Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack
@gcpea.bsky.social
A unique inter-agency coalition formed in 2010 to address the problem of targeted attacks on education in armed conflict. #SafeSchoolsDeclaration
https://protectingeducation.org/
https://protectingeducation.org/
Keeping schools civilian. 🏫
At #SafeSchools2025, experts discussed how armed actors can uphold IHL & prevent the military use of schools and universities.
#NotATarget #SSD
🔗 Livestream: kenyaconferencessd.co.ke
At #SafeSchools2025, experts discussed how armed actors can uphold IHL & prevent the military use of schools and universities.
#NotATarget #SSD
🔗 Livestream: kenyaconferencessd.co.ke
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Keeping schools civilian. 🏫
At #SafeSchools2025, experts discussed how armed actors can uphold IHL & prevent the military use of schools and universities.
#NotATarget #SSD
🔗 Livestream: kenyaconferencessd.co.ke
At #SafeSchools2025, experts discussed how armed actors can uphold IHL & prevent the military use of schools and universities.
#NotATarget #SSD
🔗 Livestream: kenyaconferencessd.co.ke
🌍 Day Two LIVE from Nairobi — #SSD10
Day One brought powerful commitments.
Today is all about action.
Global leaders, experts, youth voices & frontline practitioners are gathering now to push the Safe Schools agenda from adaptation to implementation.
Day One brought powerful commitments.
Today is all about action.
Global leaders, experts, youth voices & frontline practitioners are gathering now to push the Safe Schools agenda from adaptation to implementation.
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 AM
🌍 Day Two LIVE from Nairobi — #SSD10
Day One brought powerful commitments.
Today is all about action.
Global leaders, experts, youth voices & frontline practitioners are gathering now to push the Safe Schools agenda from adaptation to implementation.
Day One brought powerful commitments.
Today is all about action.
Global leaders, experts, youth voices & frontline practitioners are gathering now to push the Safe Schools agenda from adaptation to implementation.
⏱️ #SafeSchools2025 Conference Countdown: 1 Day to Go!
🚀 Tomorrow it begins! Leaders, educators, youth, and advocates from around the world will unite in Nairobi to protect the right to education — in every conflict, everywhere.
🚀 Tomorrow it begins! Leaders, educators, youth, and advocates from around the world will unite in Nairobi to protect the right to education — in every conflict, everywhere.
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 AM
⏱️ #SafeSchools2025 Conference Countdown: 1 Day to Go!
🚀 Tomorrow it begins! Leaders, educators, youth, and advocates from around the world will unite in Nairobi to protect the right to education — in every conflict, everywhere.
🚀 Tomorrow it begins! Leaders, educators, youth, and advocates from around the world will unite in Nairobi to protect the right to education — in every conflict, everywhere.
⏱️ #SafeSchools2025 Conference Countdown: 2 Days to Go!
⚡ In just 2 recent years (2022–2023), there were 6,000 attacks on education or military use of schools, affecting 10,000+ students and educators. That’s 8 attacks every day — a 20% rise from previous years.
⚡ In just 2 recent years (2022–2023), there were 6,000 attacks on education or military use of schools, affecting 10,000+ students and educators. That’s 8 attacks every day — a 20% rise from previous years.
November 24, 2025 at 4:22 AM
⏱️ #SafeSchools2025 Conference Countdown: 2 Days to Go!
⚡ In just 2 recent years (2022–2023), there were 6,000 attacks on education or military use of schools, affecting 10,000+ students and educators. That’s 8 attacks every day — a 20% rise from previous years.
⚡ In just 2 recent years (2022–2023), there were 6,000 attacks on education or military use of schools, affecting 10,000+ students and educators. That’s 8 attacks every day — a 20% rise from previous years.
⏱️ #SafeSchools2025 Conference Countdown: 3 Days to Go!
🌍 The number of States that have formally endorsed the #SafeSchoolsDeclaration is now in the three digits: 121 and counting! This milestone reflects the growing global commitment to keeping education safe in conflict.
🌍 The number of States that have formally endorsed the #SafeSchoolsDeclaration is now in the three digits: 121 and counting! This milestone reflects the growing global commitment to keeping education safe in conflict.
