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 Após a missão de campo de alto nível da Education Cannot Wait [(ECW)| com o ACNUR para as regiões fronteiriças de Chade com o Sudão, onde 60.000 refugiados chegaram recentemente, a Diretora Executiva da ECW, Yasmine Sherif anunciou a concessão de US$3 milhões para resposta emergencial.

This access to a quality education is especially crucial when migrant children are in a state of transition, said Yasmine Sherif, executive director of Education Cannot Wait, the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises. She emphasized that education is a key driver in building economic resilience and social cohesion. 

“Without the safety, protection and hope that quality education provides, innocent refugee children face incredible and unimaginable risks,” she said. “Governments must do all they can to ensure that children survive and develop to their full potential.”

Today Global Citizen, the world's leading international advocacy organization on a mission to end extreme poverty NOW, announced John Boyega, Connie Britton, Sabrina Dhowre Elba, Cyril Dion, Danai Gurira, Diane Kruger, Aïssa Maïga, Norman Reedus and Michelle Yeoh will join 'Power Our Planet: Live in Paris' on Thursday, June 22, taking place at the historic Champ de Mars in Paris. The free, ticketed event will provide a platform for calls to action from the world's leading youth climate activists, including Xiye Bastida, Camille Etienne, Jerome Foster, Brianna Fruean, Helena Gualinga, and Mitzi Jonelle Tan, among others.

Today Global Citizen, the world's leading international advocacy organization on a mission to end extreme poverty NOW, announced John Boyega, Connie Britton, Sabrina Dhowre Elba, Cyril Dion, Danai Gurira, Diane Kruger, Aïssa Maïga, Norman Reedus and Michelle Yeoh will join 'Power Our Planet: Live in Paris' on Thursday, June 22, taking place at the historic Champ de Mars in Paris. The free, ticketed event will provide a platform for calls to action from the world's leading youth climate activists, including Xiye Bastida, Camille Etienne, Jerome Foster, Brianna Fruean, Helena Gualinga, and Mitzi Jonelle Tan, among others.

ECW: Colombia faces one of the most long-standing and complex crises in Latin America. In such a context, why is it important for aid stakeholders to support the education sector in the framework of the Government’s Total Peace agenda?

Mireia Villar Forner: There are three main reasons for aid stakeholders to support the education sector in the framework of the Government’s “Total Peace” agenda.

En su tercera edición, este foro pretende reconocer los avances y acciones emprendidos por los diferentes países y actores educativos para brindar una respuesta articulada y garantizar el pleno ejercicio del derecho a la educación. Se trata de un para compartir experiencias de manera solidaria, reflexionar sobre las lecciones aprendidas y evaluar su potencial de adaptación y escalabilidad a diversos contextos.

La cita se realiza en cooperación con el Ministerio de Educación Nacional de Colombia y la Secretaría de Educación de Barranquilla y tendrá lugar en la Universidad del Norte, en Barranquilla, Colombia. El encuentro forma parte del componente regional del Programa Multianual de Resiliencia (MYRP) de Education Cannot Wait y cuenta con el generoso aporte del Grupo Regional de Educación y el gobierno de Canadá.

NUEVA YORK, 4 de junio de 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Los niños no son objetivos. Los niños no son soldados. Los niños no son armas. Al conmemorar el Día Internacional de los Niños Inocentes Víctimas de Agresión, hacemos un llamamiento a los líderes de todo el mundo para que adopten los compromisos descritos en la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño y la Declaración de Escuelas Seguras para garantizar que las niñas y los niños de todo el mundo puedan alcanzar su máximo potencial. sin miedo, sin intimidación y sin violencia.

NEW YORK, June 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Children are not targets. Children are not soldiers. Children are not weapons. As we commemorate the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, we call on leaders everywhere to embrace the commitments outlined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Safe Schools Declaration to ensure girls and boys everywhere are able to reach their full potential without fear, without intimidation and without violence.

NEW YORK, June 4, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Children are not targets. Children are not soldiers. Children are not weapons. As we commemorate the International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression, we call on leaders everywhere to embrace the commitments outlined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Safe Schools Declaration to ensure girls and boys everywhere are able to reach their full potential without fear, without intimidation and without violence.

En su tercera edición, este foro pretende reconocer los avances y acciones emprendidos por los diferentes países y actores educativos para brindar una respuesta articulada y garantizar el pleno ejercicio del derecho a la educación. Se trata de un para compartir experiencias de manera solidaria, reflexionar sobre las lecciones aprendidas y evaluar su potencial de adaptación y escalabilidad a diversos contextos.

En su tercera edición, este foro pretende reconocer los avances y acciones emprendidos por los diferentes países y actores educativos para brindar una respuesta articulada y garantizar el pleno ejercicio del derecho a la educación.

Se trata de un para compartir experiencias de manera solidaria, reflexionar sobre las lecciones aprendidas y evaluar su potencial de adaptación y escalabilidad a diversos contextos.

As part of World Parents’ Day (June 1, 2023), Professor Nesmy Manigat, Minister of National Education in a message paid tribute, in a message, to parents for their dedication, commitment and sacrifice for their children..