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In the lead up to International Women’s Day 2021 on 8 March 2021 - ECW, INEE and UNGEI - three partners working together for gender equality in education in emergencies (EiE), have joined forces to launch a toolkit promoting gender-responsive and inclusive education interventions in emergency & protracted crises settings.

La elección que deben tomar los líderes mundiales es simple: actuar ahora para evitar el hambre o pagar un precio mucho más alto más tarde. La acción inmediata será más barata, salvará más vidas y prevendrá hambrunas

The choice facing world leaders is simple: act now to tackle the hunger crisis, or pay a much higher price later. Immediate action will be cheaper and save more lives than responding only after multiple famines have taken hold and a generation’s missed education has exacted a terrible toll.

A pilot study in the city of Bol in Chad, which has suffered the effects of cross-border terrorism over many years, has shown that the provision of simple science-focused materials like a compass or protractor (which measures angles) is making a big difference to both teachers and pupils in one of the poorest parts of the Central African country.

A pilot study in the city of Bol in Chad, which has suffered the effects of cross-border terrorism over many years, has shown that the provision of simple science-focused materials like a compass or protractor (which measures angles) is making a big difference to both teachers and pupils in one of the poorest parts of the Central African country.

A pilot study in the city of Bol in Chad, which has suffered the effects of cross-border terrorism over many years, has shown that the provision of simple science-focused materials like a compass or protractor (which measures angles) is making a big difference to both teachers and pupils in one of the poorest parts of the Central African country.

Tariq Al Gurg tells Davos 2021 that funds for education were falling even before the Covid-19 pandemic and if the global community does not act now to safeguard education there is a great risk that children’s learning will fall behind further than it already has due to the global pandemic.

In an interview with the Telegraph Yasmine Sherif, director of Education Cannot Wait, highlighted the crises faced by people in the Central Sahel region and called on countries to do more to protect the lives of school children.