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**Deadline expired** Consultant, Inclusive Education and Disability Inclusion, ECW

Location: remote (duty station: Geneva).

Duration: 12 months.

Application deadline: 18 March 2024.

The purpose of this consultancy is to operationalize the ECW commitments on inclusive education and disability inclusion as per the Policy Accountability Framework on Disability Inclusion (2022) and the Strategic Plan 2023-2026. The focus of the consultancy will be to ensure alignment of ECW investment windows with the Secretariat commitments for disability inclusion in First Emergency Responses (FERs), Multi-Year Resilience Programmes (MYRPs), and Acceleration Facility (Afs), to strengthen capacities of Secretariat staff on inclusive education and disability inclusion and engage with strategic partners on disability inclusion in EiEPC through the establishment of new collaborations and partnerships. The consultant will work under the guidance of the Gender Manager in the Quality Education team.

Read more detail and apply.

[Webinar] COVID-19 responses: Supporting learning, equity and resilience to future disruptions

Date: 27 to 28 March 2024.

Time: 12:00 PM to 2:30 PM UTC.

Location: online.

The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) is holding a virtual learning event. This event will share findings of the evaluation of GPE’s support to COVID-19 responses, engaging country and global stakeholders in a dialogue on the key lessons learned during pandemic response and recovery.

More information and online regisistration. 

[Webinar] Protecting the Right to Education in Eastern DRC

Date: 25 March 2025.

Time: 3 p.m. Central European Time.

Location: online.

The INEE French Language Community and INEE Secretariat will host an interactive webinar on the conflict in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and its impact on access to the right to education and pedagogical continuity. In this webinar, participants will hear from speakers on the current situation in Eastern DRC, its impact on education and protection, the Safe School Declaration, the right to education and opportunities for pedagogical continuity, and a needs analysis. The webinar will be in French with interpretation in English.

More information and online registration. 

[Resource] An intersectional approach to disability inclusion, BOND

Bond has published a resource on an intersectional approach to disability inclusion. Pages 4-5 mention inclusive education. There is a case study from Rwanda: Implemented by Able Child Africa and Rwandan partner Uwezo Youth Empowerment (UWEZO). The project looked to innovatively utilise safe WASH to empower girls with disabilities to access mainstream education.

Download: “An intersectional approach to disability inclusion: A resource for members of the Bond Disability and Development Group, donors, and wider NGO sector”.

[Paper] Salamanca +30: “Every learner matters and matters equally”

UNESCO has published this paper to mark 30th anniversary of the Salamanca Statement. The discussion paper explains how the Salamanca Statement has influenced and still influences the development of policies and practices across the world. It also summarises important lessons from the last three decades. These experiences suggest pathways for future action as countries attempt to take further steps based on the guiding principle: every learner matters and matters equally.

Download: “Every learner matters and matters equally: Making education inclusive”. Available in English, French and Spanish.

[Briefing paper] TEDDIE: Tech-Enabled Disability Inclusive Education, World Bank

The World Bank has issued a brief on costing a Tech-EnableD Disability Inclusive Education (TEDDIE) Intervention. TEDDIE is an instrument comprising a costing tool and an implementation toolkit to help policy makers estimate the cost of procuring, utilizing, and maintaining an intervention that leverages technology to support learners with disabilities.

Watch a YouTube video introducing TEDDIE.

[Factsheet] International Women’s Day: Investment in girls’ and women’s education

UNESCO’s fact sheet – Investing in girls’ and women’s education: A smart investment to accelerate development – released for International Women’s Day shows investment in girls’ education has generated huge dividends over the past two decades. There are now fewer girls (122 million) out of school than boys (128 million) and according to the most up-to-date figures, 114 women are enrolled for every 100 men in higher education worldwide. Behind the global figures, however, stubborn pockets of exclusion remain. The ten countries with the highest out-of-school rates for girls are all in Africa apart from Afghanistan. In eight of them, over half of school-aged girls are out of school; in Afghanistan, 75% of girls are out of school.

Read UNESCO’s blog, International Women’s Day: Investment in girls’ education pays off.

[Podcast] Episode 2 (Arabic) Inclusive Education: Unheard Stories

We are delighted that the second episode of our podcast ‘Inclusive Education: Unheard Stories’ has been published.
This Arabic language episode features Dr Sabhair who tells us about the desperate situation in Gaza and his ongoing work to support students. Since internet connectivity is so difficult in Gaza under siege, we have compiled this episode using a series of voice messages that Dr Sabhair was able to send us, and a compilation of photos.
For non-Arabic speakers, the transcript is available as an English-language blog.