Christopher Talbot is a consultant in Education in Emergencies. He was formerly CEO of Education Above All (EAA), Doha; led UNESCO’s work on education in emergencies and in post-conflict and post-disaster situations; developed the education in emergencies research and training programme at UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP); and worked for UNHCR, including as Senior Education Officer.
News Archive
January 10, 2013
January 01, 2013
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Continuing a militant campaign of violence against aid workers in Pakistan, gunmen on Tuesday shot dead seven Pakistani teachers and health workers, six of them women, police officials said.
December 19, 2012
Four Tamils from Jaffna University Sent for ‘Rehabilitation’
(New York) – The Sri Lankan authorities should immediately release or credibly charge four ethnic Tamil students from Jaffna University who have been detained since early December 2012, Human Rights Watch said today.
December 17, 2012
18 Dec 2012
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Beirut, 18 December 2012 – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Ms. Leila Zerrougui yesterday arrived here from a four-day visit to theSyrianArabRepublic where she engaged State authorities and the armed opposition for better protection of children.
December 16, 2012
Government Should Consult Educators on Protection Strategy
(New York, December 16, 2012) – Separatist insurgents in Thailand’s southern border provinces should immediately end all attacks on teachers and schools, Human Rights Watch said today.
December 12, 2012
Zimbabwe’s coalition government is being urged to immediately declare all schools across the country ‘peace zones’ before the next election, with warnings that teachers will once again be targets of political violence.
December 10, 2012
The Centre has given clear-cut instructions to the states that security forces engaged in the counter-insurgency operations should not be allowed to occupy school buildings, the government said today.
December 10, 2012
Some 250 schools have been occupied or looted during the recent fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), bringing the total number of schools affected by conflict this year to 600, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported today.
December 05, 2012
“UNICEF condemns yesterday’s shelling of a school near Damascus that killed a number of students and a teacher. “Since the violence in Syria began, schools have been looted, vandalized and burned.
December 04, 2012
Syrian forces continued to press an intense counteroffensive against rebels in the Damascus suburbs on Tuesday, as the government blamed rebels for a mortar attack that hit a school...
