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The EI delegation meeting with the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, François Crépeau (2nd from the left).

The Dutch government should be the first European Union nation to take concrete measures to implement the Safe Schools Declaration, Human Rights Watch said at the opening of its #WatchOurSchools campaign on March 9. The declaration is designed to help end widespread military attacks on schools during armed conflict.

Delegates Convene at the 7th International Summit on the Teaching Profession (ISTP) in Berlin, Germany

The CSE leads to improved sexual and reproductive health, resulting in the reduction of sexually transmitted infections, HIV, and unintended pregnancy, according to the report. CSE not only promotes gender equality and equitable social norms, but has a positive impact on safer sexual behaviours, delaying sexual debut, and increasing condom use. The report was launched by the Health and Education section of UNESCO on 3 March.

UK Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson has on 4 March set out the government’s commitment to put the UK at the forefront of research to tackle some of the planet’s greatest challenges such as flooding, famine and viral diseases like Ebola.

Nicolas AxelrodTeacher training at Hun Seb Prek Somrung Primary Junior School, Cambodia

Marco DorminoA classroom in Gao, Mali

Teachers across the US “reclaimed” their public schools in a mass coordinated mobilisation to throw the spotlight on the challenges facing public education and solutions needed to address them.