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Inter Press Service

POWER TO THE YOUTH: With Quality Education, Youth are Empowered with the Green Skills to Save Our Planet

To save our people and our planet from the life-threatening risks of the climate crisis, we must invest in the education of today’s youth. They will be the climate activists, climate scientists, climate innovators, game-changers and leaders of the 21st century green economy.

On International Youth Day, ECW and our global partners urge world leaders in the public and private sectors to ensure today’s youth have the green skills they need to save our planet. The climate-change challenges and the detrimental impact are enormous – severely affecting the planet, as well as basic services and our very survival.

Reuters

Schools shut, exams cancelled: War shatters Sudan's education sector

When war in Sudan's capital forced Sarah al-Sharif and her family to flee, the 19-year-old information technology student left her books and computer behind.

Now in Sennar, 30km (18 miles) southeast of Khartoum, she lacks a stable internet connection or passport to travel abroad and like many others sees no way of continuing her studies while fighting between rival military factions rages.

 

USA News Hub

The world must unite now to halt the Taliban’s repression of Afghan women and girls

Two years of ever-intensifying repression since the Taliban seized power in August 2021 have not dimmed the resilience of girls and women in Afghanistan, who continue to risk their lives fighting for their right to an education and employment. 

The Guardian

The world must unite now to halt the Taliban’s repression of Afghan women and girls

Two years of ever-intensifying repression since the Taliban seized power in August 2021 have not dimmed the resilience of girls and women in Afghanistan, who continue to risk their lives fighting for their right to an education and employment.

lesactualites.news

Le monde doit s’unir maintenant pour mettre fin à la répression des femmes et des filles afghanes par les talibans | Gordon Brown

Aujourd’hui encore, craignant d’être arrêtés, détenus et torturés pour avoir transgressé les édits violant les droits des talibans, de braves enfants de tout l’Afghanistan fréquentent des écoles clandestines.

Overseas Development Institute

The ‘Missing Children’: Why we urgently need an inclusive approach to education in emergencies

As we cross the halfway mark of 2023, the world has already been rocked by several major humanitarian crises that have impacted children’s education.

Doha News

‘Education Makes it Possible’: Qatar Charity to support 100,000 students across 38 nations

Qatar is set to support at least 100,000 students locally and globally with the launch of Qatar Charity’s (QC) ‘Education Makes it Possible’ campaign on Sunday.

The announcement was made ahead of the upcoming academic year and is expected to benefit students across 38 countries—including Yemen, Palestine, Turkiye, Somalia, Sudan, Sri Lanka among others.

ReliefWeb

Education Cannot Wait Announces US$5 Million First Emergency Response Grant in Sudan and Calls on World Leaders to Expand Financial Support

As the conflict rages on in Sudan, Education Cannot Wait (ECW) and its strategic global partners are stepping up to provide life-saving education support for the country’s most vulnerable children. ECW announced today US$5 Million in new funding for the education in emergencies response in Sudan. ECW urges donors, the private sector and philanthropic foundations to quickly mobilize more funding for Sudan. Total ECW funding in Sudan now tops US$28 million.

Reliefweb

Education Cannot Wait Announces US$5 Million First Emergency Response Grant in Sudan and Calls on World Leaders to Expand Financial Support

Total ECW funding in Sudan tops US$28 million, but as conflict continues, 7 million children are out of school in Sudan. Violence and increased displacement are putting children at grave risk. Fast-acting response, delivered by Save the Children and UNICEF, will reach over 86,000 girls and boys with life-saving education support

Radio Tamazuj

Sudan: ECW announces $5m in new funding for education

Education Cannot Wait (ECW) announced today US$5 million in new funding for the education in emergencies response in war-torn Sudan.

ECW is the United Nations' global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises.

In a press release extended to Radio Tamazuj, ECW urged donors, the private sector and philanthropic foundations to quickly mobilize more funding for Sudan.

Inter Press Service

Education Cannot Wait Interviews The Rt. Hon. Andrew Mitchell, United Kingdom Minister of State (Development and Africa)

The Rt. Hon. Andrew Mitchell was appointed as a Minister of State in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) on 25 October 2022. He was previously Secretary of State for International Development from May 2010 to September 2012. He was elected Conservative MP for Sutton Coldfield on 7 June 2001.

Forbes

Redemption And Resilience: Keeping Rohingya Refugee Girls In School

Meet Roshida, a Rohingya orphan in Bangladesh who narrowly escaped child marriage to find new hope through education at a learning center supported by Education Cannot Wait and UNICEF.