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UNICEF, September 30, 2022
UNICEF statement on attack on Kaaj Educational Center, Dasht-e-Barchi, West Kabul, Afghanistan
KABUL, 30 September 2022 – “UNICEF is appalled by the horrific attack, early this morning, inside the Kaaj Educational Center in the Dasht-e-Barchi district of West Kabul, Afghanistan. This heinous act…
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UNICEF condemns attack on school in Koya, Kurdistan Region of Iraq and calls on all parties to respect the Safe Schools Declaration
BAGHDAD, 28 September 2022- “UNICEF abhors and condemns the attack which impacted a school today in a refugee settlement in Koya, in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. “At least two children…
READ MOREDaily Trust, September 15, 2022
International Day to Protect Education: Why States Must Implement Safe Schools Declaration
“It is better to stay alive at home than to be in the hands of the terrorists while seeking education,” said Maryam Wavi, one of the survivors of the over…
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Let’s Recommit to Protecting Students, Educators, and Schools from Attack
On 8 May 2021, a barbaric attack targeting students at the Sayed ul-Shuhada high school in Afghanistan killed 85 people, 42 of them girls, and injured more than 200. Zakia,…
READ MOREAl Jazeera, September 15, 2022
Ms. Maleiha Malik Al Jazeera Interview
Ms. Maleiha Malik, Executive Director, Protect Education in Insecurity and Conflict (PEIC) a project of Education Above All (EAA) interview with Al Jazeera in commemoration of the International Day to…
READ MOREEducation Cannot Wait (ECW), September 12, 2022
We Must Unite to Protect Education From Attack
Statement by ECW Director Yasmine Sherif Statement on International Day to Protect Education from Attack – 9 September 2022 Schools, students and teachers continue to be targeted and attacked in…
READ MOREInter Press Service, June 1, 2022
Ukraine Points Up the Threat to Education During War
Over 1,800 schools and universities have been damaged or destroyed since Russia’s invasion on February 24, according to Ukraine’s Education Ministry. Credit: UNICEF NEW YORK, Jun 1 2022 (IPS) – Conflict…
READ MORESave the Children, May 11, 2022
Save the Children condemns school attack in Ukraine
DNIPRO, 9 MAY 2022 – Save the Children strongly condemns the reported bombing of a school in Luhansk, Ukraine, believed to be sheltering 90 civilians, including children in its bunker. While…
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, March 18, 2022
Ukraine: Deadly Attacks Kill, Injure Civilians, Destroy Homes
(Lviv) – More than 450 civilians were reportedly killed or injured in the first 11 days of the war, in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, as a result of Russian airstrikes and artillery shelling…
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Statement by GCPEA Executive Director, Diya Nijhowne, on Attacks on Education in Ukraine
A kindergarten damaged by shelling in Stanytsia Luhanska, in the Luhansk region, Ukraine, February 17, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (New York, March 9, 2022) – Over 210 educational facilities have been damaged…
READ MOREAmnesty International, March 2, 2022
Ukraine: Cluster munitions kill child and two other civilians taking shelter at a preschool
A preschool in north-eastern Ukraine was hit on the morning of 25 February with widely-banned cluster munitions while civilians took shelter inside, killing three of them, including a child, and…
READ MOREVoice of America, February 28, 2022
Cameroon Separatists Abduct Teachers at School for Disabled
A still from a video posted by ADF, a military group fighting for Ambazonia, a self-declared independent state in Cameroon, that purports to show abducted teachers VOA has no independent…
READ MOREVoice of America, February 28, 2022
Cameroon Separatists Torch Girls-Only School Dorm for Preparing for National Youth Day Activities
Mamfe, Cameroon The Roman Catholic Church in Cameroon says armed men Friday torched a renowned girls’ school dormitory in Mamfe, an English-speaking southwestern town. English-speaking separatists have claimed responsibility, saying…
READ MORESave the Children, February 28, 2022
UKRAINE: Attacks on schools in Ukraine endangering children’s lives and futures
Interviews with spokespeople available. Link to images here (Credit: Amnon Gutman/ Save the Children) and Audio – Eva* here and Anna here. KYIV, 27 February 2022 – Attacks on schools in Ukraine are endangering the lives…
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, February 25, 2022
Ukraine: Shelling Residential Areas Puts Civilians at Risk
Damage from the shelling of a kindergarten in the settlement of Stanytsia Luhanska, Ukraine, February 17, 2022. © 2022 Anton Skyba for Human Rights Watch The shelling of a school, a…
READ MOREUNETCHAC, November 2, 2021
A concert on the theme “Safe Schools for Children in Armed Conflict” organized with CPM Music Institute, Milan.
Rome / Abuja, 25 October 2021 – “I am happy to present this initiative; music is truly a powerful tool for conveying fundamental messages in a universal language; it also represents…
READ MOREDaily Trust Nigeria, November 1, 2021
What’s Next For Nigeria’s International Safe Schools Agenda?
Op-ed by Diya Nijhowne, Executive Director of the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack The Safe Schools Conference, which the Nigerian government hosted both in Abuja and virtually to…
READ MORESave the Children, October 27, 2021
Safe Schools Conference: 300 children call on world leaders to protect schools from attack
Children are making a series of demands to world leaders, including requesting they deny armies access to schools, and ensuring paths to schools are free of mines and explosives, in a Children’s Manifesto launched today. The Children’s Manifesto, authored by 300 children across…
READ MOREHuman Rights Watch, October 26, 2021
Protecting Schools from Attack during Wartime
Zama Neff Executive Director, Children’s Rights Division Internally displaced children attending classes at a displacement camp in Maiduguri, Borno state, September 2015. © 2015 Bede Sheppard/Human Rights Watch Nearly two decades…
READ MOREGeneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies, October 26, 2021
Geneva actors gather in support of Safe Schools Declaration, as 4th International Conference begins in Abuja with in-person and virtual sessions
Argentina, Nigeria, Norway, Spain, Switzerland and the Geneva Global hub for Education in Emergencies, Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack and Save the Children hosted a local meet-up linked…
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