World Refugee Day: Syria’s Children
By Gordon Brown, UN Special Envoy for Global Education Today is World Refugee Day. And today the world is facing a catastrophe that has displaced and exiled more people than the Asian Tsunami of 2004...
View ArticleVigil to Mark 100 Days of Captivity for Chibok Girls
Vigils are to be held around the world for Nigeria’s 200 kidnapped girls of Chibok on 23 July - exactly 100 days after their abduction from school. After more than three months in captivity, the vigils...
View ArticleStatement by United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown
“The bombing of the UNRWA school in Gaza and the death of innocent children will be seen as an international outrage which will sadden millions throughout the world. “Schools should never be...
View ArticleStatement from UN Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown
“We have yet again seen another day in which 15 civilians, including children, have been killed in a UN run school compound in Gaza. Since the start of the conflict more than 133 schools have been...
View ArticleCall For Youth Courage Award Nominations
The Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education is pleased to announce a call for nominations for the 2014 Youth Courage Awards. The inaugural set of Youth Courage Awards were...
View ArticleSpecial Envoy for Global Education on International Youth Day
On International Youth Day, I am moved more than ever by the powerful voice of the 1.2 billion young people across the globe who are boldly taking a stand in calling for the protection of the right to...
View ArticlePress Release: UN Special Envoy Joins Celebrities, Youth, Business Leaders...
18 August 2014 United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown today (Monday) announces the official launch of the #EducationCountdown campaign marking the 500-day point until the end...
View ArticleBrown Plea For Gaza Schools
25 August 2014 Gordon Brown has called for financial support to help rebuild the destroyed schools of Gaza and ensure children can go to school. The UN Special Envoy for Global Education was speaking...
View ArticleStatement from Gordon Brown on Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi Nobel...
“Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi are the world’s greatest children’s champions. They are two of my best friends and two of the greatest global campaigners who deserve the Nobel Peace Prize for...
View ArticleStatement From Gordon Brown on Chibok Girls
Gordon Brown, United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education, who has visited Nigeria and worked for the release of the girls, said: “We remain desperately concerned about the Chibok girls who,...
View ArticleStatement from Gordon Brown: Youth Up for School Launch in Kenya
“I am pleased that youth from across Kenya are standing ‘Up for School’ and marking the Africa-wide launch of a new campaign to raise awareness of the need to get every child in to school and learning....
View ArticleFive Million Not at School Because of Ebola
Gordon Brown has written a foreword to a new report on the Ebola crisis, ‘Ebola Emergency: Restoring Education, Creating Safe Schools and Preventing Long-term Crisis’ , which calls for the rapid...
View ArticleStatement by Gordon Brown on Pakistan School Attack
Statement by Gordon Brown United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education Speaking from Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where he is visiting schools and meeting children, Gordon Brown...
View ArticleStatement From Gordon Brown on Release of the ASER Annual Report in Pakistan
I would like to congratulate Baela Jamil and all of the staff and participants on the fifth anniversary and launch of the ASER Annual Report for Pakistan. This trailblazing report has been instrumental...
View ArticleStatement From Gordon Brown on Boko Haram Attacks
Gordon Brown said: “It is time for the whole world to condemn Boko Haram’s evil use of young girls as suicide bombers to carry out their murderous attacks. In the first incident on Friday, a bomb...
View ArticlePress Release: Gordon Brown Calls for Global Emergency Education Fund
United Nations Education Envoy Gordon Brown has called for a global emergency education fund to be established for children who are out of school because of conflict, disease or natural disasters. The...
View ArticlePress Release: Pakistan PM Backs International Effort for Safe Schools
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has agreed to support an initiative aimed at helping deliver Safe Schools in his country. The proposal, first put forward by UN Special Envoy for Global Education...
View ArticleStatement from the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Global Education
A multi-million dollar global initiative aimed at helping protect millions of schoolgirls from violence will be launched this week following a devastating new UN report. The next phase of a Safe...
View ArticlePress Release: Prime Minister Sharif Backs New Pakistan Safe Schools...
A World at School today launches a 15-point plan for a Pakistan Safe Schools Initiative – backed fully by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and UN Special Education Envoy Gordon Brown - in a multi-million...
View ArticlePress Release: Mass Hostage Release Sparks Chibok Girls Plea
Gordon Brown has issued a fresh plea to the kidnappers of 220 Nigerian schoolgirls to release them immediately. The former British Prime Minister urged Boko Haram militants to free the girls who were...
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