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**Deadline expired** Inclusive Education Specialist, Kenya, Humanity and Inclusion

Location: Kenya.

Duration: 12 months.

Application deadline: 12 December 2022.

Read the full job description.

 

Humanity and Inclusion is looking for an Inclusive Education Specialist to provide technical guidance, supervision, monitoring and support to the development, implementation and improvement of inclusive education programmes in Kenya.

Person specification:

  • Bachelor degree in Education (inclusive education a plus) or related degree.
  • Masters degree in Inclusive Education, Teaching and Learning, Curriculum Development, Education Policy Analysis, Child Development or any other related field an added advantage.
  • 5 years’ experience in education in development and/or in emergency, in designing technical tools and materials and providing capacity building in education projects.
  • Experience of working with persons with disabilities, especially children.
  • Experience in working with local government and international and local development partners for integrated, multi-sectoral inclusive education interventions.
  • Experience in advocacy is a plus.

Read the full job details and information on how to apply.

 

[New report] Missing in Climate Action

This report was launched to coincide with the recent COP27, UN Climate Change conference in Egypt. The full report title is ‘Missing in Climate Action: Stories of persons with disabilities from the Global South’. It shares the experiences of people with disabilities affected by the climate crisis in Madagascar and Bangladesh, and highlights that people with disabilities can play a significant role in tackling the climate crisis.

The report looks primarily at the impact on livelihoods, health and wellbeing and only mentions education in passing. But we’re sharing it because it offers an important look at how climate change affects the most vulnerable.

Climate change is an urgent issue none of us can ignore and we call on our readers to write about and share experiences and ideas relating to climate change and inclusive education. You write it, we’ll share it!

Front cover of Missing in Climate Action report

[Publication update] Advocacy Toolkit for Civil Society

Atlas Alliance recently released an update of their advocacy toolkit, first published in 2021. This revised edition is based on experiences from advocacy before, during and after the Global Disability Summit (GDS) that took place in February 2022.

The toolkit was developed with advocacy with the GDS and disability rights in mind but it can be used to guide human rights advocacy more broadly.

Download the Advocacy Toolkit for Civil Society (PDF).

Front cover of "Advocacy Toolkit for Civil Society"

[New project] EENET’s Arabic Language Community writer mentoring initiative

EENET’s Arabic Language Community has started an exciting new small project. Over the next 6 months we will support a group of education professionals from various countries in the Arab region to become effective and published authors on the topic of inclusive education.

The project was kick-started with two short e-workshops on 13 and 14 November 2022. Participants discussed and learned more about inclusive education, action research, critical thinking, communication skills, and practical tips for writing accessible short articles. During the next few months, with one-to-one support from EENET’s ALC Facilitator and peer support, they will conduct action research and draft easy-to-read articles about inclusive education in their contexts.

Ultimately, they will contribute to a short Arabic-language publication like the Enabling Education Review. Long-term we hope this group of action researchers and writers will help other stakeholders in their localities to document and share their inclusive education experiences and ideas.

EENET is keen to expand our writer mentoring project within and beyond the Arab region, so please contact us if you would be interested in supporting this work.

**Deadline expired** [Webinar]: Building stronger foundations for the early childhood education of neurodivergent children in Africa’ ~ 01 December 2022

Special Educational Needs and Inclusion Conference (SENICON) – Webinar on Building stronger foundations for the early childhood education of neurodivergent children in Africa’. – The Winford Centre for Children and Women

Special Educational Needs and Inclusion Conference (SENICON) is a gathering of education stakeholders who are interested in moving forward the knowledge and practice of providing quality accessible education for neurodivergent children in Africa.

SENICON 2022 will focus on the strengthening of early years provisions for neurodivergent children through the theme: ‘Building stronger foundations for the early childhood education of neurodivergent children in Africa’.

The conference which will be held online will run for 2 days from 1st to 2nd December 2022 in commemoration of this year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Please visit the website to see the list of speakers and other event details.

**Deadline expired** [Webinar]: Apply for ‘Introduction to Deafness’ training – 15 – 17th November 2022

Introduction to Deafness (training course).

Date: 15 – 17 November 2022.

This training course ‘Introduction to Deafness’ is for staff of charities and NGOs who work or are planning to work with deaf children in developing countries who want to learn more about the basics of deafness and the impact it can have on a child’s life, especially in low income settings.

It will be run across three days, from 15 to 17 November, in three two-hour blocks.  You must be able to attend ALL THREE of these sessions to qualify for a place.

 Please apply on the website.

[Webinar]: Register to support deaf children in developing countries – 22 November 2022

Register for webinar: ‘Language in the Early Years: How to Support Deaf Children in Developing Countries’.

Date: 22 November 2022.

Time: 11am UK time.

For deaf children, learning to communicate is their first and most immediate challenge, and they need support with this from the start in order to thrive. Limited language skills impact a young child’s ability to build relationships, share experiences and be ready for school.

An expert panel will share perspectives and approaches from Kenya, Ghana, India and Bangladesh which help develop a young deaf child’s language and communication skills. Delegates will have the opportunity to ask questions of our speakers as well as spend time sharing and learning from each other in break-out rooms.

Register your participation for this webinar on the website. 

**Deadline expired** Protest march for inclusive education, Madrid, Spain – 23 October 2022.

Wanting it is creating it: A school for an inclusive society.

Date: 23 October 2022.

Time: 12:00 CET (midday).

Place: Plaza del Callao, Madrid (Spain).

‘Quererla es Crearla’ (Wanting it is creating it) summons a  protest march for the fulfillment of a right that benefits all people.

The people and groups that promote this initiative strongly believe in the need to transform and improve the Spanish educational system from an inclusive perspective to contribute to the development of a fairer, more equal and ultimately more democratic society.

They promote inclusive education and will support every person and group that is willing to create it.

See the website for more details. 

Sign the call to action on transforming education!

Transforming Education for Disability Inclusion: A Call to Action for All Children.

The Transforming Education Summit (Saturday 17 September) was an opportunity for world leaders to commit to transforming education so that every child in the world can access quality, equitable, inclusive education and lifelong learning.

This includes the 240 million children with disabilities worldwide who, even before COVID-19 disruptions to education, experienced disparities in learning. Compared to children without disabilities, children with disabilities were 49% more likely to have never attended school and 42% less likely to have foundational reading and numeracy skills (UNICEF, 2021).

Transforming education to reach all learners, including those with disabilities, is needed to ensure resilient and inclusive education systems. Solutions that support the inclusion of learners with disabilities, who are often those most at risk of neglect, stigma and abuse, are the same approaches that support the well-being and success of all learners.

This is an ambitious call to action.

Read more and sign on to the call to action today!

 

 

**Deadline expired** [Webinar]: Leonard Cheshire and FHI60 roundtable on inclusive education – 6 October 2022

Date: 06 October 2022.

Time: 09:30-11:00 EST (14:30-16:00 BST and 15:30-17:00 CET).

Leonard Cheshire in partnership with FHI360 has organised a virtual roundtable event on Inclusive Education and Adolescent Girls to honour International Day of the Girl Child.

Judith Herbertson, Head of Girls’ Education at FCDO will be one of the key speakers, alongside Joanie Cohen Mitchell from USAID and Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo from the World Bank. The event will be moderated by one of Leonard Cheshire’s youth alumni, Maria Njeri.

More information about the event can be found on the FHI360 events page.