Media page for 'Stepping Up' education report
Media page for 'Stepping Up' education report
Stepping Up: Refugee Education in Crisis
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Out of the 7.1 million school-age refugee children around the world, more than half - 3.7 million - do not go to school.
All information and materials accessed through this page is strictly embargoed until 05:00 GMT on 30 August 2019
Out of the 7.1 million school-age refugee children around the world, more than half - 3.7 million - do not go to school.
© UNHCR/Gordon Welters
“We need to invest in refugee education or pay the price of a generation of children condemned to grow up unable to live independently, find work and be full contributors to their communities.”
Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Media contacts
For technical expertise on education, please contact:
- Ita Sheehy, UNHCR Head of Education, [email protected], +45 20 55 39 61
- Mamadou Dian Balde, Deputy Director of UNHCR's Division of Resilience and Solutions, [email protected], +41 22 739 879
- Jackie Strecker, UNHCR Education Officer, [email protected], +41 22 739 8903
- Maren Kroeger, UNHCR Education Officer, [email protected], +45 45 33 63 22
Global media contacts:
- Farha Bhoyroo, Communications Officer (French), [email protected], +41 78 910 8546
- Shabia Mantoo, Communications Officer, [email protected], +41 22 739 7138
- Sybella Wilkes, Communications Advisor, [email protected], +41 22 739 7968
Media contacts elsewhere:
- In Abu Dhabi, Bathoul Ahmed, [email protected], +9672 235111
- In Amman (regional), Rula Amin, [email protected], +962 790 04 58 49
- In Athens, Boris Cheshirkov, [email protected], +30 216 200 078 00
- In Bangkok, Caroline Gluck, [email protected], +66 81 827 0280
- In Beirut, Lisa Abou Khaled, [email protected], +961 71 880 070
- In Berlin, Chris Melzer, [email protected], +49 151 706 660 13
- In Bogota, Rocio Castaneda, [email protected], +57 15463666
- In Brussels, Frederik Bordon, [email protected], +32 2 6275932
- In Budapest, Zoran Stevanovic, [email protected], +36 01 336 3079
- In Cox's Bazar, Louise Donovan, [email protected], +880 18 4732 7279
- In Dakar (regional), Romain Desclous, [email protected], +221 77 786 396 385
- In Kinshasa, Fabien Faivre, [email protected], +243-825 443 419
- In London, Matthew Saltmarsh, [email protected], +44 7880 230 985
- In Madrid, Rosa Otero, [email protected], +34 673 469 103
- In Mexico City, Silvia Garduno, [email protected],+52 55 50831720
- In Nairobi (regional), Dana Hughes, [email protected], +254 733 440 536
- In New York, Deanna Bitetti, [email protected], +1 646 515 4141
- In Panama City (regional), William Spindler, [email protected], +507 63827815
- In Paris, Céline Schmitt, [email protected], +33 6 23 16 11 78
- In Pretoria (regional), Markku Aikomus, [email protected], +27 12 762 7488
- In Rome, Carlotta Sami, [email protected], +39 335 679 47 46
- In Stockholm (regional), Caroline Bach, [email protected], +46 70 86 604 51
- In Washington, Chris Boian, [email protected], +1 202 489 6884
Download multimedia
- PDF report: English
- Infographics â Arabic, English, French, Spanish
- Macros - English
- Photos
- Videos
Chapter 1: Primary education
Closing the Gap
- Lebanon: Friends from different countries are uniting to give Syrian kids a route off the streets and back into class (text - Arabic, English, French, Spanish/Video - INT, EN, social/Photos)
- Greece: Young refugees on Greek islands dream of school but many lack access (text - English, French, Spanish/Video - INT, EN, social/Photos)
Chapter 2: Secondary education
Lost Futures
- Bangladesh: Young Rohingya refugees strive to keep dreams of an education alive (text - English, French, Spanish/Video - INT, EN, social/Photos)
- âDemocratic Republic of the Congo: Top of his class and hungry for more, a young refugee battles the odds (text - English, French, Spanish/Video - INT, EN, social/Photos)
Chapter 3: Higher education
Out of Reach
- Kenya: Refugee plugs Syrian youth into higher education and peacebuilding network (text - English, French, Spanish/Video - INT, EN, social/Photos)
- Colombia: Daniela's dreams of becoming a doctor on hold as she struggles to provide for family (text - English, French, Spanish/Video - INT, EN, social/Photos)
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