-third of them will not be able to complete basic secondary education. For...
Time for G20 leaders to back education
Last week, I presented Christos Stylianides, EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management, with a letter signed by NGOs from around the world calling on global leaders to back an innovate finance facility for education capable of ensuring Sustainable...December 22, 2016 | UN General Assembly welcomes Education Commission findings and encourages action on education
** UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY WELCOMES EDUCATION COMMISSION FINDINGS AND ENCOURAGES ACTION ON EDUCATION The United Nations General Assembly this week adopted two resolutions welcoming the Education Commission’s report and encouraging states to consider its recommendations....
UN General Assembly welcomes Education Commission findings and encourages action on education
The United Nations General Assembly this week adopted two resolutions welcoming the Education Commission’s report and encouraging states to consider its recommendations. On Monday, the General Assembly approved a text from its Third Committee – which focuses on...
An Education Giving Pledge to achieve the learning generation
The Education Commission’s vision calls for substantially increased resources from all actors to achieve the Learning Generation. The most important financiers of education are domestic governments responsible for funding 97% of the Commission’s projected $3 trillion...
Empowering Syrian refugees with higher education
Using the Syrian Civil War as a case study, Jamiya Project Academic Adviser Paul O’Keeffe explores education in emergencies and how seemingly intractable situations present abundant opportunities for educational advancement.
From a lost generation to a learning generation, by Amel Karboul (All Africa)
Writing in AllAfrica, Commissioner Amel Karboul articulates a vision to move from a lost generation to a learning generation by expanding educational opportunity.