Category Archives: Human Rights
Persons with Disability in Syria: Challenges and Solutions
The Syrian crisis an 8-year-old hideous crisis will not fade without leaving a strong impact, from what we have seen it has increased vulnerability and the prevalence of impairment, leaving a tremendous number of war-born injuries that are considered as a problem in both health and socio-economic sectors. The staggering levels of need persist for people across Syria as it remains a major protection crisis, with civilians exposed to multiple protection risks related to ongoing hostilities; the effects of new and protracted displacement; dire conditions in sites and collective shelters hosting IDPs; and the depletion of socioeconomic resources triggering harmful coping strategies (e.g. child labor and early marriages).
Quick Guide for Education in Emergency Situations
The right to education is a Human Right internationally recognised. Going further, education is more than that, education is the tool through which people exercise and defend their own rights.
However, according to UNESCO in 2014 there were 58 million children who did not receive any sort of education at school. The percentage of girls deprived of education is higher than the percentage of boys since genre represents an obstacle in many cultures. Proceeding beyond, UNESCO claims that, if this tendency persists, 4 out of 10 of those children will be never go to school. There are several different reasons, among them, the fact of living in an emergency context (displacement, recovery after a natural disaster, etc)
Historically, in emergency situations, the restoration of education and the continuity of school for children in the affected populations have just not been established as a priority, but they have also been forgotten. Only in the last decades, the spotlight has been placed in Education in emergency situations, which means the scarce amount of experiences and learning processes in which rely on.
Additionally, emergencies are so diverse and its consequences affect in a different way several populations that it will be difficult to elaborate a good theoretical handbook. Nonetheless, not for this it should be remained apart. Even more, education in emergencies must be considered as a priority issue to study and develop. Once basic needs are covered, the creation of an environment of socialization and learning will support and promote the development of the rest of recovery efforts and contribute mostly to the community’s improvement.
We must not consent that natural disasters, displacements or wars represent a hurdle to million of children to have access to education. We must do our best to grant, above all, the access to the right to education.
The proposed guide is a general aid that should be adapted in each considered situation. It needs to be extended and complemented, but it represents the first step, necessary in every large distance.
Quick guide for education in emergencies
The right to education is an internationally recognized human right; it is also more than that, it is the tool through which people exercise and defend the rest of their human rights.
However, per UNESCO, in 2014 there were 58 million children around the world who were not in school. The percentage of girls deprived of education is higher than the percentage of boys since gender still represents an obstacle in many cultures. Furthermore, UNESCO recognizes that, if this tendency persists, 4 out of 10 of those children
Presentation: Protection Manual for Human Rights Defenders
Photo: Carlos III University
(This resource is available in Spanish)
The term “human rights defender“ has spread from the statement on the same adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 9, 1998. Describe the person who individually or collectively act to promote or protect human rights, be they civil, political, economic, social and / or cultural, whether concrete as minority or groups and their vulnerability support a high degree of people social or political exclusion.
