This blog by Learning for Peace programme manager Friedrich Affolter was originally published on the Global Partnership for Education blog.
Almost 250 million children currently live in regions and countries affected by fragility and violent conflict.
Forty-something Margaret Abeku, a teacher at Kanu Primary School, claps and laughs out loud in a mix of joy and disbelief. The children at her school are playing the first mixed game of football she has ever witnessed. The game is an initiative following a gender sensitization training she and her colleagues have just finished, thanks to UNICEF’s Learning for Peace programme.
We are delighted to introduce the third in a series of four reports exploring education and peacebuilding in specific country contexts from the Research Consortium on Education and Peacebuilding.
Written by researchers from the Centre for International Teacher Education (CITE) at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) in South Africa, the report explores education and peacebuilding in South Africa from three viewpoints:
A Systematic Policy Review of Early Childhood Development and Peacebuilding in 14 Conflict-affected and Post-conflict Countries, UCL Institute of Education & UNICEF, 2015
Conflict and fragile conditions that arise as a result of adversities such as civil wars, deprivation and emergency situations invariably compromise the lives of children. This report presents the findings of a systematic review of early childhood development and peacebuilding policies across fourteen conflict-affected and post-conflict countries.
Early Years - the organisation for young children has called for an Early Education and Care Act for Northern Ireland that would provide a legislative basis for the financing, supervision and co-ordination of all education and care services for young children.
Evaluation of UNICEF’s Peacebuilding, Education and Advocacy Programme, UNICEF, November 2015
The Peacebuilding, Education, and Advocacy programme – Learning for Peace – underwent a programme outcome evaluation in 2015.
Interested in the biological and economic impacts of early childhood development? Want to know why the U.S. is the only country in the world that hasn’t ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child? Join Yale UNICEF for the Fourth Annual Conference on Children’s Rights on April 9th.
Our keynote speaker is Dr. Nicholas Alipui, Director and Senior Adviser of UNICEF’s Post-2015 Development Agenda.
What does it take to respond to medical needs in some of the poorest countries in the world with the worst childhood mortality rates? How can local and international organizations work together to provide high-quality medical care in chronic emergencies like malnutrition and outbreaks such as Ebola?
Uganda Population-based Survey on Peace and Education, UNICEF, HHI and Brigham’s Women’s Hospital, December 2015
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