Podcast
Changemakers
Sarah Brown chats to Julia Gillard, Adam Garone, Katherine Schwarzenegger, Taha Fatima Khan, Theo Sowa, and Rachel Whale.Ìý
Welcome to the Key! Here you can find a comprehensive information toolkit to help you advocate for education both locally and on the global stage.
From government and aid budgets to corporate boardrooms, education is on the chopping block. The Key has all of the talking points, facts and infographics to answer questions such as why invest in education now, why is it relevant and how does it relate to other priorities?Ìý
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Reports
Early Childhood Development in Kenya ¹ú²úÊÓƵ” Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life (November 2016)
Kenya has made progress over the past 15 years in improving access to early years care - but more action is needed to ensure every child has the best start in life.Ìý Without it, children from the poorest and most marginalised groups will continue to be left behind their peers and unable to fulfil their potential at work and in the community. A report from ¹ú²úÊÓƵ and the Kenyan organisation KANCO says that by the time a child reaches five years old, 90% of their brain has developed - which means the progression from birth to school is the most important time of our lives.Ìý Read the web version of the report - or download the PDFÌýbelow.Ìý
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The Power of Laughter
This episode focuses on the power of comedy and how laughter can bring us together; exploringÌýhow we can harness this positive energy in campaigning to spread the activist message.
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How do activists begin?
What actually makes us act? How do we move from identifying a problem to trying to fix it? And what are the best ways to take action? This episode looks at the nuts and bolts of how to start campaigning and making a positive difference. If a 13-year-old can do it, so can you!
Reports
39 million girls at risk: are humanitarian responses doing enough? (May 2016)
Girls are at greater risk from the effects of emergencies but their needs are rarely addressed by humanitarian programmes.
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Better Angels and Inspirations
Hear about the special people who have inspired others to do good. This episode features Nobel Prize winnerÌýKailash Satyarthi, world-renowned economistÌýLarry Summers, and the former First Lady of South Africa and widow of Nelson Mandela,ÌýGraça Machel.
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Finding Your Voice – I
This episode is for anyone who feels they have something important to say, but are nervous about saying it. How do you get heard and how do you find your platform?
Reports
Pakistan Safe Schools Initiative (February 2015)
In the wake of the Peshawar school massacre in late 2014Ìýand terrorist attacks on thousands of schools, A World at School launched a 15-point plan for a Pakistan Safe Schools Initiative. It was backed by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
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No Lost Generation: Holding to the promise of education for all Syrian refugees (September 2016)
Meeting at the London ConferenceÌýon Supporting Syria and the Region in February 2016, the internationalÌýcommunity recognised that current efforts to support Syria¹ú²úÊÓƵ™s displacedÌýpopulation and refugees in neighbouring countries were falling far shortÌýof the minimum levels required. Pledges in excess of $12 billion wereÌýannounced. Those pledges have not been honoured. The gap betweenÌýpledge and delivery is hurting Syria¹ú²úÊÓƵ™s children.
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Building a better future: Syrian girls’ education in Turkey (October 2016)
In conflict, natural disasters, and other emergencies, girls face particularÌývulnerabilities and barriers that can frequently prevent them from realising theirÌýright to education. Displacement, poverty and the breakdown of familial andÌýsocial protection mechanisms can place girls at higher risk of sexual abuse,Ìýviolence, exploitation and early forced marriage.Ìý
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Millions of children left behind at every developmental milestone (October 2016)
This report offers a snapshot of early childhood development in Africa.ÌýThis snapshot of equity shows how much more there is to do to ensure every child has theÌýbest start in life.Ìý
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Ensuring Educational Opportunity for All Syrian Refugee Children and Youth in Turkey (September 2015)
Turkey needs support from the international community to provide quality education to Syrian refugee children - and this report from 2015 outlines how that can be achieve.Ìý