Petra Heusser
@petraheusser.bsky.social
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Welcome, Barham Salih, as the next High Commissioner for Refugees!
We look forward to this new chapter for UNHCR, one of our founding members. We are fully committed to ensuring that all refugee children and youth can access the safe and quality education they deserve.
We look forward to this new chapter for UNHCR, one of our founding members. We are fully committed to ensuring that all refugee children and youth can access the safe and quality education they deserve.
It’s official!
Barham Salih, former President of Iraq, has been elected as the next High Commissioner for Refugees.
Having been a refugee himself, he brings powerful lived experience to lead UNHCR.
We’re excited to welcome him soon. 💙
Barham Salih, former President of Iraq, has been elected as the next High Commissioner for Refugees.
Having been a refugee himself, he brings powerful lived experience to lead UNHCR.
We’re excited to welcome him soon. 💙
December 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Welcome, Barham Salih, as the next High Commissioner for Refugees!
We look forward to this new chapter for UNHCR, one of our founding members. We are fully committed to ensuring that all refugee children and youth can access the safe and quality education they deserve.
We look forward to this new chapter for UNHCR, one of our founding members. We are fully committed to ensuring that all refugee children and youth can access the safe and quality education they deserve.
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🌎 Huge thank you to everyone who attended the end-of-year reception at the EiE Hub yesterday, held on the margins of the Global Refugee Forum Progress Review.
🤝 It was inspiring to see so many people come together at the end of a challenging year.
🤝 It was inspiring to see so many people come together at the end of a challenging year.
December 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
🌎 Huge thank you to everyone who attended the end-of-year reception at the EiE Hub yesterday, held on the margins of the Global Refugee Forum Progress Review.
🤝 It was inspiring to see so many people come together at the end of a challenging year.
🤝 It was inspiring to see so many people come together at the end of a challenging year.
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Instead of playing or learning, countless children caught in armed conflict are forced to watch their kindergartens, schools, and homes come under attack, losing everything familiar to them.
No child deserves to grow up in such conditions, and no parent should ever have to witness it.
No child deserves to grow up in such conditions, and no parent should ever have to witness it.
December 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Instead of playing or learning, countless children caught in armed conflict are forced to watch their kindergartens, schools, and homes come under attack, losing everything familiar to them.
No child deserves to grow up in such conditions, and no parent should ever have to witness it.
No child deserves to grow up in such conditions, and no parent should ever have to witness it.
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➡️ The military use of schools during conflict can put students, teachers and others in harm's way.
🌏 We are proud to have worked with @icrc.org on a new legal commentary on this pressing issue: eiehub.org/news/new-icr...
🌏 We are proud to have worked with @icrc.org on a new legal commentary on this pressing issue: eiehub.org/news/new-icr...
New ICRC Commentary on the “Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use During Armed Conflict” | Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies
eiehub.org
December 2, 2025 at 8:46 AM
➡️ The military use of schools during conflict can put students, teachers and others in harm's way.
🌏 We are proud to have worked with @icrc.org on a new legal commentary on this pressing issue: eiehub.org/news/new-icr...
🌏 We are proud to have worked with @icrc.org on a new legal commentary on this pressing issue: eiehub.org/news/new-icr...
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Thank you to everyone who joined us in the Geneva today to celebrate the 25th anniversary of @inee.org!
A moment to reflect on how far the EiE sector has come in 25 years, and on challenges and opportunities ahead.
A moment to reflect on how far the EiE sector has come in 25 years, and on challenges and opportunities ahead.
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Thank you to everyone who joined us in the Geneva today to celebrate the 25th anniversary of @inee.org!
A moment to reflect on how far the EiE sector has come in 25 years, and on challenges and opportunities ahead.
A moment to reflect on how far the EiE sector has come in 25 years, and on challenges and opportunities ahead.
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➡️ The education crisis in #Haiti has reached alarming levels, fuelled by gang violence, political instability and climate vulnerability.
➡️ Find out more in our latest brief on Haiti - the first in a series of briefs on forgotten education crises we'll publish shortly
eiehub.org/country-brie...
➡️ Find out more in our latest brief on Haiti - the first in a series of briefs on forgotten education crises we'll publish shortly
eiehub.org/country-brie...
