Kirsty Newman
Interested in global development, research and lots of other stuff. Head of Evidence into Action team in DFID - but opinions are my own.
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Averting an Education Catastrophe for the World’s Children - Save Our Future
Education faces a triple threat: 90% of children in the world have had their education interrupted due to COVID-19. This...
Kirsty Newman
So happy to see all the tweets for the #SaveOurFuture White Paper - launched today. It has been a labour of love for me, my work-wife @tinamusoke, our fabulous colleagues in the @educommission, and all of the many, many partners who have contributed :-)
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SAVE OUR FUTURE
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the education of over 90% of the world’s students. It has exacerbated already existing inequalities and magnified the global learning crisis. The future of an entire generation is at risk.
What Do Past Shocks Tell Us About the Choices We’ll Face After the Pandemic? A Series on Education Finance Post-COVID
Despite calls to increase education spending in the wake of COVID, policymakers will have to make difficult tradeoffs. To help donors & policymakers facing touch decisions, a new CGD series will examine the evidence on COVID-19's impact on education...
Michelle Obama and Malala Yousafzai Want to Create a Better World For Girls
The pair talked to a 17-year-old student in India about education, and changing the world for the better post-COVID.
[Event] Launch of GPE 4th Financing Campaign / Lancement de la 4e campagne de financement du GPE
Join us on October 12, 2020 at 08:00 EDT / 14:00 CET as GPE launches its 4th financing campaign to raise funds in support of education for up to 1 billion children in 88 countries.
During the event, world leaders and education advocates will voice...
Save Our Future
Save Our Future. 14,547 likes · 843 talking about this. A global movement. Are you in?
Led by UNICEF, UNESCO, The World Bank, The Education Commission, Global Partnership For Education, Education...
The Worlds Largest Lesson
In September 2015, the United Nations are launching global goals, a series of ambitious targets to end extreme poverty and tackle climate change for everyone by 2030. To realise these Goals everyone, however young they are, needs to take part.
"The future of education is here" | United Nations
Education is the key to personal development and the future of societies. It unlocks opportunities and narrows inequalities. It is the bedrock of informed, tolerant societies, and a primary driver of sustainable development. The COVID-19 pandemic...
Using Graphics to Cut Through Covid’s Complexity - From Poverty to Power
How a smart use of graphics can explain some of the complexities of the Covid crisis, including flattening the curve and inequality in response and impact
Six Ways COVID-19 Will Shape the Future of Education
Most of us have been living with closed schools and some version of lockdown for four months now. For all the reimagining of education in the 21st century, nobody predicted that the greatest disruption of all would come from a virus. As education...
Advocacy and accountability: Meet our ONE Award finalist, African Institute for Development Policy
As the voting for this year’s ONE Award commences, we’re looking at the top four finalists who have made it to the final rounds!
White Complicity Matters: The Nazis by the Lake – Byline Times
Musa Okwonga's message to white people following the murder of George Floyd.
Kirsty Newman
Tweeting this again because it is just such a good read and I keep finding myself telling people about it. Thanks @Okwonga
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There’s a Global School Sexual Violence Crisis and We Don’t Know Enough About It
As the global education world increasingly doubles down on efforts to address the global learning crisis, it is not clear that there are sufficient efforts going into keeping girls safe at school. We think it’s important to keep sounding the alarm:...
Sign the Petition
#StandDown, Stop Boris, Save Britain.
Kirsty Newman
10 Lib Dem candidates and 10 Labour candidates in KEY seats: Stop Boris, Save Britain - Sign the Petition! chng.it/dJYz2y82 via @UKChange
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