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A year after the deadly blasts that rocked Beirut, UNESCO’s Assistant Director-General for Education Stefania Giannini was back this week to the Lebanese capital to stand in solidarity with its people, and reflect on the concrete results achieved by the Li Beirut initiative launched in the aftermath of the explosions, and which aims to place education and culture at the heart of the reconstruction efforts.

En un contexto de grave crisis humanitaria y sin un apoyo urgente, el número de niños sin escolarizar podría aumentar a seis millones en el país, según Unicef. Su representante en terreno cuenta los efectos en toda una generación

During June’s UN Security Council High-Level Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict, leaders from across the world stood up to call for expanded support for education in emergencies to protect vulnerable children and youth enduring armed conflicts, climate change-related disasters, forced displacement and protracted crises.

El programa “La Educación no puede esperar” reunió a líderes en materia de educación, niños, niñas y adolescentes, entre otros actores claves, en un primer acercamiento que permitió reflexionar, desmitificar, dialogar y plantear acciones, en torno a las oportunidades y desafíos en la educación.

In 2021, COVID-19 continued to plague the world – a world already burdened by armed conflicts, climate-induced disasters and forced displacement. Communities, nations and people struggled to maintain normalcy in the midst of the abnormal. This was especially notable in the education sector – a sector that is the very foundation for achieving all human rights and all Sustainable Development Goals.

Organizations on the ground in Gaza are offering emergency humanitarian aid and need support.

Education Cannot Wait has given a $1 million grant to ensure refugee children and youth arriving in Cameroon from the Central African Republic have access to quality learning.

Impact of the covid-19 pandemic on violations against children in situations of armed conflict. Statement by Mr. Nicolas De Riviere, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations - UN Security Council Arria Formula Meeting

The Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Girls’ Education, Helen Grant MP, visited Uganda to see the work the UK is doing to help girls access quality education.

La directora del primer fondo mundial para la educación en emergencias, Education Cannot Wait, destaca la solidaridad del pueblo de Colombia con los migrantes y anuncia la petición de fondos a donantes estadounidenses para niños y jóvenes desplazados en América del Sur

Climate change threatens the very future of humanity. Entire villages are already being washed to sea and conflicts over scarce resources are intensifying around the world. Each year, more and more families are forcibly displaced by extreme weather events, creating a vicious cycle of extreme poverty, acute hunger and insecurity.