Category: Education and Conflict

The Role of Community Partnerships in Reconstruction and Recovery in Somalia: Boosting education outcomes

by Mohamed Diyat | Nov 7, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Education and Conflict

Following decades of conflict and recurrent climate crises, Somalia’s Gross Enrolment Rate remains among the lowest globally at 31% (28% for girls) (EMIS Annual Statistical Yearbook 2022). Public service provision remains limited, with 44% of the students attending public or publicly-supported schools (ibid). Read More

Informal education and conflict trauma: Reducing adolescent risk and building resilience

by Alexander Fischer, Fiona McEwen and Shanna Todd | Oct 10, 2023 | 2023 UKIFET Conference, Education and Conflict

The UK Aid-funded Cross-border Conflict Evidence, Policy and Trends (XCEPT) research programme seeks to better understand conflict-affected borderlands, how conflicts connect across borders, and the factors that shape violent and peaceful behaviour, to inform effective policy and programme responses. Read More

Creating empathic leaders in post-conflict Iraq

by Joel David Bond | Jan 20, 2022 | Education and Conflict

According to the UNHCR, a full 1% of the world’s population has been displaced as refugees and asylum seekers. That equates to roughly 78 million people who have fled their homes due to conflict, and the global refugee crisis is only growing. Read More

Teachers in Conflict Can Support Students’ Mental Health — If We Invest in Theirs

by Lindsay Brown | Sep 27, 2021 | Education and Conflict, Teachers

This blog was written by Dr Lindsay Brown, NYU-Global TIES for Children in the Steinhardt Institute of Human Development and Social Change. Lindsay primarily investigates how to...

Can tutoring informed by social-emotional principles improve learning outcomes? A look across multiple conflict-affected contexts

by Alexander Tucciarone and Douha Boulares | Jul 29, 2021 | Education and Conflict, Learning

This blog was written by Alexander Tucciarone, Education Content Advisor at International Rescue Committee, and Douha Boulares, Budget & Communication Associate at NYU Global...

COVID-19 and conflict: challenges and hopes for an alternative future in higher education in Syria

by Basma Hajir and Hiba Salem | May 6, 2020 | COVID-19, Education and Conflict

This blog was written by Basma Hajir, a PhD Candidate in Education for Peacebuilding at the University of Cambridge, and Hiba Salem, a Research Associate at the REAL Centre, the...

Stopping the War on Children

by UKFIET | May 20, 2019 | Education and Conflict

This blog was written by Kevin Watkins, Chief Executive of Save the Children UK, as the organisation celebrates its 100 years and launches the Stop the War on Children campaign....

Who teaches refugees?

by Ruth Naylor and Lina Aghajanian | Jun 19, 2018 | Education and Conflict

This blog was written by Dr Ruth Naylor, Senior International Adviser, and Lina Aghajanian, Project Manager, from Education Development Trust. It was originally published on the...

Education Under Attack 2018

by UKFIET | Jun 13, 2018 | Education and Conflict

A global study of attacks on schools, universities, their students and staff In countries across the globe from Afghanistan to Colombia to India to Mali to Turkey to Yemen, to...

New DFID Guidance Aims to Improve Emergency Schooling for Millions of Displaced Children

by UKFIET | Apr 24, 2018 | Education and Conflict, Education in Emergencies

This blog was originally written by Christian Haussner for the DAI website. An estimated 75 million children cannot go to school because they have been driven from their homes...

The challenge and relevance of the global monitoring of education and migration

by Kenneth King | Jun 1, 2017 | Education and Conflict, Education in Emergencies, Learning, SDGs

UKFIET organised a consultation meeting in London on 22nd May 2017 around the 2019 GEMR on Education and Migration at the request of the GEMR team. This blog reflects some...

25 years on – redressing ‘crisis-blind’ approaches to children’s right to education

by Philippa Lei | Nov 20, 2014 | Education and Conflict, Post 2015

20th November 2014 marks the 25th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC). It is a time to look back and celebrate advances in children’s rights over the past quarter of a century. But it is also a time to take stock and recognise the… Read More