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UN News Centre - Full Article: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=39013&Cr=children&Cr1=armed+conflict

UN SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR PARTIES WHO ATTACK SCHOOLS

& HOSPITALS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE - RESOLUTION - GENDER

12 July 2011 – The Security Council today, recognizing schools and hospitals as safe havens for children, called for all parties to conflict that attack such facilities to be held accountable and that they be added to the list published annually by the United Nations of those who commit grave violations against children.

The list, contained in the Secretary-General’s annual report on children and armed conflict, already names those parties which commit violations such as the recruitment of child soldiers, killing or maiming of children, and rape or other forms of sexual violence against children.

In the resolution adopted unanimously today, the Council – which has adopted seven previous resolutions on children and armed conflict – recognized attacks on schools and hospitals as a grave violation of children’s rights, and called for perpetrators of such violence to be listed in the annual report......

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http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/attacks_targeting_teachers_and_students_worldwide_on_the_rise_says_unesco_report/back/18256/

EDUCATION UNDER ATTACK 2010 - UNESCO REPORT

Direct Link to Full 243-Page Report:

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001868/186809e.pdf

The number of politically and ideologically motivated attacks on teachers, students and school buildings is rising, says the report “Education Under Attack 2010”, launched by UNESCO on 10 February. These attacks are perpetrated by non-state armed groups and state actors alike. “Education under Attack 2010” is the second report on the subject.

INTRODUCTION Excerpts:

"In southern Afghanistan, two motorcyclists rode up to a group of 15 girls and female teachers walking and chatting on their way to Mirwais Nika Girls High School in Kandahar.....The attack left at least one girl blinded, two permanently disfigured, and two others seriously hurt.....The incident was covered prominently in the pages of the international press and stirred world opinion. It showed that the issue of attacks on education has lost none of its ability to provoke shock at the lengths to which armed groups, armed forces, and political elements are prepared to go to further their political aims....."

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Amnesty International

FULL DOCUMENT IS ATTACHED.

Safe Schools, Every Girl's Right

SAFE SCHOOLS
EVERY GIRL’S RIGHT

Schools are places for children to learn and grow. But many girls all over the world go to school fearing for their safety, dreading humiliating and violent treatment, simply hoping to get through another day.

Schools reflect wider society. The same forms of violence which women suffer throughout their lives – physical, sexual and psychological – are present in the lives of many girls in and around their schools.

Every day, girls face being assaulted on their way to school, pushed and hit in school grounds, teased and insulted by their classmates, humiliated by having rumours about them circulated through whisper campaigns, mobile phones or the Internet. Some are threatened with sexual assault by other students, offered higher marks by teachers in exchange for sexual favours, even raped in the staff room. Some are caned or beaten in school in the name of discipline.

In countries racked by war, some girls are seized by armed groups, and some are injured or killed on their journey to school or when schools are attacked. Sexual abuse and exploitation are particular problems for girls living in refugee or displaced people’s camps.

EVERY GIRL HAS A
RIGHT TO EDUCATION
IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT

Violence against girls takes place in and around many educational institutions all over the world. It is inflicted not only by teachers, but also by administrators, other school employees, fellow students and outsiders. The result is that countless girls are kept out of school, drop out of school, or do not fully participate in school.

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Right to Education During Displacement

Direct Link to Full 62-Page Report by Women's Refugee Commission

http://www.womensrefugeecommission.org/docs/right_to_ed.pdf

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