[Blog] Seeing the Child, Not the Disability: How Inclusive Education Is Reopening Doors for Children in Cameroon
In the North West and South West regions of Cameroon, many children with different forms of disabilities have been unable to attend school for years due to insecurity, displacement, stigma, and the lack of adapted learning environments. In response, UNICEF, in partnership with the Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services and the Presbyterian Community Rehabilitation Services, … Continue reading [Blog] Seeing the Child, Not the Disability: How Inclusive Education Is Reopening Doors for Children in Cameroon [Article] UNICEF and partners launch new national campaign to promote inclusion and rights of children with disabilities in China
In China at least five million children have a disability. Significant numbers of children with disabilities continue to learn in separate special education facilities, and the vast majority of abandoned children living in institutions have a disability. The campaign aims to challenge stigma, increase public understanding of disability, and create more inclusive environments for children … Continue reading [Article] UNICEF and partners launch new national campaign to promote inclusion and rights of children with disabilities in China [Blog] Crossing language barriers to open up worlds
In Rwanda, as in many under-resourced countries, deaf people are often left isolated, unable to communicate beyond their immediate family. World Jewish Relief encountered this reality during recruitment for people with disabilities for a livelihoods-focused agricultural project in Rwanda’s Eastern Province. The local partner, Farm Master Services, identified 12 individuals with profound hearing impairment. Most were unemployed or working as day labourers earning around 80 pence a … Continue reading [Blog] Crossing language barriers to open up worlds [Blog] What happened to girls’ education? The quiet erosion of a global priority
At a time when nearly 133 million girls remain out of school and millions more face harmful gender norms that limit their learning, support for girls’ education is receding. Whilst this is often explained by shrinking aid budgets, funding tells only part of the story. The decline of girls’ education is the result of deeper … Continue reading [Blog] What happened to girls’ education? The quiet erosion of a global priority [Blog] Shared perspectives on language as central to learning
The author explains an updated position paper that builds on established approaches. A language-responsive perspective reflects that wider recognition of the centrality of language to learning. It does not advise which language(s) any particular country should use within their education system, and it does not offer any one universal model. It offers a way of … Continue reading [Blog] Shared perspectives on language as central to learningNewer Posts Older Posts
In the North West and South West regions of Cameroon, many children with different forms of disabilities have been unable to attend school for years due to insecurity, displacement, stigma, and the lack of adapted learning environments. In response, UNICEF, in partnership with the Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services and the Presbyterian Community Rehabilitation Services, … Continue reading [Blog] Seeing the Child, Not the Disability: How Inclusive Education Is Reopening Doors for Children in Cameroon [Article] UNICEF and partners launch new national campaign to promote inclusion and rights of children with disabilities in China
In China at least five million children have a disability. Significant numbers of children with disabilities continue to learn in separate special education facilities, and the vast majority of abandoned children living in institutions have a disability. The campaign aims to challenge stigma, increase public understanding of disability, and create more inclusive environments for children … Continue reading [Article] UNICEF and partners launch new national campaign to promote inclusion and rights of children with disabilities in China [Blog] Crossing language barriers to open up worlds
In Rwanda, as in many under-resourced countries, deaf people are often left isolated, unable to communicate beyond their immediate family. World Jewish Relief encountered this reality during recruitment for people with disabilities for a livelihoods-focused agricultural project in Rwanda’s Eastern Province. The local partner, Farm Master Services, identified 12 individuals with profound hearing impairment. Most were unemployed or working as day labourers earning around 80 pence a … Continue reading [Blog] Crossing language barriers to open up worlds [Blog] What happened to girls’ education? The quiet erosion of a global priority
At a time when nearly 133 million girls remain out of school and millions more face harmful gender norms that limit their learning, support for girls’ education is receding. Whilst this is often explained by shrinking aid budgets, funding tells only part of the story. The decline of girls’ education is the result of deeper … Continue reading [Blog] What happened to girls’ education? The quiet erosion of a global priority [Blog] Shared perspectives on language as central to learning
The author explains an updated position paper that builds on established approaches. A language-responsive perspective reflects that wider recognition of the centrality of language to learning. It does not advise which language(s) any particular country should use within their education system, and it does not offer any one universal model. It offers a way of … Continue reading [Blog] Shared perspectives on language as central to learningNewer Posts Older Posts