To mark Global Action Week, 23-29 April, UNESCO is organizing a photo exhibition in homage to leading Afghan defender of girls’ education, Safia Ama Jan, who was murdered in 2006 for her activism.
A UNESCO study on violence against education personnel, dedicated to her memory, will be launched on April 27.
UNESCO is mobilizing its stakeholders for this annual initiative in favour of
Education for All. The theme for the 2007 action is “Education as a Human
Right”.
Workshops, public rallies, conferences, debates, TV
documentaries, media training, the publication of advocacy materials and
exhibitions are among the activities planned worldwide by UNESCO field offices.
Partners include ministries, sister agencies, the media, schools and civil
society.
Global Action Week is organized by the Global Campaign for
Education (GCE), a UNESCO partner. Actors at all levels of education are urged
to sign up and take part in order to promote Education for all worldwide.
“Everyone has the right to education” according to Article 26 of the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights. UNESCO is mandated to work with education
in its many aspects, and places the language of rights at the very heart of its
efforts, with emphasis on inclusion, lifelong learning and
non-discrimination.
Contacts: m.yasunaga@unesco.org s.detzel@unesco.org
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From the UNESCO Education Portal, 3 October 2006
A brochure on UNESCO and the right to education