Country brief: Haiti’s education crisis | Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies
eiehub.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:56 AM
➡️ The education crisis in #Haiti has reached alarming levels, fuelled by gang violence, political instability and climate vulnerability.
➡️ Find out more in our latest brief on Haiti - the first in a series of briefs on forgotten education crises we'll publish shortly
eiehub.org/country-brie...
➡️ Find out more in our latest brief on Haiti - the first in a series of briefs on forgotten education crises we'll publish shortly
eiehub.org/country-brie...
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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
@gcpea.bsky.social
Hosted by the Government of Kenya with support from key partners.
🗓️ 25–26 Nov 2025
👉 Register now: registration.kenyaconferencessd.co.ke
#SafeSchools2025
#SSD10
#NairobiActionPlan
@gcpea.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
🌍 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
@gcpea.bsky.social
Hosted by the Government of Kenya with support from key partners.
🗓️ 25–26 Nov 2025
👉 Register now: registration.kenyaconferencessd.co.ke
#SafeSchools2025
#SSD10
#NairobiActionPlan
@gcpea.bsky.social
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"Why schools are so treasured by the Rohingya"
Read this moving blog post by Syedul Mostafa from the Rohingya Youth Advocacy Network on the Rohingyas' struggle for an education in Myanmar and beyond:
eiehub.org/blog/why-sch...
Read this moving blog post by Syedul Mostafa from the Rohingya Youth Advocacy Network on the Rohingyas' struggle for an education in Myanmar and beyond:
eiehub.org/blog/why-sch...
November 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"Why schools are so treasured by the Rohingya"
Read this moving blog post by Syedul Mostafa from the Rohingya Youth Advocacy Network on the Rohingyas' struggle for an education in Myanmar and beyond:
eiehub.org/blog/why-sch...
Read this moving blog post by Syedul Mostafa from the Rohingya Youth Advocacy Network on the Rohingyas' struggle for an education in Myanmar and beyond:
eiehub.org/blog/why-sch...
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🌎 In a new statement, members of the EiE Hub are today calling on world leaders and other stakeholders to put children’s education at the heart of discussions when they gather in Belém for the COP30 Brazil climate summit in November 2025.
➡️Read it here: eiehub.org/news/cop30-p...
➡️Read it here: eiehub.org/news/cop30-p...
COP30: Put children’s education at the heart of discussions | Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies
eiehub.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:47 AM
🌎 In a new statement, members of the EiE Hub are today calling on world leaders and other stakeholders to put children’s education at the heart of discussions when they gather in Belém for the COP30 Brazil climate summit in November 2025.
➡️Read it here: eiehub.org/news/cop30-p...
➡️Read it here: eiehub.org/news/cop30-p...
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Thank you to everyone who attended today's event at the @ipuparliament.bsky.social Assembly #IPU151 in Geneva today!
Inspiring to hear from so many parliamentarians and other speakers on what lawmakers can do to protect #EducationInEmergencies. @ipned.bsky.social
Full report to follow!
Inspiring to hear from so many parliamentarians and other speakers on what lawmakers can do to protect #EducationInEmergencies. @ipned.bsky.social
Full report to follow!
October 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Thank you to everyone who attended today's event at the @ipuparliament.bsky.social Assembly #IPU151 in Geneva today!
Inspiring to hear from so many parliamentarians and other speakers on what lawmakers can do to protect #EducationInEmergencies. @ipned.bsky.social
Full report to follow!
Inspiring to hear from so many parliamentarians and other speakers on what lawmakers can do to protect #EducationInEmergencies. @ipned.bsky.social
Full report to follow!
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Writing from the @ipuparliament.bsky.social Assembly in #Geneva, @folketinget.dk member Kris Skriver calls for renewed global solidarity in response to humanitarian crises & more support to ensure that children in emergencies receive an education. 👉 go.ipned.org/n718s5
#IP151 #EiE #SDG4
#IP151 #EiE #SDG4
October 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Writing from the @ipuparliament.bsky.social Assembly in #Geneva, @folketinget.dk member Kris Skriver calls for renewed global solidarity in response to humanitarian crises & more support to ensure that children in emergencies receive an education. 👉 go.ipned.org/n718s5
#IP151 #EiE #SDG4
#IP151 #EiE #SDG4
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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
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
📘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
Experts call for political will, legal reform, & a comprehensive Accountability Toolbox to end impunity.
