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El Pais
09 September 2022
Que no se pierda el talento de los jóvenes pakistaníes
Después de las catastróficas inundaciones en Pakistán este año, las oportunidades para millones de jóvenes pakistaníes penden de un hilo. Las inundaciones han causado pérdidas de más de 10.000 millones de euros y es urgente la asistencia para reconstruir.
Danai Gurira To Host Global Citizen Festival: Accra on September 24
Global Citizen is calling on world leaders gathered at the United Nations General Assembly, as well as major corporations and philanthropic foundations, to take to the Global Citizen Festival stages and announce new commitments to End Extreme Poverty NOW, including: investing $600 million into the future of women and girls.
Danai Gurira To Host Global Citizen Festival: Accra on September 24
Global Citizen is calling on world leaders gathered at the United Nations General Assembly, as well as major corporations and philanthropic foundations, to take to the Global Citizen Festival stages and announce new commitments to End Extreme Poverty NOW, including: investing $600 million into the future of women and girls.
Gordon Brown: Children the 'biggest losers' as extreme flooding ravages Pakistan
In some areas, the response has begun. Already 30 temporary schools have been set up in Pishin for 3,600 children, including 1,100 girls. And teaching materials will reach 35,000 children in Sindh and Punjab very soon.
This all costs money. In addition to the immediate funding of $2 million (£1.74 million) that the Education Cannot Wait Fund is now investing to respond to the most urgent needs, some of the funding set aside for the humanitarian development multi-year programme will be redirected to Pakistan.
Don't Let Young Pakistanis' Futures Be Washed Away
In addition to immediate support to limit further loss of life from this summer’s floods, Pakistan needs funding to prevent further loss of learning among children who already missed out on months of education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Millions of young people’s futures now hang in the balance.
NEW YORK, Sep 2 2022 (IPS) - As we approach this year’s Transforming Education Summit, global leaders can and must prioritize expertise and mobilize political will to support efforts to ensure inclusive and quality education for all, especially girls.
One Year After Leaving Afghanistan, Fawzia Koofi Is Determined To Go Back
Girls’ education is in jeopardy once again under the renewed Taliban rule. Last March, the Taliban banned girls’ access to secondary school. According to Education Cannot Wait, a global U.N. fund for education, an estimated 8 million school-aged children need urgent support to access education.
Mental Health as a Human Right Left Behind for Children in Fragile and Humanitarian Settings
Hiding in basements during bombings, fleeing their homes, going hungry, and facing the devastating and life-transformative traumas of losing their loved ones as their childhoods go up in flames of war. These are the lived experiences of crisis-impacted children and adolescents.
“They have also seen militia, army and may have been subjected to war crimes, violations of international law, sexual violence and torture. When you go through such experiences, without a doubt, you are going to suffer some form of trauma,” says Yasmine Sherif, Executive Director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises.
UN fund reports ‘solid results’ empowering girls and boys in crises with opportunity of quality education
The Report indicates that ECW investments have reached close to 7 million children and adolescents – 48.4 per cent of whom are girls – since becoming operational in 2017. Moreover, of all children reached by ECW’s investments to date, half are girls, and 43 per cent are refugee or internally displaced children.
Keeping the Promise of Education for Crisis-Impacted Children and Adolescents
‘We Have Promises to Keep’ – Education Cannot Wait results report shows how investments reach 7 million crisis-impacted children and adolescents in the world’s toughest contexts. However, the report indicates there is still much work to be done as 222 million school-aged children and adolescents caught in crises urgently need educational support.
The history of secret education for girls in Afghanistan – and its use as a political symbol
In August 2021 the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, and since then secondary education for girls in the country has been banned. However, there have been reports of clandestine girls’ schools operating despite the ban. Teenage girls are reportedly taking extraordinary risks to attend lessons. Their teachers bravely share knowledge, even if they do not have extensive experience or the backup of an education system.
우리에게는 지켜야 할 약속이 있습니다' - '교육은 기다릴 수 없습니다' 투자 기금, 위기에 처한 700만 아동 지원 입력2022-08-23 20:00:00 수정2022-08-23 2
뉴욕, 2022년 8월 23일 /PRNewswire/ --비상 사태 및 장기화된 위기 상황에서의 교육을 위한 유엔 글로벌 기금 '교육은 기다릴 수 없습니다(Education Cannot, ECW)'는 오늘 2017년 기금 운영을 시작한 이래 전략적 파트너와 ECW 투자를 통해 700만 명에 달하는 아동 및 청소년(그 중 48.4%는 여아)을 지원했음을 보여주는 새로운 "우리에게는 지켜야 할 약속이 있습니다: 연례 보고서"를 발표했다.