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International Girls in Information & Communication Technologies Day Statement by Education Cannot Wait Director Yasmine Sherif

There is a global digital divide, threatening to leave entire generations of women and girls behind. Today, we place them at the centre of our shared massive action as we commemorate International Girls in ICT Day. Today, we reaffirm our commitment to harness the transformative power of education and provide these girls with the training, skills and resources they need to be part of the digital revolution that is shaping our planet. Today, we must recommit to financing their education.

Con el fin de lograr que las niñas, niños y adolescentes víctimas del conflicto, refugiados, migrantes y de comunidades de acogida accedan a una educación digna y de calidad sin barreras empezó la implementación del segundo Programa Multianual de Resiliencia Educativa (MYRP, por sus siglas en inglés).  Este programa es posible gracias al capital semilla del fondo de Naciones Unidas ‘La educación no puede esperar’ (Education Cannot Wait- ECW), para que la niñez, sin importar su condición o el lugar donde se encuentre, pueda acceder a su derecho a la educación.  En esta nueva fase de tres años, el programa se implementará en municipios priorizados de Chocó, Nariño, Norte de Santander y Arauca.

How many hours of classroom time have Ukrainian students lost due to air raid alerts? Which regions have experienced the greatest disruptions? And what can be done to reduce the impact? This article explores these and other key questions.

This article was prepared by the Center of Excellence of Education under the Multi-Year Resilience Programme (MYRP) and funded through Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises. The MYRP in Ukraine is supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. 

One in three children is out of school in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), leaving an estimated 30 million children between the ages of 5 and 18 without access to formal education. Access to schooling in the area had been improving over the last five decades, especially for girls, but a “recent string of crises [has resulted] in a staggering reversal of these [improvements],” according to UNICEF’s Edouard Beigbeder.

Ireland will provide additional support to help children in war zones and other disaster areas receive education.

Not only do children facing humanitarian disaster face poverty and displacement, they all too often miss out on education which can have a devastating long-term impact on their lives. In areas of prolonged crisis, children can miss years of school.

Ireland supported Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the UN’s fund for providing education to children in humanitarian crisis. This year, Ireland will provide ECW with €6 million to support its activities around the world.

El fondo, implementado desde 2019, ha beneficiado a Colombia en más de $28.1millones de dólares.

El Fondo de la ONU para la Infancia (Unicef) anunció que ya empezó el segundo Programa Multianual de Resiliencia Educativa, viable mediante el capital semilla del fondo ‘La educación no puede esperar’ (ECW por sus siglas en inglés). Con este,unos 180.000 niños y adolescentes tendrán la posibilidad de estudiar. 

Action Education se réjouit que le Conseil Présidentiel pour les Partenariats Internationaux ait réaffirmé l’éducation comme priorité stratégique de la politique de coopération internationale de la France. 

Since its founding in 2020, the centre has published over 14 research briefs and launched projects with partners like Education Cannot Wait. “We’re embedding research into every intervention,” said El Samarany. “We want teacher professional development, AI tools, and policy advocacy to all align with this agenda. That’s how we drive systems change.”

A new partnership between Germany and the African Union was announced to strengthen organisations of persons with disabilities across Africa, with a focus on youth and women. The multilateral education initiative Education Cannot Wait will collaborate with Germany, the United Kingdom, IDA, and the Girls’ Education Challenge to improve data collection and accountability for inclusive education in crisis-affected regions by 2028.

Education Cannot Wait (ECW) and our strategic partners deliver speedy and lifesaving quality education on the frontlines of the world's most severe humanitarian crises. In places like Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti and Cameroon, this means healthy school meals, greater nutrition, safe classrooms and access to public health initiatives that are available at the beginning of school.

Zum anderen, weil Kriege überhaupt losgebrochen werden. Aber darüber wurde auf dem Kongress nur indirekt gesprochen, etwa bei der Vorstellung der Kampagne »Education Cannot Wait«. Weltweit gebe es 234 Millionen Kinder ohne akzeptablen Zugang zu Bildung wegen Kriegen und Katastrophen. 23 Millionen davon hätten Behinderungen, so ihre Geschäftsführerin Yasmine Sherif: »Und der Anteil Verstümmelter wächst.«

Alors que les partenaires se réunissent pour le Sommet sur le handicap, Éducation sans délai (ECW) et le Partenariat mondial pour l’éducation (GPE) appellent les dirigeants du monde entier à mobiliser leur soutien en faveur des enfants en situation de handicap dans les pays touchés par la fragilité ou les conflits .

Alors que les dirigeants et les parties prenantes du handicap se réunissent cette semaine pour renforcer les engagements mondiaux en faveur de l’inclusion des personnes en situation de handicap, ECW et le GPE appellent les partenaires à soutenir l’éducation inclusive pour les enfants en situation d’urgence et de fragilité. Ils encouragent la promotion d’une allocation financière pluriannuelle équitable en faveur des enfants très marginalisés, y compris les filles et les garçons en situation de handicap.