November 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
⏱️ #SafeSchools2025 Conference Countdown: 3 Days to Go!
🌍 The number of States that have formally endorsed the #SafeSchoolsDeclaration is now in the three digits: 121 and counting! This milestone reflects the growing global commitment to keeping education safe in conflict.
🌍 The number of States that have formally endorsed the #SafeSchoolsDeclaration is now in the three digits: 121 and counting! This milestone reflects the growing global commitment to keeping education safe in conflict.
⏱️ #SafeSchools2025 Conference Countdown: 4 Days to Go!
The 4th International Conference on the #SafeSchoolsDeclaration (Abuja 2021) launched the State-led Implementation Network — a platform for cooperation, peer learning, and sharing best practices among endorsing States.
The 4th International Conference on the #SafeSchoolsDeclaration (Abuja 2021) launched the State-led Implementation Network — a platform for cooperation, peer learning, and sharing best practices among endorsing States.
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
⏱️ #SafeSchools2025 Conference Countdown: 4 Days to Go!
The 4th International Conference on the #SafeSchoolsDeclaration (Abuja 2021) launched the State-led Implementation Network — a platform for cooperation, peer learning, and sharing best practices among endorsing States.
The 4th International Conference on the #SafeSchoolsDeclaration (Abuja 2021) launched the State-led Implementation Network — a platform for cooperation, peer learning, and sharing best practices among endorsing States.
#SafeSchools2025 Conference Countdown: 5 days to go ⏱️
🤝 Join us for the 5th International Conference on the Safe Schools Declaration!
🎒 Theme: “Safe Education for All: A Decade of Commitment, A Call to Action”
🗓️ Dates: 25-26 Nov 2025
Livestream
🔗Details: kenyaconferencessd.co.ke
#SafeSchools2025
🤝 Join us for the 5th International Conference on the Safe Schools Declaration!
🎒 Theme: “Safe Education for All: A Decade of Commitment, A Call to Action”
🗓️ Dates: 25-26 Nov 2025
Livestream
🔗Details: kenyaconferencessd.co.ke
#SafeSchools2025
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
#SafeSchools2025 Conference Countdown: 5 days to go ⏱️
🤝 Join us for the 5th International Conference on the Safe Schools Declaration!
🎒 Theme: “Safe Education for All: A Decade of Commitment, A Call to Action”
🗓️ Dates: 25-26 Nov 2025
Livestream
🔗Details: kenyaconferencessd.co.ke
#SafeSchools2025
🤝 Join us for the 5th International Conference on the Safe Schools Declaration!
🎒 Theme: “Safe Education for All: A Decade of Commitment, A Call to Action”
🗓️ Dates: 25-26 Nov 2025
Livestream
🔗Details: kenyaconferencessd.co.ke
#SafeSchools2025
#SafeSchools2025 Conference Countdown: 6 days to go ⏱️
⛔ Children in conflict face six grave violations:
Killing and maiming
Recruitment to armed groups
Sexual violence
Abduction
Attacks on schools and hospitals
Denial of humanitarian access
#SSD10 #NotATarget
⛔ Children in conflict face six grave violations:
Killing and maiming
Recruitment to armed groups
Sexual violence
Abduction
Attacks on schools and hospitals
Denial of humanitarian access
#SSD10 #NotATarget
November 19, 2025 at 4:04 PM
#SafeSchools2025 Conference Countdown: 6 days to go ⏱️
⛔ Children in conflict face six grave violations:
Killing and maiming
Recruitment to armed groups
Sexual violence
Abduction
Attacks on schools and hospitals
Denial of humanitarian access
#SSD10 #NotATarget
⛔ Children in conflict face six grave violations:
Killing and maiming
Recruitment to armed groups
Sexual violence
Abduction
Attacks on schools and hospitals
Denial of humanitarian access
#SSD10 #NotATarget
💡 Think you know GCPEA?
Here’s your chance to prove it!
hashtag#ProtectEducation
Here’s your chance to prove it!
hashtag#ProtectEducation
October 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
💡 Think you know GCPEA?
