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Pakistan floods and education A multi-cultural school in Bosnia and Herzegovina brings out the best in children Supporting young people through education – International Youth Day Free primary education: A stepping stone towards a better future for Liberia Education is our obligation.
 
Pakistan floods and education

Pakistan floods and education

By Pi James NEW YORK, USA, 30 August 2010 – Pakistan has experienced some of the worst monsoon-related floods in history, devastating large parts of the country, wiping out towns and villages, and displacing entire communities. Millions of children have been affected, losing their homes, loved ones, and schools, leaving them vulnerable to disease and abuse.

A multi-cultural school in Bosnia and Herzegovina brings out the best in children

A multi-cultural school in Bosnia and Herzegovina brings out the best in children

Many schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina still reflect the ethnic tensions that triggered the 43-month siege of Sarajevo in the mid-1990s.

Supporting young people through education – International Youth Day

Supporting young people through education – International Youth Day

By Pi James NEW YORK, USA, 12 August 2010 – According to UNICEF, nearly half of the world’s population, some three billion people, are under the age of 25, and nearly 70 percent of them live in poor nations.

Free primary education: A stepping stone towards a better future for Liberia

Free primary education: A stepping stone towards a better future for Liberia

Six years after its brutal civil war drew to a close, Liberia is struggling to pick up the pieces.

Education is our obligation.

Education is our obligation.

In countries that have emerged from conflict or natural disasters, education restores civic confidence and can be one of the first dividends of peace. It signals prospects for a better future where children are given the opportunity to learn and develop to their full potential. Education is a fundamental human right that protects children from [...]

Addressing the problem of sexual relations between teachers and students in Kenyan schools

Addressing the problem of sexual relations between teachers and students in Kenyan schools

23 August 2010

Nairobi, August 13, 2010 — Friday evening and I was flicking through the Daily Nation catching up on the post-mortem of the recent (August 4) Constitutional Referendum, when photographs of dancing and singing Somali girls from Mandera Arid Zone Primary School and a Kenyan boy from Friends School Kamusinga playing a recorder caught my attention.

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In Côte d’Ivoire, mothers start a club to invest in the future of girls’ education

In Côte d’Ivoire, mothers start a club to invest in the future of girls’ education

20 August 2010

By Louis Vigneault-Dubois ABOBO, Côte d’Ivoire, 16 August 2010 – Habibata Ouattara was 17 years old when she was removed from school and forced to marry a man her family had chosen for her. Today, as the Secretary-General of a local School Girl Mothers’ Club – known by the acronym CMEF – Ms. Ouattara strives to [...]

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What makes a resilient education system? We need your feedback.

What makes a resilient education system? We need your feedback.

02 August 2010

One of the key EEPCT (Back on Track) objectives is to support the development of “resilient education systems” in the contexts of emergencies, post-crisis transitions and fragility. However, as an education in emergencies community, we lack a commonly agreed upon definition of a “resilient education system.”  We also have not identified the characteristics of, or [...]

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UNICEF and partners open child-friendly spaces in Qinghai earthquake zone

UNICEF and partners open child-friendly spaces in Qinghai earthquake zone

05 August 2010

BEIJING, China, 5 August 2010 – In the aftermath of the April 2010 earthquake that struck Qinghai Province’s Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, UNICEF and the National Working Committee on Children and Women (NWCCW) have combined to establish four child-friendly spaces to support the long-term recovery and well-being of earthquake-affected children and women.

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A multi-cultural school in Bosnia and Herzegovina brings out the best in children

A multi-cultural school in Bosnia and Herzegovina brings out the best in children

06 August 2010

By Jay LaMonica SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 6 August 2010 – Eldina Ismailij, 11, loves to dance. The wild rhythms of Roma dancing set her free. Last year, she won a dance competition and her picture was in the newspaper. She blushes when asked about her accomplishment, and her mother, Dzemila Bostandzija, beams with pride. The [...]

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Unique education programmes brighten the future for Afghanistan’s young women

Unique education programmes brighten the future for Afghanistan’s young women

11 August 2010

By Farida Ayari HERAT, Afghanistan, 11 August 2010 – The city of Herat is the setting for ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ – Khaled Hosseini’s powerful, best-selling novel about the harsh conditions of women in Afghanistan. While life for many women in the country remains difficult, today Herat’s Gowarshad High School – named for the powerful Timurid queen [...]

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