Read more: bit.ly/3VtSlfC
#ProtectEducation
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As #InternationalDayofPeace approaches this Sunday, 21 September, our member Arigatou International has drafted a statement on behalf of the nearly 500 million children who are currently living in areas affected by conflict.
Please consider endorsing here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Please consider endorsing here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
September 19, 2025 at 7:38 AM
As #InternationalDayofPeace approaches this Sunday, 21 September, our member Arigatou International has drafted a statement on behalf of the nearly 500 million children who are currently living in areas affected by conflict.
Please consider endorsing here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
Please consider endorsing here: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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Armed conflicts are not beyond the reach of the law.
Warring parties are not free to pursue victory at any cost, especially when it endangers civilians.
Even wars have limits, always. #IHL
Warring parties are not free to pursue victory at any cost, especially when it endangers civilians.
Even wars have limits, always. #IHL
September 22, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Armed conflicts are not beyond the reach of the law.
Warring parties are not free to pursue victory at any cost, especially when it endangers civilians.
Even wars have limits, always. #IHL
Warring parties are not free to pursue victory at any cost, especially when it endangers civilians.
Even wars have limits, always. #IHL
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Imagine a world where we spend as much on books as we do on bombs. Imagine a world where every child is able to go to school & reach their full potential. Imagine a world without war.
That world is possible starting with #EducationForAll.
#PeaceDay👇
www.educationcannotwait.org/news-stories...
That world is possible starting with #EducationForAll.
#PeaceDay👇
www.educationcannotwait.org/news-stories...
September 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Imagine a world where we spend as much on books as we do on bombs. Imagine a world where every child is able to go to school & reach their full potential. Imagine a world without war.
That world is possible starting with #EducationForAll.
#PeaceDay👇
www.educationcannotwait.org/news-stories...
That world is possible starting with #EducationForAll.
#PeaceDay👇
www.educationcannotwait.org/news-stories...
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Investing in #QualityEducation in emergencies & protracted crises has impacts far beyond the classroom.
It fosters economic development, social cohesion & helps build the foundation for long-term peace & resilience.
Learn how ECW & partners are making a difference➡️ educationcannotwait.org
It fosters economic development, social cohesion & helps build the foundation for long-term peace & resilience.
Learn how ECW & partners are making a difference➡️ educationcannotwait.org
September 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Investing in #QualityEducation in emergencies & protracted crises has impacts far beyond the classroom.
It fosters economic development, social cohesion & helps build the foundation for long-term peace & resilience.
Learn how ECW & partners are making a difference➡️ educationcannotwait.org
It fosters economic development, social cohesion & helps build the foundation for long-term peace & resilience.
Learn how ECW & partners are making a difference➡️ educationcannotwait.org
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✂️Aid cuts on #education have left 33 million people in need outside the scope of aid planning.
As a member of the @eiegenevahub.bsky.social hub & a close partner of @inee.org @globaledcluster.bsky.social, FCA is devastated by the latest report.
Donors must sustain & increase funding towards #EiE
As a member of the @eiegenevahub.bsky.social hub & a close partner of @inee.org @globaledcluster.bsky.social, FCA is devastated by the latest report.
Donors must sustain & increase funding towards #EiE
Sweeping aid cuts in 2025 are already having a huge impact on children and youth’s access to #EducationInEmergencies.
➡️Schools closures, teachers losing their jobs, NGOs shutting down
🆕New briefing from @eiegenevahub.bsky.social @inee.org @globaledcluster.bsky.social
🔗 eiehub.org/news/policy-...
➡️Schools closures, teachers losing their jobs, NGOs shutting down
🆕New briefing from @eiegenevahub.bsky.social @inee.org @globaledcluster.bsky.social
🔗 eiehub.org/news/policy-...
September 1, 2025 at 6:59 AM
✂️Aid cuts on #education have left 33 million people in need outside the scope of aid planning.
As a member of the @eiegenevahub.bsky.social hub & a close partner of @inee.org @globaledcluster.bsky.social, FCA is devastated by the latest report.
