Do We Want Peace on Earth – Armed Conflict or Education?
It is christmas today and as I do everyday, I think of peace. This report examines armed conflict and education. Armed conflict denies 28 million children of education. It is interesting to note according to the statistics below that education accounts for only 2% of humanitarian aid.
No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. Albert Einstein
If you truly wish for world peace, then it is the right time to make a decision to ‘be peace’ and invest in education that can truly transform our world into its real destiny.
World Peace is not an ideal it is a decision. The hardest part is facing the violence in each of us. We label that the right to arms, defence, protection. The real protection is building peace in communities, in homes and in the self. When you are at peace the desire to harm doesn’t exist.
Our world is changing.
Peace to you.
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-the-international-agenda/efareport/reports/2011-conflict/
2011 Report
The hidden crisis: Armed conflict and education
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Violent conflict is one of the greatest development challenges facing the international community. Beyond the immediate human suffering it causes, it is a source of poverty, inequality and economic stagnation. Children and education systems are often on the front line of violent conflict.
The 2011 Global Monitoring Report examines the damaging consequences of conflict for the Education for All goals. It sets out an agenda for protecting the right to education during conflict, strengthening provision for children, youth and adults affected by conflict, and rebuilding education systems in countries emerging from conflict. The Report also explores the role of inappropriate education policies in creating conditions for violent conflict. Drawing on experience from a range of countries, it identifies problems and sets out solutions that can help make education a force for peace, social cohesion and human dignity.
- Armed conflict is robbing 28 million children of an education by exposing them to widespread sexual violence, targeted attacks on schools and other abuses.
- The Report released on March 1, calls for tougher action against human rights violations, an overhaul of global aid priorities and more attention to education’s potential to foster peace.
- Education accounts for just 2% of humanitarian aid
- 6 days of military spending by aid donors would close the US$16 billion Education for All external financing gap
Summary
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Full Report
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- Cover | Title & Disclaimer pages | Back-cover
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- List of figures, tables, special contributions and text boxes
- Highlights
- Overview
Part 1- Monitoring progress towards the EFA goals
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 – The six EFA goals
- Chapter 2 – Financing EFA
Part 2 – Armed conflict and education
- Introduction
- Chapter 3 – Education and armed conflict – the deadly spirals
- Chapter 4 – Making human rights count
- Chapter 5 – Reconstructing education – seizing the peace premium
- Chapter 6 – An agenda for change – correcting the four failures
Annex
- The Education for All Development Index
- Statistical tables | download data
- Aid tables | download data
- Glossary
- References
- Abbreviations
- Index
Regional overviews
- Arab States | arabic
- Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia | russian
- East Asia and the Pacific
- Latin America and the Caribbean | spanish
- South and West Asia
- Sub-Saharan Africa | french
Press Release
- Conflict is robbing 28 million children of a future, UNESCO report warns
french | spanish | arabic | russian | portuguese - Facts & Figures | spanish
- More press resources
Other related resources
- Background papers
- Bearing witness: Stories from the classroom
- B-roll | fr | es | ar | zh
- Infographics
- Photos & Videos
- Presentation | french | spanish | arabic (zipped .ppt)
- Gender overview | french
- Poster | french | spanish
- Postcard / Flyer
- Consultation
What they say
- Graça Machel (video)
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu
- Dr José Ramos-Horta
- Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan
- Mary Robinson
- Oscar Arias Sánchez
- Shirin Ebadi
Specials
- South Sudan – From uncertainties to opportunities
- The June 2011 issue of PROSPECTS, UNESCO’s Quarterly Review of Comparative Education
A special issue on education and armed conflict. It draws together seven background papers to the 2011 EFA Global Monitoring Report, with an editorial by Clementina Acedo, Director of UNESCO International Bureau of Education and an introduction by Pauline Rose of the EFA Global Monitoring Report team.
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