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Children worldwide are being denied their basic human right to an education. Conflict, climate change, displacement and other crises are pushing them to the edge. To highlight the amazing stories of perseverance and hope emerging on the front lines, Education Cannot Wait (ECW) — the UN’s global fund for education in emergencies that is hosted by UNICEF — asked crisis-affected girls and boys worldwide what education means to them.

Heute ist ein unannehmbarer Tiefpunkt für die Menschheit. Seit 500 Tagen verweigern die Taliban den Mädchen im Sekundarstufenalter in Afghanistan ihr inhärentes Menschenrecht auf Bildung. Bitte schließen Sie sich Education Cannot Wait an – und wichtigen Führungspersönlichkeiten auf der ganzen Welt, darunter die stellvertretende Generalsekretärin der Vereinten Nationen, Amina Mohammadund der UN-Sonderbeauftragte für global Bildung, The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown – indem Sie sich mit jedem Mädchen und jeder Frau in Afghanistan verbünden und gleichzeitig deren Söhne, Brüder und Ehemänner dazu aufrufen, zu ihnen zu stehen. 

Heute ist ein unannehmbarer Tiefpunkt für die Menschheit. Seit 500 Tagen verweigern die Taliban den Mädchen im Sekundarstufenalter in Afghanistan ihr inhärentes Menschenrecht auf Bildung. Bitte schließen Sie sich Education Cannot Wait an – und wichtigen Führungspersönlichkeiten auf der ganzen Welt, darunter die stellvertretende Generalsekretärin der Vereinten Nationen, Amina Mohammed, und der UN-Sonderbeauftragte für globale Bildung, The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown – indem Sie sich mit jedem Mädchen und jeder Frau in Afghanistan verbünden und gleichzeitig deren Söhne, Brüder und Ehemänner dazu aufrufen, zu ihnen zu stehen.

Heute ist ein unannehmbarer Tiefpunkt für die Menschheit. Seit 500 Tagen verweigern die Taliban den Mädchen im Sekundarstufenalter in Afghanistan ihr inhärentes Menschenrecht auf Bildung. Bitte schließen Sie sich Education Cannot Wait an - und wichtigen Führungspersönlichkeiten auf der ganzen Welt, darunter die stellvertretende Generalsekretärin der Vereinten Nationen, Amina Mohammed, und der UN-Sonderbeauftragte für globale Bildung, The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown - indem Sie sich mit jedem Mädchen und jeder Frau in Afghanistan verbünden und gleichzeitig deren Söhne, Brüder und Ehemänner dazu aufrufen, zu ihnen zu stehen.

Around the world, children and adolescents with disabilities are 49% more likely to have never attended school – this number is especially high for those living in crisis-affected areas. To address this global challenge Education Cannot Wait (ECW) announced today a US$1.2 million grant to the International Disability Alliance (IDA).

Around the world, children and adolescents with disabilities are 49% more likely to have never attended school – this number is especially high for those living in crisis-affected areas. To address this global challenge Education Cannot Wait (ECW) announced today a US$1.2 million grant to the International Disability Alliance (IDA).

Around the world, children and adolescents with disabilities are 49% more likely to have never attended school – this number is especially high for those living in crisis-affected areas. To address this global challenge Education Cannot Wait (ECW) announced today a US$1.2 million grant to the International Disability Alliance (IDA). 

Today marks an unacceptable low point for humanity. For 500 days, the Taliban have denied secondary school-aged girls in Afghanistan their inherent human right to an education. Please join Education Cannot Wait – and key leaders around the world including UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and UN Special Envoy for Global Education The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown – in uniting for, and uniting with, every girl and woman in Afghanistan, while also calling on their sons, brothers and husbands to stand by them.

Today marks an unacceptable low point for humanity. For 500 days, the Taliban have denied secondary school-aged girls in Afghanistan their inherent human right to an education. Please join Education Cannot Wait and key leaders around the world including UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and UN Special Envoy for Global Education The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown in uniting for, and uniting with, every girl and woman in Afghanistan, while also calling on their sons, brothers and husbands to stand by them.

Please join Education Cannot Wait - and key leaders around the world including UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and UN Special Envoy for Global Education The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown - in uniting for, and uniting with, every girl and woman in Afghanistan, while also calling on their sons, brothers and husbands to stand by them.

Please join Education Cannot Wait – and key leaders around the world including UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and UN Special Envoy for Global Education The Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown – in uniting for, and uniting with, every girl and woman in Afghanistan, while also calling on their sons, brothers and husbands to stand by them.

Dubai Cares, a civil society organization formally associated with the United Nations Department of Global Communications (UN DGC), yesterday convened its high-level RewirEd Summit Strategic Partners Meeting to set a united vision for COP28's education outcomes. Hosted virtually, the RewirEd Summit Strategic Partners Meeting saw a number of high-level speakers including The Rt Hon Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education; Mr. Leonardo Garnier, Special Adviser of the Secretary General on the Transforming Education Summit; Stefania Giannini, Assistant Director-General for Education at UNESCO; and Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW).