Online panel - The Abidjan Principles on the right to education: A practical tool to address global challenges to the provision of quality education for all to ensure future peaceful societies and life on earth

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On 16 April, the Right to Education Initiative will participate in an online panel The Abidjan Principles on the right to education: A practical tool to address global challenges to the provision of quality education for all to ensure future peaceful societies and life on earth. The panel will take place from 11:30am-1pm Miami time (8:30-10am San Francisco, 5:30-6pm Paris, 6:30-8p

13 organisations alert the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on France's investment in BIA

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13 organisations, including the Right to Education Initiative, alert on the ‘violation of France's obligations vis-à-vis the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights through its investment in Bridge International Academies (BIA)’ in a submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR).

Fighting for the right to education of pregnant girls in Kenya

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On International Women’s Day, help us fight for the right to education for the thousands of girls in Kenya who have been forced out of school after experiencing sexual violence, leading to early and unintended pregnancy:

 

- 32% of women aged 18-24 have reported experiencing sexual violence when they were a child

- 3 out of 10 of those girls became pregnant

- 98% of girls who have ever been pregnant are out of school

Closing the gap between words and reality: RTE’s director speech for the 10th anniversary of Protect Education in Insecurity and Conflict

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RTE’s director, Delphine Dorsi, participated in the dinner organised for the 10thanniversary of Protect Education in Insecurity and Conflict (PEIC), a programme of Education Above All, where she delivered a speech. The moderator asked her the following question: ‘You have been working for the right to education for more than 10 years now with UN agencies and civil societies. Can you tell us about any gap you’ve witnessed between the global governance and grassroots?

Abidjan Principles on the right to education awarded support by the Paris Peace Forum 2019 as one of the most promising governance projects

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(Paris, 14 November 2019) The Paris Peace Forum announced yesterday that the Abidjan Principles on the right to education were selected as one of the ten ‘most promising governance projects’ that will be awarded support to scale-up. The Abidjan Principles were selected among 716 projects from 115 countries that applied in the call for projects.

Nepal National workshop on the right to education and the Abidjan Principles

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Local governments in Nepal are in the process of developing legislation on education following the implementation of the Constitution which delegates responsibility for providing free and compulsory basic education, and free secondary education to local authorities/governments. The National Campaign for Education (NCE) Nepal, brought together representatives from civil society, journalists, teachers, youth groups and local governments for a two-day workshop to discuss the right to education and the Abidjan Principles in the context of Nepal. 

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