education

So many girls are missing out on education but so are boys, the UN deputy chief said on Wednesday on the margins of a high-level meeting of the General Assembly.

Amina Mohammed was a key speaker at the one-day event which brings together education experts from around the world to discuss ways to advance action on Sustainable Development Goal 4.

SDG 4 seeks to “ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning.”

A teenage refugee from Syria will use her role as Goodwill Ambassador with the UN children’s agency, UNICEF, to urge world leaders to stand with children uprooted by war.

Muzoon Almellehan, 19, is the youngest person and the first official refugee, ever to be appointed to the position.

Global displacement reached a record high last year, with more than 65 million people forced to flee their homes due to war, violence and persecution.

Somali drought "tragedy continues to unfold"

Investment in basic education is the key to breaking a cycle of poverty that is preventing one in four children in the Middle East and North Africa from reaching their full potential.

That’s according to UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) which published a study on Monday showing that 25% continue to be trapped in poverty, fuelled in part by conflict and mass displacement.

Girls who do not have access to separate sanitary facilities or enough to eat are more likely to drop out of school, and in displaced communities, the problem is exacerbated.

That’s according to Leila Pakkala, Regional Director for Eastern and Southern Africa at the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

She was speaking at a joint press briefing with the World Food Programme (WFP), on the situation in Kenya, South Sudan, Somalia and Ethiopia.

The Pakistani teenager whose courageous defense of girls’ education continues to inspire people worldwide has a message for girls everywhere: your voice matters.

Malala Yousafzai, 19, was speaking on Monday after being appointed a UN Messenger of Peace; the youngest person to receive the distinction.

The Nobel Peace Laureate first came to the world’s attention in October 2012 after being shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’ right to go to school.

Dianne Penn asked Malala about her new role.

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