Global Action Week for Education 2021 starts today!
Philani Ndebele
Global Action Week for Education 2021 starts today!
#GAWE2021 #OneBillionVoicesForEducation
Dear Members,
Welcome to the Global Action Week for Education 2021! We are starting the week with the announcement of the four winners of the One Billion Voices photo-story competition! Congratulations to the winners and everyone who entered. The judging committee were honoured to review such beautiful photos that highlight the universality of the challenge of the impact of the pandemic on education but also the resilience of people to find a way to keep learning!
Africa category
WINNER: Saymore Liberty
Saymore’s photo from Zimbabwe visualises the increased inequality in education with remote students having a “lack of access to radios, television, computers, internet, and data left many students unable to engage in remote learning”.
Second place: Magdalena Kern
Second place goes to a powerful photo from South Sudan titled “Against all odds – learning in a refugee camp during the COVID-19 pandemic”.
Photo gallery category
WINNER: Yael Sabbagh
This incredibly moving photo story from Guatemala begins with “ A typical day in my virtual learning, as an 11th grader in Guatemala, follows a very monotonous pattern: wake up, open computer, mute microphone, turn off camera, leave meeting’ and follows Yael’s education and personal experiences through the pandemic.
Second place:Herbert Chibvongodze
The photo gallery from Zimbabwe shows how innovative and flexible teachers and students are being to keep learning while their schools remain closed.
Do take a look at these powerful images in these Flickr Galleries: : Yael Sabbagh and Herbert Chibvongodze and share the photos far and wide on social media using the hashtags #GAWE2021 #OneBillionVoicesForEducation
Events
Today both the Asia regional office and the GCE-US coalition are hosting online events to discuss ways to mobilise more and better financing for education. Join the events or follow online using #GAWE2021 to join the conversation.
ASPBAE Asia Pacific Policy Dialogue on Education Financing will be held on Monday, 26 April 2021, at 1:00 pm Manila time (Philiippine Standard Time).
The event will be attended by three senior government officials, one each from Timor Leste, the Philippines and Bangladesh speaking, along with a presentation from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), as well as a presentation from ASPBAE and a youth representative from NCE Nepal. There will be space at the end of the speeches and inputs for a number of questions to the speakers.
There is no registration process required. Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86001255005?pwd=M0h2ZVV3ZGY5VG51Zzl5OUZORDBlQT09
Meeting ID: 860 0125 5005; Passcode: 850131
GCE-US GAWE Kick off meeting will be held on Monday, 26 April 2021 at 9.30am EST
The event will include speakers from USAID, Education Cannot Wait, the Global Partnership for Education and the ONE campaign.
There is no registration process required. Zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89935431317?pwd=VEZ5VEZsOERuTzZsWjFHaU1HS1JZZz09#success
Meeting ID: 899 3543 1317; Passcode 389210
In Solidarity,
The GCE Secretariat