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22/04/2013

This week is the Global Campaign for Education's Global Action Week for the Every Child Needs a Teacher campaign! Find out how a teacher changed the life of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. How has a teacher changed YOUR life?

61 million children are not in primary school The biggest thing we can do to give them their right to education is make sure they have access to a trained te...

09/11/2012

The shooting of Malala Yousafzai has brought the world's attention to the plight of girls in Pakistan. Over 5.1 million primary school-aged children are out of school in Pakistan – the third highest number of out-of-school children in the world - and 63% of them are girls.

Email President Zardari NOW & ask him to make a REAL commitment to girls by properly funding & supporting girls' education.

19/07/2012

We're delighted to announce that Global Campaign for Education, the campaign which runs 1GOAL, has a new website for education supporters and campaigners! Visit us here at www.campaignforeducation.org and find out more about how you can be involved in education campaigns around the world.

Our mission is to make sure that States act now to deliver the right of everyone to a free, quality public education.

01/05/2012

Thank you for all of your support during Global Action Week! We're delighted to show you our new Rights from the Start film, featuring Graca Machel's message of support for early childhood care & education. Please share & help us get the message out - thanks everyone! http://bit.ly/IncTuK

Rights from the Start: Early Childhood Care and Education Every child has the right to education, and these rights start from birth. But every year, over 200...

26/04/2012

Children in Ukraine taking part in 1GOAL activities for early childhood care and education

24/04/2012

Children at Al Usama Kindergarten in Palestine are just some of those taking part in Global Action Week all over the world to highlight the importance of early childhood care and education. You can find out more at www.globalactionweek.org

23/04/2012

This week is the Global Campaign for Education's Global Action Week! We're calling for all young children all around the world to receive their right to early childhood care and education - now! Join us at www.globalactionweek.org - thanks everyone!

08/03/2012

It's International Women's Day - watch Yaya Toure and Perpetua Nkwocha talk about girls' education in our new film, 1GOAL 2012: Educate Girls! http://bit.ly/zsGNtF

29/02/2012

1 in 5 schoolgirls 'unhappy to be a girl' - our new report, Gender Discrimination in Education: the violation of rights of women and girls shows shocking disparities between girls & boys - read it here & please help us get the word out! Watch our new film here: http://bit.ly/zn3yS4

Girls around the world are experiencing gender discrimination from the age of just seven years old, with one in ten primary schoolgirls reported being unhapp...

05/12/2011

The legendary footballer, doctor and 1GOAL Ambassador, Socrates, sadly passed away yesterday in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Everyone at the 1GOAL campaign has great memories of his work with us in South Africa - in this picture, he is giving a media interview about the campaign at a school in Soweto.

03/11/2011

Next week, governments are meeting in Copenhagen to discuss the funding of education for the world's children. We are asking them to pay their fair share and fund the future for millions of children - you can email world leaders by taking action at our new Fund the Future campaign site: http://www.fund-the-future.org/action.php Please help us!

21/10/2011

Last year, South Africa's President Zuma pledged to support 1GOAL & education for all. We are now asking him to keep his promise by backing the financial transaction tax at November's G20 meeting. This tax could raise hundreds of millions globally from the financial sector, & we are asking Zuma to ensure Education For All gets its share. You can email him here - please help us! http://bit.ly/qjVz7M

The Global Campaign for Education (GCE) is a movement to end the worldwide crisis in education. Thousands of development charities, trade unions and child rights groups make up the national coalitions in over 100 countries. Together we campaign and lobby governments to make sure they act now to deli...