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EDUCATION
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 Ensure that access to education is rapidly restored, supported and strengthened during and after conflict, in keeping with commitments made at the Dakar 2000 Conference on Education for All. Education is to be funded with the same sense of urgency as life-saving emergency assistance and must be made pillar of humanitarian assistance. This includes non-formal education; vocational and skills training; and with special attention to the educational needs of girls
Commitment to War-affected Children
The International Conference of Winnipeg, Canada, September 2000
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 UN Resolutions and Declarations Regarding Education and Armed Conflict (UNESCO)
Graca Machel Report
(see Paras. 184-203)
Committee on the Rights of the Child,
General Comment on Article 29(1) - The Aims of Education (08/02/2001)
UNICEF: The State of the World's Children 1999
UNESCO: Convention against discrimination in education (1960)
International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural rights(1960)
Millenium development Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
Millenium development Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
UNESCO's Constitution
INEE good practice guide
Education in emergencies: Including everyone
Educational Resources Information Center
Global Information Networks in Education
International Bureau of Education
Education in Situations of Emergency and Crisis: Challenges for the New Century
Programme for Education for Emergencies and Reconstruction
Rewrite the Future - The right to quality education in armed conflict: Education's role in conflict prevention and peace building
UNESCO
Education in situations of Emergency, Crisis and Reconstruction
UNESCO Education Guidelines
UNESCO Emergency Educational Assistance
Conflict makes million miss school - UN repost says violence and sexual abuse is robbing 28 million children of education
(Aljazeera) (March 1, 2011)
From Child Soldier to Head Girl
(BBC World Service) (July, 2010)
Learning in displacement
Briefing paper on the right to education of internally displaced people (November 2010)
Key Tools to Improve Education in Emergencies (UNICEF) (July 7, 2010)
Schoolchildren Targeted in Growing Numbers of Conflicts (Save the Children) (May 11, 2010)
Education in Emergencies: Including Everyone (INEE) (February 2009)
Millions of Afghan children, mainly girls, still not attending school - UN (UN News Centre) (April 21, 2008)
Denied Status, Denied Education: Children of North Korean Women in China
(Human Rights Watch) (2008)
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Where Peace Begins: Education’s role in conflict prevention and peacebuilding (Save the Children) (2008)
Save the Children Launches Global Debate on Education and Peace (Reuters) (March 2008)
Afghan children brave risks for record school year (Reuters) (February 2008)
[pdf] Your Right to Education: A handbook for refugees and displaced communities (Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children) (December 2007)
[doc] 43m children in war-torn countries without education (AND) (September 20, 2006)
Girls missing out on education
(BBC News) (March 8, 2005)
Education, leadership crucial for refugee girls and women (UNHCR) (March 8, 2005)
[pdf] The Role of Education in Protecting Children in Armed Conflict
(Humanitarian Practice Network of the Overseas Development Institute) (March 2003)
Education in Situations of Emergency and Crisis: Challenges for the New Century
(Emergency Educational Assistance Unit) (July 2000)
UN appeal for girls' education (BBC News) (April 26, 2000)
Education Conference in Dakar
(BBC News) (April 26, 2000)
Schooling For All? We Can Have It If We Mean It
(Child Labour News Service Special Release) (April 25, 2000)
Implementing the right to education in areas of armed conflict by Jo Boyden with Paul Ryder (Oxford, June 1996)
Disarmament Forum:
Education for children during armed conflicts and post - conflict reconstruction
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Afghanistan |
Afghan strife keeps children home (BBC News) (January 21, 2008)
Afghan schools try to make new start (BBC News) (June 20, 2007)
Some Afghans Resist Women's Education (Associated Press) (August 6, 2002)
Most of Afghanistan's children are unschooled (UNICEF) (December 29, 1998)
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Africa |
African's children battle for education (BBC News) (April 24, 2000)
Education Africa a non-profit organisation with a proud track record of successful delivery on its thriving projects.
Education in conflict and transition contexts Case studies from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nepal and Southern Sudan
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Kosovo |
UNICEF pledges to school all Kosovo children (UNICEF) (June 24, 1999)
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Burma |
Children and Armed conflict in Burma
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Palestine |
Thousands of Palestinian children denied access to school (UNICEF) (October 2, 2002)
Second Class: Discrimination against Palestinian Arab children in Israeli schools (Human Rights Watch) (September 2001)
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Rwanda |
Rwanda schools still struggling to recover from 1994 genocide (UNICEF) (March 13, 2006)
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Tanzania |
Chaos as Tanzania provides free schooling (BBC News) (January 22, 2002)
Rwanda schools still struggling to recover from 1994 genocide (UNICEF) (March 13, 2006)
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South America |
Early childhood care and Education: Regional report Latin
America and the Caribbean (August 2010)
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