Donors must sustain & increase funding towards #EiE
As a member of the @eiegenevahub.bsky.social hub & a close partner of @inee.org @globaledcluster.bsky.social, FCA is devastated by the latest report.
Donors must sustain & increase funding towards #EiE
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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.
🔗 Read more: www.un.org/en/observanc...
#ProtectEducationFromAttack
Established in 2020 by a UNGA resolution spearheaded by Qatar, this day reaffirms the duty to keep students, teachers & schools safe in conflict.
🔗 Read more: www.un.org/en/observanc...
#ProtectEducationFromAttack
International Day to Protect Education from Attack | United Nations
The Day urges countries to respect and protect the right to education in emergency situations, and reminds parties to armed conflicts to refrain from targeting schools or using them for military purpo...
www.un.org
September 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🗓️ 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.
🔗 Read more: www.un.org/en/observanc...
#ProtectEducationFromAttack
Established in 2020 by a UNGA resolution spearheaded by Qatar, this day reaffirms the duty to keep students, teachers & schools safe in conflict.
🔗 Read more: www.un.org/en/observanc...
#ProtectEducationFromAttack
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The #SwissCantonalBanks' Education Initiative, in partnership w/ #ECW, is making an impact: the first contribution of CHF 188.8K has been disbursed! Since the initiative launch in June 2024, ~CHF 278K has been raised, supporting 3.7K children w/access to #education.
Learn more: bit.ly/46g79EJ
Learn more: bit.ly/46g79EJ
September 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The #SwissCantonalBanks' Education Initiative, in partnership w/ #ECW, is making an impact: the first contribution of CHF 188.8K has been disbursed! Since the initiative launch in June 2024, ~CHF 278K has been raised, supporting 3.7K children w/access to #education.
Learn more: bit.ly/46g79EJ
Learn more: bit.ly/46g79EJ
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"#Education is the best tool we have to tackle the #climatecrisis, prevent discrimination and ensure the comprehensive development of children."
Thank you to @franciscoactivista.bsky.social for this powerful blog on how education is key to tackling the climate crisis.
eiehub.org/blog/financi...
Thank you to @franciscoactivista.bsky.social for this powerful blog on how education is key to tackling the climate crisis.
eiehub.org/blog/financi...
Financing the Future: Climate Justice Begins with Children | Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies
eiehub.org
September 2, 2025 at 7:16 AM
"#Education is the best tool we have to tackle the #climatecrisis, prevent discrimination and ensure the comprehensive development of children."
Thank you to @franciscoactivista.bsky.social for this powerful blog on how education is key to tackling the climate crisis.
eiehub.org/blog/financi...
Thank you to @franciscoactivista.bsky.social for this powerful blog on how education is key to tackling the climate crisis.
eiehub.org/blog/financi...
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Don't miss the official launch of the Holistic Learning Outcome Measurement Handbook for #EiEPC
Co-hosted by @inee.org, ECW & #EiEHubGeneva, this event will bring together practitioners, donors & policymakers to strengthen learning assessments in crises.
🗓️Sept 10
⏰3pm CEST/9am EST
🔗 bit.ly/4g1Fnit
Co-hosted by @inee.org, ECW & #EiEHubGeneva, this event will bring together practitioners, donors & policymakers to strengthen learning assessments in crises.
🗓️Sept 10
⏰3pm CEST/9am EST
🔗 bit.ly/4g1Fnit
September 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Don't miss the official launch of the Holistic Learning Outcome Measurement Handbook for #EiEPC
Co-hosted by @inee.org, ECW & #EiEHubGeneva, this event will bring together practitioners, donors & policymakers to strengthen learning assessments in crises.
🗓️Sept 10
⏰3pm CEST/9am EST
🔗 bit.ly/4g1Fnit
Co-hosted by @inee.org, ECW & #EiEHubGeneva, this event will bring together practitioners, donors & policymakers to strengthen learning assessments in crises.
🗓️Sept 10
⏰3pm CEST/9am EST
🔗 bit.ly/4g1Fnit
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Sweeping aid cuts in 2025 are having a huge impact on children and youth’s access to #EducationInEmergencies.
