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Hi friends, it’s Spiffy, back again on Planet Earth with an eye on entrepreneurs making the world a more equitable place! I have one more interview for you this week. Today I’m excited to cruise around with Yasmine Sherif, the Executive Director at Education Cannot Wait. Are you ready to be inspired?

Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the UN global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, on Friday announced a first emergency response grant worth 5 million U.S. dollars for Somali children affected by a devastating ongoing drought along with renewed conflicts over scarce resources.

There is a need to expand dialogue on the role of the new governance mechanisms in which GCE participates, such as the High-Level Steering Committee of SDG4 – Education 2030, the Board of the Global Partnership for Education, and the High-Level Steering Group and Executive Committee of Education Cannot Wait, among others.

The parliamentary question asked by Harriett Baldwin, the Conservative MP for West Worcestershire, in the House of Commons on 16 November 2022.

A devastating ongoing drought in Somalia, along with renewed conflicts over scarce resources, is putting the lives and education of millions of children at risk. In response to the crisis, the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), announced today a US$5 million First Emergency Response grant, bringing total investments in Somalia to US$33 million to date.

En el webinario se presentó la estrategia, se abordaron experiencias provenientes de los países de la región, buenas prácticas desde la labor de la UNESCO en la región, de la sociedad civil y desde el Grupo Regional de Educación. Asimismo, fueron presentados los resultados del informe del Programa multianual de resiliencia de Education Cannot Wait: Garantizar el derecho a la educación de estudiantes en situación de movilidad.

This event aims to showcase the protective and preventative power of education as part of the solution to ending sexual violence in conflict.

Policymakers will be invited to respond to their ideas and set out their vision and approach to building education systems that are gender transformative and put the safety and well-being of children front and center.

Harriett Baldwin highlights the value in supporting refugees in the first safe place they flee to and urges the Government to commit to backing the work of Education Cannot Wait which delivers education in refugee camps.

In response to a question from International Parliamentary Network for Education global co-chair Harriet Baldwin in UK Parliament, Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab affirms the "brilliant work" of Education Cannot Wait (ECW) and agrees to "look at what more the United Kingdom can do" to support ECW and the education of refugee children. 

El reporte emanado el martes 15 de noviembre por la Oficina Regional de Educación para América Latina y el Caribe (OREALC/UNESCO Santiago), con el apoyo de Education Cannot Wait y el grupo Regional de Educación para América Latina y el Caribe, afirma que los tres países andinos han disminuido las barreras de acceso educativo para las personas en situación de movilidad (migrantes, refugiados, desplazados). A través de la modificación de sus sistemas de información y gestión educativa (SIGED), ahora existe una mayor comprensión y visibilidad de esta población, una oportunidad para responder mejor a sus necesidades.

With the growing number of natural disasters and conflicts around the world, it is no surprise that the amount of children displaced by climate emergencies or conflict has grown exponentially and will continue to rise. Whether forced to flee because of a hurricane, earthquake, or active or protracted conflict, the physical act of leaving your home, your safe place, and oftentimes your family, is a compounded traumatic event that will inevitably induce a grieving process.

This loss can be an overwhelming and an emotionally painful experience which may affect each child differently. However, the emotional and physiological impact of displacement is often ignored in educational responses for children.

“[When we were established], there were 75 million youth whose education was disrupted. Today, there are 222 million of them,” said Yasmine Sherif, director of Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the United Nations’ global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises.