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Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack
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A unique inter-agency coalition formed in 2010 to address the problem of targeted attacks on education in armed conflict. #SafeSchoolsDeclaration

https://protectingeducation.org/
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🌍 Join us in Nairobi for the Fifth International Conference on the Safe Schools Declaration!

Hosted by the Government of Kenya with support from key partners.
🗓️ 25–26 Nov 2025
👉 Register now: registration.kenyaconferencessd.co.ke
#SafeSchools2025
#SSD10
#NairobiActionPlan
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November 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Farida Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education, launched her latest policy brief at an event on the sidelines of the United Nations Human Rights Council Social Forum on 30 October 2025, co-organised by the EiE Hub.

➡️Find out more: eiehub.org/news/the-urg...
The urgent need to better protect education in armed conflict | Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies
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November 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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🌍 Now Hiring: Implementation Network Facilitation Consultant (Remote)

📅 Deadline: Nov 18, 2025 | 🚀 Start: Dec 2, 2025

📩 Apply: Link below.

Make a difference — help protect students, teachers, and schools worldwide.

#Hiring #EducationInEmergencies #SafeSchoolsDeclaration #HumanRights #RemoteWork
#hiring #educationinemergencies #publicpolicy #internationaldevelopment #safeschoolsdeclaration #humanrights #gcpea #consultingopportunity #remotework | Global Coalition to Protect Education from Atta...
🌍 Now Hiring: Implementation Network Facilitation Consultant (Remote) 📅 Application Deadline: November 18, 2025 🚀 Anticipated Start Date: December 2, 2025 The Global Coalition to Protect Education ...
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November 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
gcpea.bsky.social
💡 Think you know GCPEA?

Here’s your chance to prove it!

hashtag#ProtectEducation
October 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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🌍 Highlights from GCPEA’s Q3 2025 Newsletter:

- Expert roundtable on accountability for attacks on education

- 6th Intl. Day to Protect Education from Attack

- Advocacy at HRC59 & SSD training in Cairo

#SafeSchoolsDeclaration #EducationUnderAttack #GCPEA
GCPEA News: Highlights of Q3 2025
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October 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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GCPEA is proud to stand alongside over 660 civil society organizations from 106 countries in endorsing the 2025 Civil Society Open Letter on Women, Peace and Security.

Read the full letter here 👉 wps.ngo/2025letter
October 1, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Our partner @scholarsatrisk.bsky.social has released the #Free2Think2025 report.

395 attacks on #highered communities in 49 countries this past year show why protecting higher education and #academicfreedom matters more than ever.

Read more: www.scholarsatrisk.org/resources/fr...
October 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Over 450 organizations have joined our call for the #UNSC and Member States to defend 25 years of the #WPS agenda.

🤝 Read our letter and join us here: wps.ngo/sign
September 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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JRR welcomes the most recent report published by the @gcpea.bsky.social on 🔑findings & recommendations to strengthen accountability for attacks on education. JRR was proud to provide technical support from its Roster of experts. 📑 👇👇
protectingeducation.org/publication/...
September 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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"Aid cuts are threatening a generation of children’s access to education"

@petraheusser.bsky.social, the EiE Hub's Executive Director, and Dr. Faiza A. Hassan, Directior of @inee.org, write in Modern Diplomacy:

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Aid cuts are threatening a generation of children’s access to education
The foreign aid cuts that have dominated global headlines this year are not just statistics – they have real world impact, not least when it comes to education.
moderndiplomacy.eu
September 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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📅 Mark your calendars: November 25–26, 2025

📍 Location: Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya

🔖 Follow us and join the conversation using the hashtags: hashtag#SafeSchools2025 hashtag#SSD10 hashtag#NairobiActionPlan
September 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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🆕#ECWResults Report shows that strong partnerships & predictable financing can transform lives & #KeepHopeAlive!

