*END THE WAR ON CHILDREN, SAYS BROWN, AS HE CALLS FOR 2017 CHILDREN’S NEW DEAL: GUARANTEED SAFE SCHOOLS, A NEW INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT FOR ATROCITIES AGAINST CHILDREN AND EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS PROSECUTION OF SCHOOL BOMBINGS *THERE MUST BE NO HIDING PLACE...
Dec 12, 2016 | In the Media
On 10-11 December 2016, a new page in the history of child rights is set to unfold. Two powerful constituencies — Nobel Laureates and world leaders — will unite in India for the well-being of children. Why laureates and leaders for children? Because, while these...
Dec 11, 2016 | Updates
Following initial visits to Uganda and Malawi, a Commission delegation led by His Excellency Jakaya Kiwkete, the former President of Tanzania, met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Rt. Honourable Hailemariam Desalegn in Addis Ababa this week to present the Commission’s...
Dec 11, 2016 | In the Media
By Nita Bhalla From the article: Experts say education is key to ending child labor and slavery, but budgets for education across most of the world are too meager to keep children in school, especially when poverty prevails and families need to send their children to...
Dec 5, 2016 | Updates
Right to education for tens of millions of children denied Children with disabilities are, more often than not, excluded from society, forgotten by governments and international aid programs, and – for a long time – denied their right to an education. Their “disabled...
Dec 2, 2016 | Updates
The discussions in Pakistan around who is in and who is out – who learns and who does not – are getting louder. And so they should, as we now have a mounting burden of unmet milestones that are piling high. Almost six years have passed since education was declared a...
Nov 29, 2016
Explore The Learning Generation Report › Creating the Learning Generation: Explore › Report › Research & Background Papers › The Education Commission is committed to creating a Learning Generation by transforming education systems so that all children can be in...
Nov 29, 2016 | Updates
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...
Nov 20, 2016 | Updates
The International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity (the Education Commission) – a group of composed of heads of government, business and education leaders – has called for the international community to make the largest investment in educational...
Nov 16, 2016 | In the Media
I am the product of a very bold leadership decision. The first president of Tunisia, Bourguiba, who came into power in 1956, decided to invest an expanded portion of the country’s GDP into education. Many people protested – after all, what use could schooling be to a...
