Protect Education from Attack

Guide: Questions and Answers on the Safe Schools Declaration

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Resumen: La Declaración de Escuelas Seguras es un compromiso político intergubernamental que brinda a los países la oportunidad de expresar apoyo para proteger a los estudiantes, maestros, escuelas y universidades del ataque durante tiempos de conflicto armado; la importancia de la continuación de la educación durante el conflicto armado; y la implementación de medidas concretas para disuadir el uso militar de las escuelas.
La Declaración se desarrolló a través de consultas con los estados en un proceso liderado por Noruega y Argentina en Ginebra a principios de 2015, y se abrió para su aprobación en la Conferencia de Oslo sobre seguridad Escuelas el 29 de mayo de 2015.
¿Cuáles son los beneficios de la educación en contextos de conflicto?
Las escuelas seguras brindan información que salva vidas, mitigan el impacto psicosocial de la guerra y pueden proteger niños de la trata, violencia sexual y reclutamiento por grupos armados. Las interrupciones en la educación pueden reducir la probabilidad de que los niños regresen a la escuela, incluso cuando están abiertos y, a largo plazo, pueden afectar las ganancias individuales y la capacidad de reconstrucción de un país. Quizás más importante para un niño, acceso a un espacio seguro para aprender ofrece una sensación de normalidad, rutina y calma en medio del caos de la guerra.
¿Qué aceptan los países que respaldan la Declaración?
Al unirse a la Declaración, los estados se comprometen a llevar a cabo varios pasos de sentido común para que sea menos probable que los estudiantes, maestros, escuelas y universidades serán atacados y mitigar lo negativo consecuencias cuando tales ataques ocurren

Gisela Schmidt-Martin | Coordinator, Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use during Armed Conflict

Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA)

What is the Safe Schools Declaration?

The Safe Schools Declaration is an inter-governmental political commitment that provides countries the opportunity to express support for protecting students, teachers, schools, and universities from attack during times of armed conflict; the importance of the continuation of education during armed conflict; and the implementation of concrete measures to deter the military use of schools.

Descargar: Questions and answers on the safe schools declaration

Fuente: http://protectingeducation.org/sites/default/files/documents/questions_and_answers_on_the_safe_schools_declaration_en.pdf

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Report: Education Under Attack 2018

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A Global Study of Attacks on Schools, Universities, their Students and Staff, 2013-2017

…Whenever I think of that horrible night, I pray for the safety of every student at school everywhere. I know what it feels like—it doesn’t feel good at all— when all you ever wanted was to study and achieve your dream, and then all of a sudden, in just a few minutes, your hopes and dreams fall like a leaf from a tree.

In countries across the globe from Afghanistan to Colombia to India to Mali to Turkey to Yemen and on, students, teachers, and educational facilities are under siege. Targeted killings, rape, abduction, child recruitment, intimidation, threats, military occupation, and destruction of property are just some of the ways in which education is being attacked.

Between 2013 and 2017, there were more than 12,700 attacks, harming more than 21,000 students and educators in at least 70 countries. In 28 countries profiled in this report, at least 20 attacks on education occurred over the last 5 years.

What are Attacks on Education?

An attack on education can take many forms. Students have been blocked from accessing their schools. Students and educators at all levels of education have been deliberately or indiscriminately killed, maimed, or traumatized. Schools and universities have been destroyed or damaged. This report looks at this violence and the use of force against people, buildings, and resources.

GCPEA defines attacks on education as any threatened or actual use of force against students, teachers, academics, education support and transport staff (e.g., janitors, bus drivers), or education officials, as well as attacks on education buildings, resources, material, or facilities (including school buses). These actions may occur for political, military, ideological, sectarian, ethnic, or religious reasons.

Attacks on education kill and injure, lead to student drop out, the loss of teachers, extended school and university closures. They diminish the quality of education and have devastating and longterm consequences for society.X

Descargar Repport: https://www.savethechildren.org/content/dam/usa/reports/ed-cp/education-under-attack-2018-full-report.pdf

Fuente: http://eua2018.protectingeducation.org/

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