Date: 2 December 2021.
Time: 13:00 Bangkok.
To mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2021, Leonard Cheshire, UNICEF, and UNESCO will launch the Mapping of Disability-Inclusive Education Practices in South Asia report. This will be followed by a panel discussion with key stakeholders promoting disability-inclusive education in the Asia-Pacific region.
Check out the latest update about the inclusive education teacher training project in Uganda that EENET is working on in partnership with Norwegian Association of Disabled, NUDIPU, Save the Children and Stromme Foundation.
Date: 10 November 2021.
Time: 13:00 – 14:30 GMT.
Platform: Zoom.
The publication covers more than 70 indicators of child well-being – from nutrition and health, to access to water and sanitation, protection from violence and exploitation, and education. The report also includes the first-ever global and regional estimates of children with disabilities.
The launch event will feature keynote statements, presentations of the report’s key findings and the Centre of Excellence on Data for Children with Disabilities’ activities and goals, along with a dialogue among stakeholders on promoting the rights of children with disabilities through inclusive data.
The following documents have been added to EENET’s online library in the last month:
Gender Norms, Child Marriage and Girls’ Education in West and Central Africa: Assessing the role of education in the prevention and response to child marriage (Save the Children, 2020)
Mainstreaming Inclusive Education: Sharing good practices (Save the Children Sweden, 2019)
Save our Education. Protect every child’s right to learn in the COVID-19 response and recovery. (Save the Children, 2020)
Staying the Course. The Challenges Facing Refugee Education. UNHCR 2021 Refugee Education Report (UNHCR, 2021)
Violence and bullying in educational settings: the experience of children and young people with disabilities (UNESCO, 2021)
Learners with disabilities are disproportionately affected by school violence and bullying at all ages and in all learning settings. This has significant adverse impacts on their education, health and well-being. This technical brief from UNESCO aims to raise awareness of the problem and encourage action to ensure that children and young people with disabilities have access to a safe learning environment.
Gender Training Manual. INEE Guidance Note on Gender: Gender Equality in and through Education.
This new training manual outlines 4-8 hours of training activities and materials related to gender-responsive education in emergencies. The materials include guidance for facilitators (including key concepts, activity instructions, and discussion guides), presentation slides, and activity handouts for participants.
Application deadline: 15 November 2021.
Plan International UK is seeking a consultant to support Plan Somalia Country Office in mapping the education gaps and needs in Somalia, revision of EU priorities and actors, and development of proactive education pitches/approaches. Please see the job description for more details about the assignment and expected deliverables.
If you are interested, please share your CV with micol.ceserani@plan-uk.org by 25 October 2021.
Dates: 1-5 December 2021.
Read full details on CEDE! website.
The Collective on Education, Decoloniality and Emergencies (CEDE!) will hold its first digital conference on Education in Emergencies (EiE) to explore the historic and ongoing forms of colonialism and imperialism that shape EiE policy, practice, and research today.
The organisers are inviting contributions from individuals and communities with varied experiences, including educators, students, artists, activists, researchers, policy-makers and practitioners. The priority is to gather together and learn with peoples marginalised by the aid system, including those of varying ages, genders, political commitments, neurodiversities, and physical capacities, as well as of different educational, class, ethnic and religious backgrounds.
There is a form for potential participants to fill in.
Session 1 – Understanding disability-inclusive child safeguarding – 20 October 2021, 13:00 (London).
Session 2 – Raising awareness and preventing safeguarding risks for children with disabilities – 10 November, 13:00 (London).
Session 3 – Reporting and responding to safeguarding incidents concerning children with disabilities – 1 December, 13:00 (London).
Following the launch of the Disability-Inclusive Child Safeguarding Guidelines, Able Child Africa is holding a series of free webinars aimed at grassroots civil society organisations that work with children, and organisations of persons with disability (OPD’s) to support the adoption of the guidelines.
Date: Thursday 21 October 2021, 2pm – 3:30pm BST.
Preparing for adulthood in developing countries where there is little understanding of deafness, and where unemployment is extremely high, means deaf young people face huge barriers to achieving independence. This webinar will help participants understand how deaf teenagers and young people can develop the self-esteem, resilience and skills to be part of community life, develop healthy relationships and find meaningful employment.