🆕New briefing out today from @eiegenevahub.bsky.social @inee.org @globaledcluster.bsky.social assessing the impact
🔗https://eiehub.org/news/policy-briefing-futures-cut-short
🆕New briefing out today from @eiegenevahub.bsky.social @inee.org @globaledcluster.bsky.social assessing the impact
🔗https://eiehub.org/news/policy-briefing-futures-cut-short
August 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Sweeping aid cuts in 2025 are having a huge impact on children and youth’s access to #EducationInEmergencies.
🆕New briefing out today from @eiegenevahub.bsky.social @inee.org @globaledcluster.bsky.social assessing the impact
🔗https://eiehub.org/news/policy-briefing-futures-cut-short
🆕New briefing out today from @eiegenevahub.bsky.social @inee.org @globaledcluster.bsky.social assessing the impact
🔗https://eiehub.org/news/policy-briefing-futures-cut-short
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Sweeping aid cuts in 2025 are already having a huge impact on children and youth’s access to #EducationInEmergencies.
➡️Schools closures, teachers losing their jobs, NGOs shutting down
🆕New briefing from @eiegenevahub.bsky.social @inee.org @globaledcluster.bsky.social
🔗 eiehub.org/news/policy-...
➡️Schools closures, teachers losing their jobs, NGOs shutting down
🆕New briefing from @eiegenevahub.bsky.social @inee.org @globaledcluster.bsky.social
🔗 eiehub.org/news/policy-...
August 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Sweeping aid cuts in 2025 are already having a huge impact on children and youth’s access to #EducationInEmergencies.
➡️Schools closures, teachers losing their jobs, NGOs shutting down
🆕New briefing from @eiegenevahub.bsky.social @inee.org @globaledcluster.bsky.social
🔗 eiehub.org/news/policy-...
➡️Schools closures, teachers losing their jobs, NGOs shutting down
🆕New briefing from @eiegenevahub.bsky.social @inee.org @globaledcluster.bsky.social
🔗 eiehub.org/news/policy-...
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🆕 #ECW Interview with @inee.org Director, Dr. Faiza Hassan
"In a time of shrinking aid budgets, protecting & expanding investment in #education is not optional; it is the most strategic and cost-effective investment we can make."
➡️ educationcannotwait.org/news-stories... #KeepHopeAlive
"In a time of shrinking aid budgets, protecting & expanding investment in #education is not optional; it is the most strategic and cost-effective investment we can make."
➡️ educationcannotwait.org/news-stories... #KeepHopeAlive
August 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🆕 #ECW Interview with @inee.org Director, Dr. Faiza Hassan
"In a time of shrinking aid budgets, protecting & expanding investment in #education is not optional; it is the most strategic and cost-effective investment we can make."
➡️ educationcannotwait.org/news-stories... #KeepHopeAlive
"In a time of shrinking aid budgets, protecting & expanding investment in #education is not optional; it is the most strategic and cost-effective investment we can make."
➡️ educationcannotwait.org/news-stories... #KeepHopeAlive
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"Why we must embrace ‘acting ahead’ in education"
Our Executive Director @petraheusser.bsky.social writes for @gpforeducation.bsky.social about why action before disaster strikes is so crucial to safeguard schooling in emergencies
www.globalpartnership.org/blog/why-we-...
Our Executive Director @petraheusser.bsky.social writes for @gpforeducation.bsky.social about why action before disaster strikes is so crucial to safeguard schooling in emergencies
www.globalpartnership.org/blog/why-we-...
Why we must embrace ‘acting ahead’ in education | Global Partnership for Education
Concrete approaches that governments, practitioners, donors and other stakeholders in the education sector can take to protect education investments and make sure access to education is not disrupted ...
www.globalpartnership.org
June 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
"Why we must embrace ‘acting ahead’ in education"
Our Executive Director @petraheusser.bsky.social writes for @gpforeducation.bsky.social about why action before disaster strikes is so crucial to safeguard schooling in emergencies
www.globalpartnership.org/blog/why-we-...
Our Executive Director @petraheusser.bsky.social writes for @gpforeducation.bsky.social about why action before disaster strikes is so crucial to safeguard schooling in emergencies
www.globalpartnership.org/blog/why-we-...