SDG 4: Making human rights count
Erica Murphy, Mihir Mankad & Francesca Feruglio
Monday, 15 July, 2019
There is increasing recognition that data—relevant and reliable data—are central to achieving Agenda 2030 and advancing the realisation of human rights. We need data to inform laws and policies,... Read more
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Global Education Monitoring Report - @GEMReport
Monday, 11 December, 2017
Although the majority of countries recognise the right to education through international and national law, the fulfilment of the right to education is far from being a reality. This is why we have... Read more
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Initial reflections on ‘Accountability in education: Meeting our commitments’
David Archer - @DavidArcherAA
Tuesday, 24 October, 2017
The new Global Education Monitoring Report is ground-breaking in placing accountability at the centre of its attention. As the report notes, the concept of accountability was shockingly absent from... Read more
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SDG 4 and the child’s right to education
Simon McGrath - @mcgrath_simon & Aoife Nolan - @commentator01
Wednesday, 8 February, 2017
The 2030 Agenda is explicitly grounded in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and international human rights treaties. Indeed, the integration of human rights language into Agenda 2030 has been... Read more
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Lost years: Secondary education for children in emergencies
Bill Van Esveld - @billvanesveld, Elin Martinez - @Martinez_Elin, Bassam Khawaja - @Bassam_Khawaja
Wednesday, 21 December, 2016
Amin, 18, became a refugee when his family fled Syria for Lebanon five years ago. He has not set foot in school since. With his father unable to get legal status or work, responsibility for... Read more
Monitoring the Right to Education in the Context of the 2030 Education Agenda
Erica Murphy - @RTEProject
Friday, 29 April, 2016
On 11 April, 2016 the Right to Education Project launched the Right to Education Monitoring Guide (‘Guide’) and Right to Education Indicators Selection Tool (‘Tool’) at the UCL Institute of Education... Read more
Where Does the Right to Education Stop?
Elin Martinez - @Martinez_Elin
Monday, 14 December, 2015
Have you ever heard children telling you they want their education to stop when they reach the end of primary school?I have interviewed hundreds of children in many countries and not a single one of... Read more
It Doesn’t Feel Very ‘Universal’ from Here
Elin Martinez - @Martinez_Elin
Thursday, 21 May, 2015
The Education World Forum, one of the most important and decisive global meetings on education, is taking place in South Korea this week, 15 years after the first global framework of action on six '... Read more
'Invest in the Future, Invest in Teachers'
Mireille de Koning - @mireilledko
Thursday, 16 October, 2014
On 5th October, 1966, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and UNESCO adopted the Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers. While not legally binding, the Recommendation provides a... Read more