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Face aux inondations qui ont détruit et endommagé les écoles desservant 1,5 million de personnes, l’investissement d’Education sans délai octroyé par l’intermédiaire de l’UNICEF permettra à 47 000 élèves d’avoir accès à des environnements d’apprentissage protecteurs et de qualité.

On 16 and 17 February, Education Cannot Wait (ECW) High-Level Financing Conference took place in Geneva. This was co-hosted by ECW with the government of Switzerland; and co-convened by the governments of Colombia, Germany, Niger, Norway and South Sudan.

On the day that Vladimir Cuk, Executive Director of the International Disability Alliance (IDA) was to take the stage to make his remarks at the recently concluded Education Cannot Wait High-Level Conference (HLFC) in Geneva, the chair lift to the podium malfunctioned.

t has been one month since the devastating earthquake in Türkiye and Syria, that claimed over 51,000 lives and flattened entire neighborhoods and ecosystems. The devastation to infrastructure cannot be understated, over 54,000 buildings were destroyed and the World Bank estimates the earthquake has cost $34bn of damage to Türkiye alone. In the aftermath, many of the hundreds of thousands of children in the region find themselves without access to their schools and quality education.

Additional meetings and visits made by Minister Sajjan in Bangladesh and the Philippines

While in Bangladesh, Minister Sajjan met with Abul Kalam Abdul Momen, Minister of Foreign Affairs. In this meeting, he underlined Canada’s commitment to deepening its engagement in the Indo-Pacific region and to the long and successful development partnership between Canada and Bangladesh. They discussed our responses to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, including its impact on food security, and the interlinked Rohingya refugee crisis and situation in Myanmar.

Minister Sajjan spoke with Rohingya refugees living at the Ukhiya refugee camp to understand their experiences and aspirations. He also discussed their educational needs and the challenges they face. There, he reiterated Canada’s support for skills development and for refugee and host community education, highlighting Canada’s recent pledge to Education Cannot Wait, the UN global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, which includes $27.5 million in funding to the Multi-Year Resilience Programme in Bangladesh.

NEW YORK, March 8, 2023 /CNW/ -- On International Women's Day, let us remind ourselves of the power of education, which empowers girls and women to realize their dreams and achieve their goals.

We must stand up ­– united as a global community – and say no to gender-based violence, say no to child marriage, say no to workplace inequities, and say no to the deprivation of a quality education for women and girls everywhere.

With the severe drought situation deteriorating, UNICEF Kenya revised its HAC 2022 due to the increased people in need and in line with the revision of the Kenya Inter-Agency Drought Flash Appeal 2022, increasing the financial requirements to USD 126.9 million to provide life-saving services to the drought-affected children and women. Approximately USD 53.1 million (42 per cent) has been received against the HAC, of which USD 51 million is for drought response, (new funds, carry-over and repurposed UNICEF regular resources), and USD 2.1 million is for refugee response, leaving a funding gap of USD 73.7 million (58 per cent). Soft funding pipeline is approximately USD 13 million mainly from USAID/BHA, ECHO EDF, Education Cannot Wait ECW, Australian Natcom - Horn of Africa Drought and FCDO for various UNICEF sectors delivering critical lifesaving intervention

MP Emily Thornberry, gal-dem editor Liv Little, NGO director Yasmine Sherif and campaigner Yara Eid discuss the true meaning of International Women’s Day

It’s OK to have mixed feelings about International Women’s Day. What began in the early 20th century as a radical socialist feminist event has morphed – particularly over the last decade or so – into something sprawling, all-encompassing and occasionally murky in its message. 

We urgently need to see action and investment in women and girls' health, hopes, and empowerment.

By Helen Grant OBE, MP for Maidstone and The Weald, UK Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Girls’ Education; and Sabrina Dhowre Elba, Europe Board Chair, Global Citizen

Con motivo de un acto organizado recientemente en la sede de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York por el Día Internacional de la Educación, la UNESCO ha hecho un llamamiento para que la educación llegue a todos los lugares, recordando que es un derecho humano básico y ha denunciado la violación de ese derecho en Afganistán, donde se prohíbe a las mujeres y las niñas acceder a la educación.

“For more than 500 days, the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have denied secondary school girls that basic right to an education. This must end immediately,” the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, said in a video message released by the Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the UN’s global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, on Saturday.

The UN Deputy Secretary-General reiterates on this call as many other global calls have so far been turned down by the Taliban and particularly after she and the UN Women chief, Sima Bahous, ended a four-day visit to Afghanistan empty handed in January."

Conferência internacional do Education Cannot Wait contou com debates temáticos a respeito do impacto das crises humanitárias contemporâneas sobre a educação. O Ministério da Educação (MEC) esteve presente na conferência internacional de alto nível do fundo global “Education Cannot Wait (ECW)”, ou “Educação não pode esperar”, realizada em Genebra (Suíça), em 16 e 17 de fevereiro.

World leaders committed over USD 826 million to support the education of girls and boys impacted by emergencies and protracted crises. Seventeen donors announced pledges during the Education Cannot Wait (ECW) High-Level Financing Conference, co-convened by the Governments of Switzerland, Colombia, Germany, Niger, Norway, and South Sudan.