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Education in emergencies
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No Voice, No Choice: Increasing risks for children in Dadaab refugee camp
Five months after the Government of Kenya announced its decision to close Dadaab and accelerate the voluntary repatriation of Somali refugees in safety and dignity to liberated areas and safe locations within Somalia, the Dadaab refugee population is livi
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Mitigating Ethiopia’s Drought Impacts on Children Through Education
The key impacts of Ethiopia’s worst drought – food and water scarcity, the devastation of livelihoods, forced migration and increased child malnutrition – are having significant knock-on effects for children’s education, just at a time when Ethiopia has m
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After the Earthquake: Nepal's children speak out
Nepal was struck by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake on 25 April 2015 and another 6.8 magnitude earthquake on 12 May. These two events, combined with hundreds of aftershocks resulted in over 8,700 deaths and wrought massive destruction across the affected distr
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The Cost of War: Calculating the impact of the collapse of Syria's education system on Syria's future
As we approach the fourth anniversary of the war in Syria, almost three million Syrian children are out of school, putting them at risk of exploitation and threatening their futures. Unless this situation is urgently addressed, the prospects for eventual
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Education Under Attack in Syria
More than half of all attacks on schools worldwide in the last four years have occurred in Syria, according to Save the Children analysis, compounding the humanitarian crisis that has already forced four million Syrian refugees to flee to camps in over-cr
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Vulnerable Students, Unsafe Schools: Attacks and military use of schools in the Central African Republic
Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict conducted a five-week research mission to the Central African Republic to investigate the high number of attacks and military use of schools and to craft recommendations to realize children's right to education. Th
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Investment for Education in Emergencies: A review of evidence
This study, through a rigorous review of literature and analysis of selected case studies, provides a snapshot of what is known – and often not known – about investment for education in emergencies. Among its findings, the study shows that communities and
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NO to Child Labour, YES to Quality and Safe Education in Emergencies
“No to Child Labour, Yes to Quality and Safe Education in Emergencies” is a briefing paper produced by the CPWG Child Labour Task Force and supported by the Education Cluster and ILO/IPEC. Child labour can often be a significant barrier for children in hu
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Study: Children at risk in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon- 2015
In July 2015, Geneva Call and cultural and social association Nashit launched a survey covering seven Palestinian camps (Ain el-Hilweh, Mieh w Mieh, Burj el-Shamali, Rashidiya, Shatila, Burj el-Barajneh, Beddawi) on the risks affecting children under the
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Hear it From the Children: South Sudan, Video
Children in South Sudan share their thoughts and feelings on the importance of education. Read the corresponding report: Hear it From the Children: South Sudan, 'We want to learn- even during war'.
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What do Children Want in Times of Emergency and Crisis? They Want an Education
Listening to what children in crisis have to say is not only a moral and ethical responsibility for donor and humanitarian actors, it is also a humanitarian obligation. When children living in crisis are asked what they need most, time and time again they
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Safe Schools Declaration and Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use During Armed Conflict
The Safe Schools Declaration is an inter-governmental political commitment that provides countries the opportunity to express support for protecting students, teachers, schools, and universities from attack during times of armed conflict; the importance o