On the occasion of International Day of Education (24 January), and as the sector experiences an unprecedented crisis, Aide et Action is launching an information and awareness campaign based on emojis. A universal “language” to remind the world that even today 258 million children are still being deprived of an education. To save the future […]
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International Day of Education 2021: Time to address the emergency
The 3rd International Day of Education will be earmarked by alarming figures relating to education around the world. In the current context of a global pandemic and while 2021 remains uncertain, Aide et Action is calling on states, including France, to urgently take action, particularly financially, to support of education. Before the pandemic, 258 million […]
Education for Women Now campaign seeks to bring education to 3 million women and girls globally
Aide et Action will launch Education for Women Now – the first global philanthropic campaign of the NGO to increase access to quality education for marginalised girls and women in Africa, Asia and Europe – in January 2021. On 17 January 2021, Aide et Action will host a live digital event, led by leading figures […]
Aide et Action Magazine: Rethinking education after the coronavirus crisis
Around the world, education that teaches, enlightens, liberates and works for a better world has become a target of extremist and obscurantist attacks. This, coupled with the threat that COVID-19 also poses to education, jeopardizes the future of a whole generation, and it is more urgent than ever to remain mobilized in order to defend […]
World Children’s Day: Education still denied globally
Although guaranteed by the International Convention on the Rights of the Child since its ratification by more than 192 states thirty-one years ago, 258 million children are still denied the right to education. What a shame as we celebrate World Children’s Day today. Currently, in addition to the 258 million children being denied an education, […]
International Day of the Girl 2020: Girls’ education must be prioritized in the wake of coronavirus crisis
Whether political, economic, health, natural disaster or conflict-related, crises systematically exacerbate existing inequalities around the world. Today, on International Day of the Girl 2020, we share some of the increasing inequalities experienced by girls due to the Covid-19 pandemic and suggest how education can mitigate these. Coincidentally, 2020 should have been a year of celebration […]
International Day of the Girl 2020: Covid-19 likely to set back girls’ education by decades
As we mark International Day of the Girl 2020 (11 October), Aide et Action wishes to highlight the seriousness of the threat Covid-19 poses to girls’ education and to urge nations to keep their commitments to ensure all girls are guaranteed access to 12 years of free education, as provided for by Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4). Across […]
Education heals, empowers, and includes
Since May 2020, Aide et Action has been running an international awareness campaign entitled “Education changes our lives”, made up of three components “Education Heals[AM1] “, “Education Empowers” and “Education Includes”. Through a web-documentary series, Aide et Action aims to show the impact of education on all areas of life, from health to gender equality to […]