Avegaile Escano will never forget the day that Muslimin, 16, entered her class in a hut in southern Philippines.The hut had bamboo walls and coconut leaves for a roof and had been built to give children who had fled fighting between government troops and armed militants in Maguindanao.
News Archive
July 01, 2012
Unidentified attackers have destroyed a state-run girls’ primary school in the troubled northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan, where government troops are fighting militants, Press TV reports.
June 22, 2012
Strict Sharia, or Islamic religious laws, imposed by the Islamist rebels controlling vast swathes of northern Mali are driving thousands of students out of schools.
June 18, 2012
The US had success promoting education in Afghanistan. But, now, even that is under attack.
It was one of the few facets of Afghan life where the United States could claim success.Now a series of assaults on schoolgirls in the north of the country are causing both teachers and politicians here to question whether the nation's education system can continue to improve following the withdrawal of foreign combat troops in 2014.
June 13, 2012
Thailand came under some unusual scrutiny at the United Nations in New York on Monday: it got noticed for not wanting to get noticed.
June 12, 2012
Security Council Should Impose Sanctions for Targeting Children, Teachers
Armed forces and armed groups that attack schools and teachers should face consequences from the United Nations Security Council, the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) said today.
June 11, 2012
The Secretary-General issued his annual report on children and armed conflict to the Security Council which gives an overview of the situation of girls and boys in conflict zones and measures taken for their protection
June 11, 2012
The United Nations Security Council should impose an arms embargo and other targeted sanctions, including asset freezes and travel bans, on the Syrian leadership in response to widespread killings and other grave violations against children.
June 11, 2012
Parliament has been advised to formulate a statutory instrument that bars the setting up of political campaign bases at schools and the abuse of teachers during election campaigns.
May 29, 2012
About 50 schoolgirls are suspected to have been poisoned in the Afghan province of Takhar, officials say.
They say it is still not clear what caused the suspected poisoning, at least the third within a week. The girls have been treated in hospital and are reported to be in good health.
