*Portals allow for greater accountability to protect education in conflict as attacks continue to rise*

The Education Above All Foundation (EAA) and its partners have announced TRACE, the Tracking Attacks on Education (TRACE) data portal. This is a new tool that applies humanitarian technology to generate reliable and timely data on attacks on education that can be freely shared. Advocates, policy makers and journalists, as well as humanitarian and development workers and communities, can use this tool to better understand the challenges of protecting quality education in conflict. increase. The announcement was made on the sidelines of the third International Day to Protect Education from Attack in Paris on Friday, when world leaders in education and development came together to offer concrete solutions to the growing attacks on education. discuss about

Through a partnership established between the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and KoBo Toolbox in 2021, in close collaboration with GCPEA and QCRI, TRACE is designed to fill the global gap in reliable quality data it was done. It’s an easy-to-use, single-point, open-access portal that provides data collection, visualization, and curated analytics on attacks on education. As such, TRACE helps make high-quality data available in an easy-to-use format to hold attackers accountable, advocate for education protection, and respond to attacks in a timely manner.

“We must do everything in our power to hold those who attack education accountable. When criminals attack schools, they attack the heart of a community, destroying its culture and the future of its children.” Destroyed ”in Paris.

According to the Global Coalition to Protect Education Against Attacks (GCPEA), of which the EAA is a founding member, there will be more than 5,000 documented attacks on education between 2020 and 2021, and more than 9,000 students will be affected. and educators were kidnapped, arrested, wounded, or killed. The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali and Palestine were the most affected countries, with increases also seen in Burkina Faso, Colombia, Ethiopia, Myanmar and Nigeria. Military use of schools and colleges has more than doubled for him.

Data is essential to combat these trends. United Nations Security Council Resolution 2601 (UNSCR 2601), adopted last October, encourages enhanced monitoring and reporting of attacks on education and calls on all parties to collect and share data on attacks on education. I am calling.

The International Day to Protect Education from Attack was enacted in 2020. It is becoming more and more important as students, teachers and schools continue to come under increasing numbers of attacks around the world. This year, the day will be held at UNESCO headquarters in Paris for the first time in two years, providing a forum to discuss issues related to attacks on education. Co-hosted by the EAA, the Qatar Delegation to the United Nations, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), UNESCO and the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Children and Armed Conflict, the ceremony brings together world and UN leaders. , youth advocates, policy makers and academics come together to discuss how to protect education and build sustainable peace.

Participants and contributors to this year’s event, entitled “Act Now to Protect Education from Attack”, include EAA President and SDG Advocate, Sheikh Moza bint Nasser . Her Excellency Nana Akufo Addo, President of Ghana. Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations. Audrey Azoulay, Director General of UNESCO. Her Royal Highness Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador. Catherine M. Russell, UNICEF Executive Director. Virginia Gamba, UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict. Stefania Giannini, Deputy Director General for Education, UNESCO. Yalda Hakim, Australian broadcast journalist and news host. Rosario Diaz Garavito, CEO of the Millennials Movement. UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Her Royal Highness Princess Caroline of Hanover will also attend the ceremony.

The EAA’s appeal to the global community is part of a three-year #UniteToProtect global campaign to end attack education through the collection of attack data as a foundation for evidence generation, accountability, grassroots advocacy and sustainable peacebuilding. It is done.

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On International Day to Protect Education from Attack

International Day, enacted by UN General Assembly resolution (A/RES/74/275), in response to a call to action by Her Highness Sheiha Moza bint Nasser, to focus decision makers on protecting education and building peace in conflict A global platform for It draws attention to the plight of her more than 75 million children aged 3 to 18 living in 35 crisis-affected countries in need of urgent educational assistance.

Education above all else

The Education Above All (EAA) Foundation is a global foundation founded in 2012 by HRH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser. EAA aims to transform lives through education. Education is the only way to reduce poverty, create peaceful and just societies, maximize the potential of every child and young person, and create the right conditions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We believe it is the most effective means.

Through our multi-sectoral approach, unique funding model, commitment to innovation as a tool for social good, and partnerships, we aim to bring hope and real opportunity to the lives of impoverished girls and boys.

The EAA consists of Educate A Child (EAC), Al Fakhoora, Reach Out To Asia (ROTA), Protect Education in Insecurity and Conflict (PEIC) and Innovation Development (ID).