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**Deadline expired** INEE Community Conversation: COVID-19’s impact on basic education in Kenya ~ July 28 2022

Date: July 28 2022

Time: 16:00-17:00 (UTC+3) Nairobi time (time zone converter)

The INEE Community of Practice invites participants to an informal community conversation titled “COVID-19’s impact on basic education in Kenya: Githunguri secondary students’ give their perspectives on challenges and opportunities.”

Through this informal conversation, INEE will provide a platform to hear directly from Kenyan secondary students their perspectives on how COVID-19 affected their education, including challenges, opportunities and other lessons learned.

An open discussion/Q&A between secondary students and participants will also be facilitated.

Join for an informal conversation with students to learn from the Kenyan contex by registering for the event.

(After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the web event.)

NB. This web event will be conducted in English.

**Deadline expired** Expression of Interest now open: Realising SDG4 – What more should we be doing for girls’ education?

Date: 07 September 2022.
Time: 10:00 to 17:00, UK time.
Location:  Examination Schools, Oxford, UK.

UKFIET have announced a one-day in-person workshop which will bring together a diverse range of actors committed to girls’ education and achieving SDG4: Quality Education for All. Four areas will be explored:

  1. Ambition.
  2. Gaps.
  3. Linkages.
  4. Solutions/Actions.

Potential attendees are invited to register an ‘expression of interest’ by Friday 29th July.

 

UNICEF MENA launch new report early detection tools and advocacy for parents

UNICEF MENA report on early detection tools and advocacy for parents.

This technical brief was developed by UNICEF to support specialists in countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to select which early detection tools best fit their needs and context by comparing various tools that have been used in the region and lessons learned in using and adapting those tools to local contexts.

IDDC Call for Action – ahead of the Transforming Education Summit in September

IDDC, GLAD, IDA, GCE Call to Action: Transforming Education Summit

This statement, published on behalf of the International Disability and Development
Consortium (IDDC), the International Disability Alliance (IDA), Global Action on
Disability (GLAD) network and Global Coalition for Education (GCE), calls for the
international community to commit to ensuring disability inclusive quality education,
including in early childhood, in global efforts to mobilise action ahead of the
Transforming Education Pre-Summit (28th – 30th June) and Summit (19th September).

JEiE – Special issue on gender in education in emergencies!

INEE launch the publication of Journal on Education in Emergencies Volume 8, Number 2 – Special Issue on Gender in Education in Emergencies this month!

This issue offers an in-depth analysis of the unique gendered effects humanitarian emergencies have on boys and girls. It adds to more than two decades of EiE research that demonstrates how conflict and crisis exacerbate existing political, economic, and cultural barriers to education access and widen the gender gap in educational attainment.

This issue is available in English; the abstract and title of each article are available, with Arabic, French, Spanish, and Portuguese translations of these coming soon.

 

**Deadline expired** USAID Youth Excel Photo Contest 2022 – Deadline 17 July 2022

Are you a young changemaker between 15-35 years old? Do you have photography skills? Do you want to showcase your photography skills with the world? 

USAID’s Youth Excel program is launching a 6-week global photo competition to encourage young people from Africa, Asia, Europe and Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean and the Middle East and North Africa to share images reflecting five main themes:

  • Youth Mental Health and Wellness
  • Youth at The Forefront of Economic Development
  • Youth and Decision-Makers at Work
  • Youth Driving Decisions Through Data
  • Gender and Inclusion

The contest will run from June 6, 2022 to July 17, 2022. Contestants must submit original photos and own the rights to the photos. Please review the submission instructions and terms and conditions here.

Who is eligible to submit an entry

Young changemakers between 15-35 years old from Africa, Asia, Europe and Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean and the Middle East and North Africa.

How to submit an application

Participants must submit their entries using this form.

Participation in the Youth Excel’s photo contest authorizes IREX, USAID and the Youth Excel program to use the winning images on the IREX website and other communication channels for IREX and Youth Excel such as social media, publications, collateral and more.  Other entries may also be used by the Youth Excel program and USAID.

Deadline

July 17, 2022 11:59 PM EST

Prize

First place winner from each theme will receive a special prize valued at USD $200-$300. Prize will be announced soon!

 

**Deadline expired** The Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education is hiring! Deadline – Friday 08 July

CSIE are looking for two full-time Equality Officers and for two or more new trustees.

There is an online application process for Equality Officer and for Trustee applications. The closing date for all applications is 12 noon on Friday 08 July and job interviews will be held on Thursday 14 July.

**Deadline expired** [Webinar]: Breaking down barriers towards disability-inclusive education (June 30th)

Global Webinar on Inclusive Education

Date: Thursday 30 June 2022

Time: 13.00 CET

Join a webinar ‘Breaking down barriers towards disability-inclusive education’ to discuss evidence based inclusive education practices as observed across Cameroon, Sierra Leone and Zambia.

Highlights from inclusive education research outcomes shall be shared by Dr. Willem Elbers, senior researcher and acting programme director of AMID at Radboud University Nijmegen (the Netherlands), and Dr. Thomas Mtonga, disability rights activist, consultant, advocate and visually impaired lecturer at the University of Zambia.

The webinar will be hosted by Dr. Sara Kinsbergen, assistant professor at the department of Anthropology and Development studies of the Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

See the website for more details on how to register for the event. 

[Toolkit]: Education in Emergencies Advocacy Toolkit

INEE launches a new tool entitled Creating Change: Advocacy Toolkit for Education in Emergencies.

The INEE Advocacy Toolkit aims to make it easier and faster for INEE members to find the tools they need to strengthen their vital work. It pulls together resources from across the education, humanitarian, and development sectors and presents them as clear, concise lists.

The resource can be used by anyone who wants to advocate for — EiE at a local, regional, or global level. It provide extensive options, ideas, and inspiration for impactful, sustainable, advocacy that can help to ensure a quality, safe, and relevant education for all who live in emergency and crisis contexts.

This resource is available in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish, with Portuguese coming soon.