The presence of fighters in schools disproportionately affects girls, who are especially exposed to dangers like sexual violence.
News Archive
July 13, 2017
Human Rights Watch recommends that the Committee recommend that the government of Guinea endorse and implement the Safe Schools Declaration.
July 12, 2017
Schools and universities in Somalia have been used as military bases, both by AMISOM forces and the al-Shabaab militants they are fighting.
July 12, 2017
According to the UN, 1 in 3 children in Syria are out of school and 1 in 3 schools are not operating because they have been damaged, destroyed, used by military forces, or used to shelter displaced civilians.
July 10, 2017
The United Nations (UN) is “concerned” about continuing terrorist attacks on educational institutions and the military’s use of schools
June 27, 2017
On Sunday three suicide bombers attacked the university killing themselves and a security guard.
June 23, 2017
On June 21, dozens of armed Islamist rebels stormed and occupied a school on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.
June 22, 2017
Several students sitting exams were wounded in an explosion at a school.
June 21, 2017
Pro-Islamic State militants stormed a school in the southern Philippines early on Wednesday and are holding several students hostage.
June 20, 2017
There’s one more thing Australia could do to protect children’s education in emergencies, and it doesn’t cost a cent: endorse the Safe Schools Declaration.
