'They think they can bury us in the shadows but little do they know, we are seeds of resilience, ready to bloom and flourish.'

Read inspiring testimonies of Afghan girls calling for their right to education!

Education Cannot Wait #AfghanGirlsVoices campaign👉bit.ly/afghangirlsvoi…

“Our dreams are like stars in the night sky, guiding us towards a future where every Afghan girl can thrive and be free.”

Join Education Cannot Wait #AfghanGirlsVoices campaign to shine light on young Afghan girls deprived of their basic right to #education !

👉bit.ly/afghangirlsvoi…

🎙️| In our new Contours episode, Carolyn Moorman sits down with experts Jerome Marston, Katherine Zimmerman, and Alexander Kochenburger to discuss the Yemeni civil war’s effects on Yemen's education sector.

Listen here: newlinesinstitute.org/yemen/the-path…

Throughout the three-day training on the #SSD , speakers from #Colombia #Mali #Nigeria #Yemen shared their experiences in ensuring safe education for all; participants discussed actions to strengthen the political support and accountability for attacks on education.

The last module of a three-day training on the implementation of the #SSD took place today. Around 80 participants from 24 states that support the SSD gathered to discuss the scale, type, and impact of attacks on education, and how to implement the SSD and Guidelines.

Happening tomorrow! Education in Armed Conflict: Protection, Prevention and Access, a #PoCWeek2023 side event, organized by Watchlist, the GCPEA, and the Permanent Missions of Luxembourg, Japan, and Malta.

‼️ Guyana 🇬🇾 just became the 1⃣1⃣8⃣th state to endorse the #SafeSchools Declaration 🎉👏👏

Congratulations & welcome aboard! We🇳🇴 look forward to #protect education with you so that

✅every girl
✅every boy
✅every educator

can pursue the right to #education without fear.

🔴PRESS RELEASE: Two Years of Global Harm to Civilians from The Use of #ExplosiveWeapons (2021-2022) Report

Press release ➡️bit.ly/43YwRu9

Full report ➡️bit.ly/3KYOqBV

#EWIPA

BREAKING: #HRC52 resolution on #Myanmar calls upon all parties to avoid the military use of schools, including by implementing the Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use

🌎40 % of all reported incidents of military use occurred in Myanmar in 2020-21

#SafeSchoolsDeclaration can protect students and educators against these threats. #protecteducation @IMAD2023

In conflict settings, children and educators face a high risk of landmines and ERW on the way to and from school which can kill or injure.

on #MineAwarenessDay , we join partners like GICHD to raise awareness of the need for mine action. #protectingeducation

Australia is the 117th country to endorse the #SafeSchoolsDeclaration , an intergovernmental political commitment to protect students, teachers, and schools from attack during armed conflict. Which country will be next to join? hrw.org/news/2023/03/1…

We congratulate Ambassador Amanda Gorely for joining the #SafeSchoolsDeclaration - the rest of Asia- Pacific countries should follow their lead!

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Today is the one-year mark of the war in #Ukraine .

Schools and universities have been bombed and shelled, with Kharkiv and Donetsk regions especially affected.

Read GCPEA Secretariat statement: bit.ly/3YuiNFq

#protecteducation

Tomorrow! at #HLFC2023 Save the Children International Plan International GCPEA Secretariat @eiegenevahub examine how to better protect education from attack to preserve investments made in the education sector, advance broader education in emergency goals, and meet SDG4

➡️ Join us: bit.ly/3YdTM1f

On this #InternationalEducationDay , militaries & armed groups around the 🗺️ should ensure that fighting is kept out of school grounds, by using the #GuidelinestoProtectSchoolsandUniversitiesfromMilitaryUse .

🪖use of schools upends education.

On average education was attacked 6⃣ times per day in 2020 & 2021, putting learning spaces, students, and teachers in the line of fire.

On today's #InternationalEducationDay , call on your government to endorse & implement the #SafeSchoolsDeclaration !

The no. of attacks against schools has increased this year, according to preliminary data of UNOSRSG #CAAC . The most recent took place yesterday in Aybak, Afghanistan where several children were killed & injured.

States must do more to protect education
👉bit.ly/3VvmYQk

Thank you Ambassador Amanda Gorely for tea & cookies this morning🙏

These attacks often damaged/destroyed educational infrastructure & injured/killed hundreds of students and educators. 👉bit.ly/3MigfnM

States should endorse and implement the #EWIPA Declaration to ensure the protection of educational facilities.