Among Multi-Year Resilience Programmes reporting quality evidence of change:

✅97% improved enrolment or attendance
✅88% improved literacy and/or numeracy

Learn more 👉
Annual Results Report 2024 | Education Cannot Wait
www.educationcannotwait.org
September 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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📺 Watch now: RTE Initiative & @gcpea.bsky.social webinar on “Documenting the Impact of Attacks on Education,” w/ @unesco.org, @inee.org , KoboToolbox & more.
🔗 youtu.be/BTOGke1dDM0
#ProtectEducationFromAttack #RightToEducation
Documenting the impact of attacks on education
YouTube video by Right to Education Initiative
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September 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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📘New @gcpea.bsky.social publication: Report on the Expert Roundtable on Strengthening Accountability for Attacks on Education.

Experts call for political will, legal reform, & a comprehensive Accountability Toolbox to end impunity.

Read more: bit.ly/3VtSlfC

#ProtectEducation
Strengthening Accountability for Attacks on Education: Key Findings and Recommendations from the Expert Roundtable in Geneva - Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack
protectingeducation.org
September 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Introducing the Fifth International Conference on the Safe Schools Declaration (SSD 2025)
September 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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📢 Coming to Nairobi this November: the 5th International Conference on the Safe Schools Declaration!

🌍 121 States.
📚 10 years.
🎓 One mission—protect education in conflict.

📅 25–26 Nov 2025
Safari Park Hotel
👉 Follow for updates & the #NairobiActionPlan
#SafeSchools2025 #SSD10 #EducationUnderAttack
September 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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🚀LAUNCHED: our partner's @educannotwait.bsky.social's
Annual Results Report!

Learn how #ECW & strategic partners have reached ~14M crisis-affected girls and boys since inception with holistic, #QualityEducation in the most challenging contexts worldwide.
September 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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UN Commission of Inquiry finds Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, including "systematically destroying the healthcare and education systems."

🔗Read the CoI report: bit.ly/4miaUOE

🔗Review GCPEA's spotlight of attacks on education in Palestine: bit.ly/4mcFVDD
September 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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🗓️ 6th Intl. Day to #ProtectEducationFromAttack
Theme: “Challenging Narratives, Reshaping Action” — reject inevitability, demand protection, ensure learning.
📊 CAAC: 25% rise in grave violations, incl. 44% more attacks on education in 2024.
#SafeSchoolsDeclaration
September 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
gcpea.bsky.social
🚨In Colombia, an attack on education occurs every 3 days.

Classrooms turned into battlegrounds- teachers threatened -children recruited.

The TRACE Data Portal, built by @kobotoolbox.bsky.social
and Education Above All Foundation, with contributions from @gcpea.bsky.social, is a crucial tool.
September 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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"I missed my school and my village, and was very anxious to go back to school."- Zaida, 16, Mozambique. This International Day to Protection Education from Attack, we're lifting up the stories of students like Zaida, who deserve access to the education they need to thrive. #NotATarget
September 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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📢 Launching on 9 September — International Day to #ProtectEducationFromAttack: Geneva Call, in collaboration with Art to Face, unveils a new educational resource on protecting children and schools in Yemen.

www.genevacall.org/news/from-st...
From storytelling to action: In conflict-affected Yemen, a new engagement resource to enhance the protection of schools from attacks | Geneva Call
Over the past decade, the conflict in Yemen has become increasingly complex — with children facing grave risks. Attacks against schools, the use of schools for military purposes, and child recruitment...
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September 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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On this International Day to #ProtectEducationFromAttack, UNESCO underlines its deep concern about the 44% increase in attacks on educational facilities in 2024.

Read the full press release: unes.co/7mnru7
September 9, 2025 at 2:16 PM
gcpea.bsky.social
On Intl. Day to #ProtectEducationFromAttack, Lisa Chung Bender, Exec. Director of GCPEA, reminds us:

“When we protect education, we protect peace, promise, and possibility.”
GCPEA remains committed to documenting violations, strengthening protections & advancing accountability.

#ProtectEducation
September 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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🗓️ 9 Sept: Intl. Day to Protect Education from Attack

Established in 2020 by a UNGA resolution spearheaded by Qatar, this day reaffirms the duty to keep students, teachers & schools safe in conflict.
2025 marks the 6th commemoration.

#ProtectEducationFromAttack
September 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM