{"id":2867,"date":"2020-11-21T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T08:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actfordev.org\/?p=2867"},"modified":"2021-01-15T18:07:51","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T17:07:51","slug":"recommendations-ahead-of-the-2020-afghanistan-conference-protecting-education-and-addressing-child-protection-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/actfordev.org\/french\/recommendations-ahead-of-the-2020-afghanistan-conference-protecting-education-and-addressing-child-protection-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommandations avant la Conf\u00e9rence sur l'Afghanistan de 2020 : Prot\u00e9ger l'\u00e9ducation et relever les d\u00e9fis de la protection de l'enfance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Natasha Govender, Advocacy and Policy Advisor<br \/>\nGlobal Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA)<\/p>\n<p>The virtual panel discussion on &#8220;Protecting Education and Addressing Child Protection Challenges in Afghanistan&#8221; took place on November 16, co-hosted by the Missions of Afghanistan, Norway, and Sweden to the UN in Geneva, Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA), Save the Children, UNICEF, and World Vision. Close to 6,000 viewed the event on Facebook, with a high level of engagement from participants. Many thanks to the speakers \u2013 notably Dr. Wahidyar, Special Advisor to the Minister and Acting DG, General Education at the Ministry of Education of Afghanistan, and Amb. Anna Jardfelt, Permanent Representative of the Mission of Sweden to the UN in Geneva.<\/p>\n<p>Detailed below and ahead of the 2020 Afghanistan Conference to be held on 23 \u2013 24 November, are a set of core recommendations from the event, for the Government of Afghanistan, donors and humanitarian and development actors, in relation to protecting education and addressing child protection challenges in Afghanistan:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Child protection <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Significantly increase and maintain funding for child protection programming and child protection systems.<\/li>\n<li>Prioritise funding for quality and sustainable livelihood opportunities and social protection programming to reduce negative coping mechanisms, such as child marriage and child labour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Access to Education <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Increase investment in the education sector to support the Government of Afghanistan\u2019s efforts to expand the scale of education provision and the quality of education. Donors and the Government of Afghanistan should focus efforts on the 3.7 million children out of school, with a particular focus on girls.<\/li>\n<li>Increase efforts to safeguard the important progress in increasing girls\u2019 access to education while bridging the gender gap that still exists.<\/li>\n<li>Increase efforts to end gender-based violence and forced early marriages and ensure access sexual and reproductive health.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure support and sustained representation and participation of women and girls in decision making processes, including peace processes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Protect children with disabilities <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Increase investment to meet the needs of children with disabilities, including training and awareness raising among governments officials, education personnel and other key actors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Prevent and respond to attacks on education <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prioritize and fund measures to prevent, mitigate, and respond to attacks on education within humanitarian response and development plans and programs. This includes development and support for an Action Plan on Gender-Responsive implementation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regjeringen.no\/globalassets\/departementene\/ud\/vedlegg\/utvikling\/safe_schools_declaration.pdf\">Safe Schools Declaration<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure that commitments to protect education from attack and the military use of schools, and\u00a0safe access to\u00a0education for\u00a0women and girls\u2019,\u00a0be included in the peace talks.<\/li>\n<li>Strengthen and support the gender-responsive implementation of the Safe Schools Declaration, including by the implementation of the<em><a href=\"https:\/\/protectingeducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/documents\/documents_guidelines_en.pdf\">Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use during Armed Conflict<\/a><\/em> by all parties to the conflict.<\/li>\n<li>Strengthen monitoring and reporting, investigate incidents of attacks on education, and ensure that those responsible are held accountable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Scale up community-based education <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Strengthen the existing CBE model by improving integration with other sectors such as Nutrition, Protection, Water and Sanitation (WASH) and Adolescents\u2019 Health to ensure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>children who attend CBE classes get access to other social services.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Expand model to cover the six years, instead of three, to ensure that children enrolled in CBE complete the full cycle of primary education.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>***************<\/p>\n<p>Please find below related resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GCPEA, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/9ehb82bl65d34vylp1jrlfy5-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/eua_2020_executivesummary.pdf\">Education under Attack 2020 Executive Summary <\/a><\/em>et <a href=\"http:\/\/protectingeducation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/eua_2020_afghanistan.pdf\">Afghanistan country profile<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SCI, <a href=\"https:\/\/resourcecentre.savethechildren.net\/library\/investing-afghanistans-peaceful-future-situation-facing-millions-children-and-youths\">Investing in Afghanistan&#8217;s Peaceful Future: The situation facing millions of children and youths<\/a><\/li>\n<li>UNICEF,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/afghanistan\/media\/2471\/file\/afg-report-oocs2018.pdf%20.pdf\">Global Initiative on Out-of-School Children: Afghanistan Country Study<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>WVI, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wvi.org\/publications\/policy-briefing\/afghanistan\/breaking-point-covid-19-and-child-protection-crisis\">Breaking Point- COVID-19 and the Child Protection Crisis in Afghanistan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/spark.adobe.com\/page\/5RCdeAimerO4M\/\">Inter-Agency Comprehensive Recommendations for UN Member States and Donors Pledging and Support for the 2020 Afghanistan Conference<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewhumanitarian.org\/opinion\/2020\/11\/17\/afghanistan-conference-conflict-foreign-aid\">Why Afghanistan\u2019s donor summit is crucial for the country\u2019s future<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L'\u00e9v\u00e9nement a contribu\u00e9 \u00e0 sensibiliser sur la crise de l'\u00e9ducation et de la protection de l'enfance en Afghanistan, y compris les progr\u00e8s r\u00e9alis\u00e9s depuis 2001 et les d\u00e9fis restants. Les orateurs ont soulign\u00e9 des recommandations compl\u00e8tes, notamment sur la garantie de l'acc\u00e8s des filles \u00e0 l'\u00e9ducation, la r\u00e9ponse aux attaques contre l'\u00e9ducation, l'intensification de l'\u00e9ducation communautaire - et la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 d'une augmentation du financement pluriannuel durable pour l'\u00e9ducation et la protection de l'enfance. Les enfants repr\u00e9sentent le plus grand atout pour parvenir \u00e0 la paix, au redressement et \u00e0 la prosp\u00e9rit\u00e9 de l'Afghanistan. Un \u00e9chec \u00e0 investir de mani\u00e8re ad\u00e9quate dans la protection et les droits de tous les enfants en Afghanistan, y compris une \u00e9ducation de qualit\u00e9, compromettra tout effort de changement durable.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/actfordev.org\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/actfordev.org\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/actfordev.org\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actfordev.org\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actfordev.org\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/actfordev.org\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actfordev.org\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/actfordev.org\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actfordev.org\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/actfordev.org\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}