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February 26, 2021
Statement by Alice Albright on the kidnapping of schoolgirls in Nigeria
I am devastated to learn of this morning’s kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls in the Zamfara State of Nigeria. The Global Partnership for Education strongly condemns this attack, which is an unacceptable and gross violation of children’s rights. Children and schools should never be targets of violence.
February 23, 2021
Four international advocacy alliances awarded...
Four organizations have been selected for grants from Education Out Loud to support transnational civil society alliances in carrying out innovative multi-country advocacy around education.
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Calendar

Raise Your Hand Live! for International Women's Day

Join us on March 8 for a special International Women's Day episode of Raise Your Hand Live! featuring GPE youth leaders Josephine Kamara and Selina Nkoile, and Sigrid Kaag, Minister for Trade and Development Cooperation, The Netherlands.

Raise Your Hand: Breakfast roundtable with Japanese parliamentarians

The event will present GPE's Raise Your Hand financing campaign to a group of Japanese parliamentarians and answer their questions.

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Board meeting. March 2021

The GPE Board of Directors will hold a virtual meeting on March 16, 17 & 19, 2021 (the Board will not meet on March 18).

The role of Japan: Striving for education that leaves no girl behind in times of COVID-19

This session for key stakeholders in Japan, including the government, parliamentarians, the business community, NGOs and philanthropic foundations, will explain the potential impact and effectiveness of the US$5 billion GPE replenishment.

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RewirEd Summit

Through a mix of high-level plenaries, technical workshops, TED-style talks, networking spaces and other side events, the RewirEd Summit will focus on three main issues: youth and future skills, education financing and innovation in education.

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