Embedding Violence Prevention and Response in Education in Emergencies and Protracted Crisis Settings

A Joint Safe to Learn-Education Cannot Wait Guidance Note for Practitioners

In humanitarian crises, educational and well-being activities must be resumed as quickly as possible because education offers crucial physical, mental health, psychosocial and cognitive protections while increasing girls’ and boys’ resilience. For this to be truly effective, education needs to incorporate critical violence prevention features and be provided in safe places that are easily accessible for all children and education personnel. This Guidance Note – developed jointly by the Safe to Learn Global Initiative (STL) and ECW - explains how to embed violence prevention and response in education in emergencies and protracted crisis programmes