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Empty school classroom in Senegal.
Pandemic shakes up world’s education systems
Elin Martinez - @Martinez_Elin
Thursday, 19 March, 2020
UNESCO reports that 119 countries have closed schools nationwide since the COVID-19 outbreak, disrupting the learning and education of an estimated 897 million students. Millions more could be... Read more
Human rights: universal, inalienable and indivisible
Dr. Maria Ron Balsera
Tuesday, 10 December, 2019
I’m writing this blog on the eve of Human Rights Day, following celebrations of the 30th anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child.  On 10 December 1948 the United Nations General... Read more
Closing the gap between words and reality: RTE’s director speech for the 10th anniversary of Protect Education in Insecurity and Conflict
Delphine Dorsi
Friday, 29 November, 2019
RTE’s director, Delphine Dorsi, participated in the dinner organised for the 10thanniversary of Protect Education in Insecurity and Conflict (PEIC), a programme of Education Above All, where she... Read more
Nepal National workshop on the right to education and the Abidjan Principles
Ashina Mtsumi - @ashezz_m
Thursday, 7 November, 2019
Local governments in Nepal are in the process of developing legislation on education following the implementation of the Constitution which delegates responsibility for providing free and compulsory... Read more
Implementing the Abidjan Principles: ASPBAE training workshop in Bangkok
Rene Raya, Cecilia Soriano and Lae Santiago.
Monday, 4 November, 2019
Reflections of Day 1Education actors gathered at the Center Point Hotel in Bangkok to talk about the Right to Education and the Abidjan Principles. Masato Abe,  Economic Affairs Officer at UN ESCAP,... Read more
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COVID-19 and the right to education: Collated resources
31 March 2020
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education has been huge. Unesco estimates that the pandemic has affected nearly 90% of the world's students. That's 1.54 billion learners out of school in 185... Read more
Online panel - The Abidjan Principles on the right to education: A practical tool to address global challenges to the provision of quality education for all to ensure future peaceful societies and life on earth
31 March 2020
On 16 April, the Right to Education Initiative will participate in an online panel The Abidjan Principles on the right to education: A practical tool to address global challenges to the provision of... Read more
ACHPR passes resolution to develop norms on states’ obligations to regulate private actors involved in the provision of social services
24 March 2020
In response to an increased recognition that the private actors involved in the provision of social services have ‘contributed to the low level of enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights’,... Read more
Fighting for the right to education of pregnant girls in Kenya
6 March 2020
On International Women’s Day, help us fight for the right to education for the thousands of girls in Kenya who have been forced out of school after experiencing sexual violence, leading to early and... Read more
13 organisations alert the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on France's investment in BIA
5 March 2020
13 organisations alert on the ‘violation of France's obligations vis-à-vis the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights through its investment in Bridge International Academies... Read more
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