Here’s your chance to prove it!
hashtag#ProtectEducation
Here’s your chance to prove it!
hashtag#ProtectEducation
🗓️ 6th Intl. Day to #ProtectEducationFromAttack
Theme: “Challenging Narratives, Reshaping Action” — reject inevitability, demand protection, ensure learning.
📊 CAAC: 25% rise in grave violations, incl. 44% more attacks on education in 2024.
#SafeSchoolsDeclaration
Theme: “Challenging Narratives, Reshaping Action” — reject inevitability, demand protection, ensure learning.
📊 CAAC: 25% rise in grave violations, incl. 44% more attacks on education in 2024.
#SafeSchoolsDeclaration
September 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
🗓️ 6th Intl. Day to #ProtectEducationFromAttack
Theme: “Challenging Narratives, Reshaping Action” — reject inevitability, demand protection, ensure learning.
📊 CAAC: 25% rise in grave violations, incl. 44% more attacks on education in 2024.
#SafeSchoolsDeclaration
Theme: “Challenging Narratives, Reshaping Action” — reject inevitability, demand protection, ensure learning.
📊 CAAC: 25% rise in grave violations, incl. 44% more attacks on education in 2024.
#SafeSchoolsDeclaration
On Intl. Day to #ProtectEducationFromAttack, Lisa Chung Bender, Exec. Director of GCPEA, reminds us:
“When we protect education, we protect peace, promise, and possibility.”
GCPEA remains committed to documenting violations, strengthening protections & advancing accountability.
#ProtectEducation
“When we protect education, we protect peace, promise, and possibility.”
GCPEA remains committed to documenting violations, strengthening protections & advancing accountability.
#ProtectEducation
September 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
On Intl. Day to #ProtectEducationFromAttack, Lisa Chung Bender, Exec. Director of GCPEA, reminds us:
“When we protect education, we protect peace, promise, and possibility.”
GCPEA remains committed to documenting violations, strengthening protections & advancing accountability.
#ProtectEducation
“When we protect education, we protect peace, promise, and possibility.”
GCPEA remains committed to documenting violations, strengthening protections & advancing accountability.
#ProtectEducation
🗓️ 9 Sept: Intl. Day to Protect Education from Attack
Established in 2020 by a UNGA resolution spearheaded by Qatar, this day reaffirms the duty to keep students, teachers & schools safe in conflict.
2025 marks the 6th commemoration.
#ProtectEducationFromAttack
Established in 2020 by a UNGA resolution spearheaded by Qatar, this day reaffirms the duty to keep students, teachers & schools safe in conflict.
2025 marks the 6th commemoration.
#ProtectEducationFromAttack
September 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
🗓️ 9 Sept: Intl. Day to Protect Education from Attack
Established in 2020 by a UNGA resolution spearheaded by Qatar, this day reaffirms the duty to keep students, teachers & schools safe in conflict.
2025 marks the 6th commemoration.
#ProtectEducationFromAttack
Established in 2020 by a UNGA resolution spearheaded by Qatar, this day reaffirms the duty to keep students, teachers & schools safe in conflict.
2025 marks the 6th commemoration.
