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[Advocacy] ‘It’s our world, lets take action’ – Global education week

Global Education Week (14th – 20th November 2022) had the motto “It’s our world, let’s take action!”
The Erasmus+ Build European Solidarity Today (BEST) project is one example of global education exercised in formal education in Italy, Slovenia, France, Spain, Poland and Croatia, with over 50 000 participating students working on topics of discrimination, racism, gender equality, climate change, mental health, inequalities.  Some of them, motivated by these topics, have made phenomenal strides in their local communities through different types of interventions and solidarity actions.
Get inspired by their work through the video and share and pass-on their suggestions and ideas!
To see for yourself the scope of this event, visit the website.

[Report] Protect the Promise: Every woman every child.

The 2022 Global Strategy progress report is an update on the ‘Every woman, every child’: Global strategy for women’s, children’s and adolescent’s health (2016 – 2030).

The progress report highlights data showing stagnation or drops in coverage of lifesaving interventions, which serve as a reminder of the need to be more vigilant about bridging gaps and placing women, children and adolescents at the centre of development efforts.

The report emphasises that women’s empowerment and adolescent participation are pivotal to achieving the 2030 Agenda yet notes that there is a long way to go in reducing gender inequality and increasing young people’s meaningful opportunities to actively engage in community, education and civic life.

The report can be downloaded in English.

[World AIDS Day FB Live panel discussion] Conversations on Blackness, Queerness, and stigma

Date: 01 December 2022
Time: 10.00 EST
This World AIDS Day, the Stephen Lewis Foundation and the Toronto Kiki Ballroom Alliance invites people to join ‘Conversations on Blackness, Queerness.
World AIDS Day marks a time to raise awareness about the inequalities for children and adults in queer communities around the world. Join for a rich conversation on the intersection of Blackness, queerness, mental health, and HIV status.

[Report] Analysis of out of school children in the MENA region.

Equitas education was commissioned in 2022 by Save the Children, UNICEF, and the World Food Programme, to carry out a study on out-of-school children in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, covering 2015-2020.

The study’s focus countries are Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Palestine, Turkey, and Yemen over the years 2015-2020. The study focuses on four specific areas of inquiry:

  1. Documenting the main trends of OOSC.
  2. Analysing the barriers and motivating factors that prevent or facilitate children’s participation and retention in education.
  3. Understanding the nature of policies and programmes in the study areas.
  4. Recommending specific areas for further study and  potential responses.

You can view and download the report through the Save the Children’s Child Rights Resource Centre.

[Statistics] UNESCO release education data for SDG 4

New data is now available in the SDG 4 UNESCO Institute of Statistics (UIS) database containing information on over 200 countries.

The UIS’ new approach to data collection, using dynamic templates to produce 23 indicators on students, teachers, schools, and education expenditure, has resulted in significant increases in data coverage for SDG 4 indicators.

 

[Video] Challenges faced by LGBTQIA+ learners -UNESCO India.

UNESCO New Delhi launched its video documentary titled ‘Champions of Change‘ in October 2022, focusing on the challenges faced by LGBTQIA+ learners.

Bullying and discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression (SOGIE) in schools adversely affect LGBTQIA+ and gender non-conforming students’ physical and psychological health.

UNESCO New Delhi recorded videos capturing experiences of transgender people who overcame challenges related to stigma, discrimination, violence, and bullying in educational institutions and became achievers in their professional lives.

The video builds understanding on the scale and impact of homophobic bullying in educational institutions. It also provides recommendations on how to prevent and addresses school-based bullying faced by LGBTQIA+ learners.

[Article] How to build a climate-resilient NGO in 2022

We can all help build climate resilience.

We tend to concentrate on mitigation, such as lowering our carbon footprint, but we should also consider what adaptive actions can make our organisation, the communities we work with, and our environment more resilient to the changes ahead.

An article by MzN International – How to build a climate-resilient NGO in 2022 – explores the many ways to incorporate resilience-building into non-climate focused development work and how we run our organisations.

[Resources] Education welcome packs for families from Ukraine and Afghanistan

 Refugee Education UK is offering an education welcome pack for Ukrainian and Afghan refugees.

The packs include key information about the UK education system and how to access it, a welcome to school and classrooms for children and information about other sources of support, including helpful charities, resources, courses and interpretation services.

See the website for more information specific to Ukraine or Afghanistan.

Download the pack in English.
Download the pack in Pashto.
Download the pack in Dari.
Download the pack in Ukrainian.

[Conference] Education for Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: Community Initiatives, Humanitarian Aid and the Impact of COVID-19.

Date: Wednesday 14 December 2022.

Time: 13:00 -15:00.

Place: Oslo, Norway.

What does the education landscape look like for Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh? How has the Covid-19 pandemic impacted the options for learning among refugees and host communities? What are the challenges for education providers operating in this context and ‘what works’? What do the refugees themselves want and what are they doing to achieve their goals?
The EducAid project, hosted at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), in collaboration with Cornell University, USA and Innovations of Poverty Action (IPA) seeks to address these questions. The project relies on both quantitative data based on a series of household surveys with both refugees and hosts, and a qualitative study with Rohingya teachers and students that includes a documentary film project.
The research is funded by the Research Council of Norway through the NORGLOBAL-programme.

[UK Resource] Activity Alliance launches inclusive education PE hub

The Activity Alliance has launched an inclusive education PE hub for schools and colleges in England.

As the sport and leisure sector began to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, Activity Alliance supports organisations to increase their commitments to inclusion and to embed inclusive practice into all programmes.

The hub provides support for teachers and school staff to review and improve inclusive physical education and school sport delivery. It is all made possible through the Department of Education funded ‘Inclusion 2024’ project.

Once registered, education professional will be able to complete the Inclusive PE self-assessment. Then they will be directed to relevant resources based on the answers and receive tips to continually improve the way they work.