In the Media
World leaders commit to tackling global education crisis (UNICEF Press Release)
From the press release: NEW YORK, 20 September 2017 – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres; United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed; heads of state of France, Norway, Malawi and Senegal; and other global education leaders today committed to...
A Double Betrayal for Refugee Children (Project Syndicate)
From the article: Last year, the Education Cannot Wait fund was created to close the education-financing gap for refugee children and ensure that the necessary resources are available when disaster strikes. It was a heartening development, but the harsh reality is...
Sharing the future by building better education systems (Brookings)
From the article: William Gibson, the lauded science fiction novelist, is credited with the saying: “The future is already here. It’s just not evenly distributed yet.” Like far too many other profound and attributed quotes, no one seems to be able to pin down whether...
Investing in Africa’s education (CNBC Africa)
Speaking with CNBC Africa, Commissioner and former President of Tanzania Jakaya Kikwete makes clear that countries “cannot develop without education” and that the G20’s decision to back the breakthrough International Finance Facility for Education...
Gordon Brown and Shakira: G20 leaders agreed to education financing, now comes the harder part (CNN)
From the article: Gordon Brown is the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Shakira Mebarak is an international artist and global education advocate. Both are members of the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity, known as the...
“La educación es una lucha por la libertad, una lucha por la liberación” (Clarin)
From the article: La pasión y la política son sinónimos para el escocés Gordon Brown, ex primer ministro laborista británico, ex chancellor de las finanzas y quien salvó a Gran Bretaña en la crisis financiera pero lo pagó con su cargo. Hoy la educación es su nueva...
The G20 and the Inequality Crisis (Project Syndicate)
From the article: LONDON – Almost a decade ago, facing a near-collapse of the financial system and the risk of a depression, the world needed a new form of leadership to navigate and restore confidence in the global economy. That’s why, in 2009, at his first global...
Solberg delte scene med Shakira i Hamburg (Aftenposten)
From the article: Demonstrasjonene i byen førte imidlertid til at den norske delegasjonen måtte vente på arenaen inntil tysk politi kunne skaffe en sikker rute tilbake til hotellet. Solberg la vekt på ungdom og utdanning da hun holdt sin appell på Global Citizen...