Global Education Cluster

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2024 was a year of full of progress but also challenges for children's right to education. Looking forward to the new year, we recommit to harnessing the power of the collective to strengthen Education in Emergencies responses for children around the globe. Happy holidays!

📣The GEC Newsletter comes out next week! Subscribe now to receive the upcoming December edition including: ➡️ An interview with the Cameroon Education Cluster on attacks on education ♿️New resources on disability inclusion in EiE ➡️ Children speak about their dreams after 1 year of war in Gaza ➡️ Pakistan's latest Joint Education Needs Assessment 📕 Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE)'s girls' education podcast featuring the GEC’s Gender Specialist 💻E-learning courses on localization, inclusion, child participation, gender and GBV, mental health ➡️ DRC's intersectoral approach to EiE 🤝Humanitarian-Development Nexus Guidance And more! Sign-up here 👇 https://lnkd.in/dedyzHgy

The DRC faces a severe and prolonged humanitarian crisis exacerbated by armed conflicts, underdevelopment, natural disasters, and recurrent epidemics. ➡️ 7 million children are estimated to be out of school ➡️ 7.7 million require protection from GBV ➡️ 1.6 million comprise the most vulnerable in need of Education in Emergency services and at risk of grave violations In response to these challenges, the DRC Education Cluster has been working to promote a coordinated, multisectoral approach across the Child Protection and Education in Emergencies sectors, that takes into consideration GBV risk mitigation. The GEC supported the Education Cluster in the DRC through technical support on reinforcing linkages between EiE-CP and GBV risk mitigation, and has also been providing strategic guidance to the Cluster in its development of a new Multi-Year Resilience Program, funded by Education Cannot Wait (ECW). Read more in our latest article: https://lnkd.in/dH6SpYhA

As part of the Initiative for Strengthening Education in Emergencies Coordination, the Global Education Cluster and Sudan Education Cluster joined a workshop in Cairo led by UNESCO and Global Partnership for Education, focusing on Sudan's Transitional Education Plan.     Discussions centered on enhancing collaboration among education groups to strengthen #EiE responses and provide better support for crisis-affected children in Sudan.

🌍 Learn to strengthen donor engagement and #ResourceMobilisation skills for nutrition sector Local and National Actors (LNAs) to secure direct humanitarian funding. 📅 When: Thursday, 12 December 2024 🕑 Time: 14:00–15:30 (Geneva time/CEST) 💡 Who Should Attend: LNAs from all regions, including government and non-government, national and sub-national actors. 🌍 Languages: English, with simultaneous interpretation in French, Spanish, and Arabic. ✨ ✨ ✨ ✨ ✨ ✨ ✨ ✨ ✨ If you are curious about the whole webinar series, here are the previous two chapters: Watch Part 1️⃣ "Resource Mobilisation for Local and National Actors": https://bit.ly/45lDPuw Watch part 2️⃣ "Building Quality Funding Proposals for Local and National Actors": https://bit.ly/4ggPjEu #DonorEngagement #ResourceMobilization #NutritionInEmergencies #HumanitarianAid #LNAs #LocallyLed #Localisation #Localization

Today we held our Partners Forum to mark the #16DaysOfActivism. Girls around the world are facing multidimensional crises: 🔴 54% of 78 million out-of-school children in humanitarian crises are girls 🔴 650 million girls are forcibly married before 18 🔴 1 in 3 women/girls is victim of sexual or physical violence in her lifetime With Education Cannot Wait (ECW), the Gender Based Violence Area of Responsibility, the Nigeria Education Cluster, the Democratic Republic of Congo Education Cluster and other partners, we discussed how to promote gender equality and mitigate risks of gender-based violence in Education in Emergencies responses, for safer #girlseducation. We also highlighted our Gender Learning Brief, released this year with support from Education Cannot Wait, which includes practical examples and case studies on GBV risk mitigation in #EiE responses from Afghanistan, DRC and Nigeria. Safe education for girls is our collective responsibility, and we commit with partners to strengthening #GBV risk mitigation in EiE responses.

🎧 NEW EPISODE of #EducateUs! INEE’s #GirlsEducation podcast! In episode 22 we’ll hear from practitioners in Nigeria, Pakistan and South Sudan on how they’re mitigating the risk of gender-based violence in EiE. Listen at https://lnkd.in/gW9NYMk8 and on all podcast platforms. Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada Education Cannot Wait (ECW) Global Education Cluster

To kick off the #16DaysofActivism, our gender specialist Marina Berbiec spoke with the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) on their #GirlsEducation podcast about gender-based violence risk mitigation in Education in Emergencies coordination and response. The episode covers case studies from South Sudan, Pakistan and Nigeria where practitioners give examples of their work to create safer education systems for women and girls. 🎧Listen to the episode here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gW9NYMk8

This week, the GEC led a Core Coordination training in #Afghanistan with education cluster partners. The workshop included participants from 5 regions and 11 international and national NGOs, including Cluster Lead Agencies UNICEF and Save the Children International. The aim is to revise the Afghanistan Education Cluster Strategy, guided by the Humanitarian Programme Cycle and integrating cross-cutting issues and localization in the Education in Emergencies response.