Education For All

Today, on the anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, winners of the Nobel Peace Prize around the world are calling for quality education to reduce conflict and peace.

An open letter signed by dignitaries such as Wangari Maathai, The 14th Dalai Lama, Irene Khan (on behalf of Amnesty International) and Bishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu, calls on governments and other parties to armed conflict to respect and promote schools as places of peace and safety:

• Ensure all children have access to quality education despite ethnicity, religion or language
• Ensure all children can learn free from fear of recruitment into armed forces, violence or intimidation.
• Ensure all children receive an inclusive and relevant education that promotes an openness of thought and is accountable to children's families and communities. 
• Ensure that quality education is made an integral part of every peace process.

Click here for the letter written