Open letter from the world’s youth calling for more inclusive schools when they re-open — World Education Blog

Covid-19 brought about an education crisis, fuelled by deep pre-existing inequalities, many of which will have been exacerbated with schools closed around the world. The evidence and stories in the Youth version of the new 2020 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report confirm the extent of inequalities and discrimination persisting in education today. It shows how […]

Everyone should have the chance to become whatever they want to become — World Education Blog

By Vivian Onano, Youth Advisor, Global Education Monitoring Report Advisory Board Today, the GEM Report is launching its youth report on inclusion and education. It shows that too many young people miss out on equal chances in education. As the youth adviser to the Report, I wrote the foreword for this new publication because I […]

Youth, Peacebuilding, and the Role of Education

From INEE This thematic paper on Youth, Peacebuilding, and the Role of Education aims to serve as a discussion piece for policy-makers, practitioners, and scholars.  This paper outlines key debates and insights on the role of education in relation the youth, peace, and security (YPS) agenda. The paper’s key recommendations have been taken up in the YPS Independent Progress

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

  International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is observed on August 9 each year to promote and protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples around the world. The date commemorates the first United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations meeting in Geneva in 1982.   “On this