The most segregated education system in the world: new report challenges the consequences of privatisation of education in Chile with the UN Press release (Santiago de Chile, Geneva) In a report made public today, the Chilean Forum for the Right to Education (FORO), the Latin-American Campaign for the Right to Education (CLADE), the Global Initiative […]
Marrakesh statement on privatisation in education in Africa French version here http://globalinitiative-escr.org/?p=1684 Marrakech, 28th November 2014 In a joint statement released today in Marrakech at the Education Forum of the World Human Rights Forum, international civil society organisations have raised serious concerns about the emphasis on private sector involvement in education in Africa in a recent […]
Press release: 17 November 2014 For immediate release (Geneva, Accra, London) – In a report published last week, the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) expressed its concerns “about the trend towards privatisation of education and the priority given to schooling of boys over girls” in Ghana. The […]
Madame, Monsieur, La Coalition Marocaine pour l’Education pour Tous (CMEPT) et la Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR), avec le soutien de la Fédération Nationale des Associations des Parents d’Elèves du Maroc (FNAPEM) ont le plaisir de vous inviter à une conférence de presse sur les recommandations que le Comité de l’ONU […]
Version française ici Versão em português aqui Versión española aquí Geneva, 5th September Yesterday in Geneva the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) questioned Morocco about its policy of privatising education and appeared to regret the absence of a satisfactory response from the government. The Moroccan government was reviewed this week […]
(Rabat) – Nearly 30 people representing various Moroccan civil society organizations met on Saturday, March 1 in Rabat to build their capacities on the right to education and discuss recommendations to reform the country’s education system. This event was organised by the Moroccan Coalition for Education for All (MCEFA) and the Forum of Alternatives Morocco […]
19 January 2012: The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR) together with Rights Action and the International Human Rights Clinic at Western New England University School of Law has filed a Petition before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in an attempt to hold the World Bank and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) […]
27 July 2011 The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR), the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign (Stop the Wall Campaign) and the Palestinian Farmers Union filed a Request for Inspection with the World Bank Inspection Panel. The Request for Inspection challenges the Red Sea Dead Sea Water Conveyance Study, which is examining […]
Project Save Our Homes, a newly-organized coalition of community activists in the Duluth-Superior area of Minnesota and Wisconsin, work to address the home foreclosure crisis and defend housing rights. When members of Project Save Our Homes met Ann Lockwood in December 2011, the 55-year old mother of three was in imminent danger of losing her […]
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