In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic devastated education systems throughout the world, making the year even more difficult for youngsters already embroiled in emergencies and protracted crises, according to a new UN-backed report launched on Tuesday, coinciding with World Teachers Day.
New data published by the United Nations cultural agency on Friday, reveals that without taking urgent measures, around 12 million young children will never set foot inside a school, with girls facing “the greatest barriers”.
Concern over the quality of education in Palestine refugee schools operated by the United Nations in the Middle East may lead to a reduction in class sizes.
That’s the hope of the head of UNWRA, the UN agency which supports Palestine refugees.
A lack of financial support has forced the agency to increase the number of children in each class in many of its 700 schools.
May Yaacoub asked UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl how the agency is dealing with this issue.
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Activist and Nobel laureate, Malala Yousafzai, remains an inspiration, but in her home country of Pakistan a small minority continue to resent her.
That’s according to her countryman Jalal Awan, a student at university in California, who came to see her speak to the UN General Assembly on Friday.
An attempted assassination on Malala when she was just 15 by the Taliban terrorist group threw her into the international spotlight.
Celebrities, activists and students are at UN Headquarters on Monday to reaffirm their commitment to creating a better world.
They are celebrating the International Day of Peace which commemorates the ideal that led to the establishment of the United Nations 70 years ago.
Dianne Penn reports.
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Peer education and social media strategies to prevent violence against women and girls are being adopted in China by the UN agency that deals with gender issues, UN Women.
In line with the agency’s HeForShe campaign, the “Peer Leadership for Healthy Relationships Programme” is being implemented at the Beijing Royal School.
Students and teachers in Gaza say they are counting on the UN Secretary-General to help keep their schools open and solve the current funding crisis.
The UN agency that works with Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, recently announced it would delay opening its schools in the region for the first time if it fails to raise more than US$100 million.
On Monday, UN chief Ban Ki-moon spoke via WebEx with a teacher and students whose education is threatened by the lack of funds.
Stephanie Coutrix reports.
