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Inclusion, investment and strengthening legal framework: Key takeaways from the UNESCO World Conference and Declaration on ECCE
Rajakumari Michaelsamy and Delphine Dorsi
Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
The second UNESCO World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education (WCECCE), held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 14-16 November, was convened to mobilise countries and partners to reaffirm the... Read more
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A revolution for higher education: key takeaways from the UNESCO World Higher Education Conference
Delphine Dorsi - @DelphineDorsi and Juliana Lima - @ju_lvcpm
Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
The UNESCO World Higher Education Conference (WHEC 20222) that took place in Barcelona, Spain, from 18-20 May was a great and grandiose event that gathered around 1,500 in person participants - and... Read more
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Threatened by inequalities: the right to higher education in France
Juliana Lima
Monday, 30 May, 2022
On 10 May, we held a roundtable discussion with French State representatives and the academic community on the right to higher education in France, to discuss the issues of territorial inequalities... Read more
Can profit-making in education be justified? Celebrating the Abidjan Principles Third Anniversary
Eleanor Rosenbach
Monday, 28 February, 2022
The Abidjan Principles are now entering into their fourth year. In a relatively short period, they have achieved widespread recognition across multiple fields, with official recognitions now... Read more
Interview with Mercedes Mayol Lassalle: Care as ethics, care as action, and care as public policy
Eleanor Rosenbach
Monday, 24 January, 2022
Recently, Right to Education Initiative had the honour of interviewing Mercedes Mayol Lassalle, World President of the World Organization for Early Childhood Education (OMEP). In post since 2020,... Read more
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International Women’s Day 2023: Getting back to the essence of the day
8 March 2023
International Women’s Day is rightly a day of celebration of the achievements of women. Across the globe, women are changing their environments, breaking boundaries and providing inspiration to... Read more
IIEP-UNESCO publishes Planning to Fulfil the Right to Education: Methodological Guidelines and Toolkit
2 March 2023
IIEP-UNESCO has published ‘Planning to Fulfil the Right to Education: methodological guidelines and a toolkit’, a document whose purpose is to support national administrations in weighing and costing... Read more
RTE and nine civil society organisations deliver joint submission on the UK to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR)
2 March 2023
In February, ten civil society organisations including RTE presented a joint submission to the CESCR, in light of its upcoming review of the United Kingdom’s compliance with its human rights... Read more
Education Day 2023: RTE joins the call to #LetAfghanGirlsLearn
24 January 2023
Today marks the fifth International Day of Education, proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly, in celebration of the role of education for peace and development.UNESCO highlights that... Read more
RTE launches statement in response to Tashkent declaration adopted at the UNESCO World Conference on early childhood care and education
9 January 2023
During the World Conference on Early Childhood Care and Education (WCECCE), held between 14-16 November in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, delegates drafted and approved the Tashkent Declaration and... Read more
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