International Day to Protect Education from Attack

  In 2024, grave violations increased, including attacks on schools (44%) and rape (34%). There was a 17% increase in children as victims of severe violations, including abduction, recruitment/sexual violence. The highest numbers of grave violations were verified in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (8,554), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (4,043), Somalia (2,568), Nigeria (2,436) and Haiti (2,269). While non-State armed groups were responsible for almost 50 per cent of grave violations, government forces were the main perpetrator of the killing and maiming of children, attacks on schools and hospitals, and the denial of humanitarian access. The sharp rise in the number of children subjected to multiple violations from 2,684 in 2023 to 3,137 in 2024, through the convergence of abduction, recruitment and sexual violence, represented an alarming escalation in brutality. The number of cases of sexual violence increased by 35 per cent, including a dramatic increase in ...

On September 9th 2024, for the 5th commemoration of the  International Day for the Protection of Education against Attack , UNESCO expresses its deep concern about the growing impact of conflict on education, as well as all forms of attack that deprive pupils of access to their schools: from retrograde laws banning girls from school to the consequences of climate disruption. According to a study by the Global Coalition for Protecting Education from Attack, of which UNESCO is a member, 6,000 attacks against students, professionals and educational institutions, including 1,000 cases of military use of these institutions, were recorded worldwide in 2022-2023 - an average of 8 per day. This represents a 20% increase on the previous two years. More than 10,000 students and educators are believed to have been victims. While these attacks on education affect all regions of the world , they are much more frequent in countries currently experiencing armed conflict, foremost among them My...

 A global study of attacks on schools, universities, their students and staff, in 2022-2023 is presented in the  Education Under Attack 2024.  You can  VIEW THE WEBSITE ,  VIEW THE PUBLICATION and  READ THE PRESS RELEASE .

Commemoration of the Fourth UN International Day to Protect Education from Attack held by the Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies on September 12th, 2023. On 11 September 2023, the Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nations in Geneva, Education Above All (EAA), and the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) co-organised the commemoration of the fourth UN International Day to Protect Education from Attack. The event was also co-sponsored by the Permanent Missions of Argentina, Nigeria, Norway, and Spain to the United Nations in Geneva, the Core Group on the Safe Schools Declaration, the Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies (EiE Hub), and Save the Children. A unanimous resolution of the UN General Assembly proclaimed 9 September the International Day to Protect Education from Attack , initially presented by the State of Qatar and co-sponsored by 62 Member States, and adopted on 28 May 2020 during its 74th session. This year’s co...

GCPEA provides data from its Education under Attack database, along with technical guidance, to the Track Attacks on Education (TRACE) Data Portal. TRACE is led by Education Above All, KoboToolbox, and UNESCO. VIEW WEBSITE

An inter-governmental political commitment to protect students, teachers, schools, and universities from the worst effects of armed conflict.  VIEW THE WEBSITE  and   VIEW THE IMPLEMENTATION RESOURCE BANK

  The Toolkit for Collecting and Analyzing Data on Attacks on Education is Available in: English, French, Spanish.  VIEW THE WEBSITE AND DOWNLOAD THE PUBLICATION