Antonia Wulff

[Fireworks & fanfares] 'Grading Goal Four - tensions, threats & opportunities in the #SDG on quality #education' is now published! A critical analysis of #SDG4 & a crucial conversation on ensuring equity, inclusion & quality in education - and open access: brill.com/view/title/574…

📖Just published! The @IntRevEd special issue 'The Sustainable Development Goals #SDGs and the Global Governance of Education', guest-edited by @william_c_smith, @melcm and @SotiriaGrek. Dive into the six articles of this issue to learn more 👉🏽tinyurl.com/4wdmdk5y

Boys and girls around the region are going back to @UNRWA schools except in #Gaza. More than 600,000 children there are deeply traumatized, living in the rubble. They continue to be deprived of learning + schooling. Half of them used to be in UNRWA schools. The longer children stay out of school, the higher the risk of a lost generation, fueling resentment & extremism. In Gaza, more than 7️⃣0️⃣ % of our schools are destroyed or damaged. The vast majority of our schools are now overcrowded shelters with hundreds of thousands of displaced families. They cannot be used for learning. With no ceasefire, children are likely to fall prey to exploitation including child labour and recruitment into armed groups. We have seen this way too often in conflicts around the world, let’s not repeat it in Gaza. A ceasefire is a win for all: it will allow respite for civilians, the release of the hostages + a flow of much needed basic supplies including for learning. #BackToSchool

Absolutely great to hear @SteGiannini welcome country commitments on teachers while calling for more specific action on salaries and working conditions!! #LeadingSDG4 @eduint @daveswords @globaleducation

The stocktaking of #SDG4 #TransformingEducation suggests that a great majority of countries have taken action on #teachers - but what kind of training, on what, and for whom? Have teachers and their unions been involved? @eduint

The perspective that has been missing so far: A crucial reflection from the Columbia College Student Council on protest, student participation, academic freedom, and shared governance. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The global organisations of teachers and students @GlobalStuForum & @eduint recall the undeniable rights of students and members of the academic community to exercise their freedom of expression and their freedom of assembly.

Yet another example of school closures due to the climate crisis - and once again students & communities who are the least responsible for the crisis suffer the most. We are running out of time #SDG4 #Teach4ThePlanet #JustTransition @eduint

Peaceful protest is a human right. Freedom of speech is a human right. Freedom of expression is a human right. Universities should respect these rights.

Stop bombing the schools! I have the right to learn! The children in Gaza beat the drums and chanted their demands during GAWE 2024 organized by the Arab Campaign for Education for All. The global campaign is being coordinated by GCE from April 22-26. #TransformEducationNow

Unimaginable loss. Our world in 2023. Our world in 2024. @msalem66 from @reuters photo wins @WorldPressPhoto of the Year. It shows Inas Abu Maamar (36) cradling the body of her niece Saly (5) who was killed, along with her mother and sister, when an Israeli missile struck their home, in Khan Younis, Gaza. Unimaginable loss, repeated over and over.

Hilariously obvious move to ask panelists to reflect on the 'smaller words' in the word cloud when the big word in the very middle says TAX THE RICH #GlobalGateway #taxjustice @alliance_ed @DavidArcherAA @eduint

Important call for sustained and strategic dialogue on education with the IMF: If we're serious about investing in education, we need tax and debt justice, and a stop to austerity! @DavidArcherAA @eduint @globaleducation #GlobalGateway

And "teachers need their wellbeing protected, their professional judgement trusted and their voices heard. We become teachers because we care about young people and have hope for the future – we need to nurture this vocation by fostering teacher agency and autonomy"

"Teachers need quality working conditions including attractive salaries and job security. It’s time to end the short-sighted policy of hiring underqualified personnel on precarious contracts" says @JohannaJAstrand @eduint at #GlobalGateway event.

A call for a long-term and fully funded national teacher recruitment strategy, and improvements in working conditions and support for teachers from @UNESCO @SteGiannini #SDG4 #GlobalGateway

So incredibly important to have the @GlobalStuForum, the democratic student movement represented in these processes #GlobalGateway @eduint

Great to hear the call for increased investment in #education #SDG4 coupled with a call for reform of the international financial architecture from @AminaJMohammed at #GlobalGateway event @globaleducation @eduint

Today’s landmark rulings by the European Court of Human Rights confirm that climate change poses existential risks for humankind impacting on #HumanRights and that states are obliged to act to fight it. They give victims clarity on the way forward in protecting their rights #ECHR

Governments that fail to pay their UN dues are helping child rights abusers evade scrutiny. Due to lack of funds, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has had to cancel upcoming meetings. @BedeOnKidRights explains the impact. hrw.org/news/2024/04/0…

Only a few weeks after schools in South Sudan had to close due to extreme heat, thousands of schools in the Philippines now closed. Read @TeacherRubs comments here: theguardian.com/environment/20… @eduint #climatejustice