#ProtectEducationFromAttack
GCPEA’s Apolline Montoya welcomed the report and urged:
🛑 End military use of schools
⚖️ Strengthen accountability
🌍 Prepare for the 5th International Conference on the Safe Schools Declaration this December in Kenya
#ProtectEducation #SSD2025 #Accountability
🛑 End military use of schools
⚖️ Strengthen accountability
🌍 Prepare for the 5th International Conference on the Safe Schools Declaration this December in Kenya
#ProtectEducation #SSD2025 #Accountability
July 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
GCPEA’s Apolline Montoya welcomed the report and urged:
🛑 End military use of schools
⚖️ Strengthen accountability
🌍 Prepare for the 5th International Conference on the Safe Schools Declaration this December in Kenya
#ProtectEducation #SSD2025 #Accountability
🛑 End military use of schools
⚖️ Strengthen accountability
🌍 Prepare for the 5th International Conference on the Safe Schools Declaration this December in Kenya
#ProtectEducation #SSD2025 #Accountability
✔ Map needs and opportunities for a forthcoming Accountability Toolkit for legal practitioners
This expert roundtable is a step toward breaking the cycle of impunity and seeking justice for victims of attacks on education. #EducationUnderAttack
#ProtectEducation
#JusticeForEducation
This expert roundtable is a step toward breaking the cycle of impunity and seeking justice for victims of attacks on education. #EducationUnderAttack
#ProtectEducation
#JusticeForEducation
July 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
✔ Map needs and opportunities for a forthcoming Accountability Toolkit for legal practitioners
This expert roundtable is a step toward breaking the cycle of impunity and seeking justice for victims of attacks on education. #EducationUnderAttack
#ProtectEducation
#JusticeForEducation
This expert roundtable is a step toward breaking the cycle of impunity and seeking justice for victims of attacks on education. #EducationUnderAttack
#ProtectEducation
#JusticeForEducation
GCPEA is facilitating a global dialogue among criminal justice experts to:
✔ Exchange good practices on investigating and prosecuting education-related crimes
✔ Identify challenges and legal gaps in domestic and international responses
✔ Exchange good practices on investigating and prosecuting education-related crimes
✔ Identify challenges and legal gaps in domestic and international responses
July 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
GCPEA is facilitating a global dialogue among criminal justice experts to:
✔ Exchange good practices on investigating and prosecuting education-related crimes
✔ Identify challenges and legal gaps in domestic and international responses
✔ Exchange good practices on investigating and prosecuting education-related crimes
✔ Identify challenges and legal gaps in domestic and international responses
Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations, @gcpea.bsky.social , and the Education Above All are convening an Expert Roundtable on Strengthening Accountability for Attacks on Education.
Attacks on education are rarely investigated and prosecuted—why?
Attacks on education are rarely investigated and prosecuted—why?
July 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations, @gcpea.bsky.social , and the Education Above All are convening an Expert Roundtable on Strengthening Accountability for Attacks on Education.
Attacks on education are rarely investigated and prosecuted—why?
Attacks on education are rarely investigated and prosecuted—why?
📣 On Friday 10th July 2025, national, regional and international experts gathered in Geneva for a Critical Conversation on Strengthening Accountability for Attacks on Education
July 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
📣 On Friday 10th July 2025, national, regional and international experts gathered in Geneva for a Critical Conversation on Strengthening Accountability for Attacks on Education
“GCPEA strongly condemns Israel’s systemic attacks on the Palestinian education system – what the UN Special Rapporteur has defined as ‘scholasticide’.”
– Ilaria Paolazzi, GCPEA
These attacks must not go unanswered.
#HRC59 #Scholasticide #ProtectEducation
– Ilaria Paolazzi, GCPEA
These attacks must not go unanswered.
#HRC59 #Scholasticide #ProtectEducation
July 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
“GCPEA strongly condemns Israel’s systemic attacks on the Palestinian education system – what the UN Special Rapporteur has defined as ‘scholasticide’.”
– Ilaria Paolazzi, GCPEA
These attacks must not go unanswered.
#HRC59 #Scholasticide #ProtectEducation
– Ilaria Paolazzi, GCPEA
These attacks must not go unanswered.
#HRC59 #Scholasticide #ProtectEducation
📢 On 1 July, GCPEA organized a powerful side event at the #HRC59 in Geneva:
"Education under attack in the occupied Palestinian territory: Latest findings and strategies for greater accountability."
The discussion spotlighted the urgent need to protect education in Gaza.
#EducationUnderAttack
"Education under attack in the occupied Palestinian territory: Latest findings and strategies for greater accountability."
The discussion spotlighted the urgent need to protect education in Gaza.
#EducationUnderAttack
July 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
📢 On 1 July, GCPEA organized a powerful side event at the #HRC59 in Geneva:
"Education under attack in the occupied Palestinian territory: Latest findings and strategies for greater accountability."
The discussion spotlighted the urgent need to protect education in Gaza.
#EducationUnderAttack
"Education under attack in the occupied Palestinian territory: Latest findings and strategies for greater accountability."
The discussion spotlighted the urgent need to protect education in Gaza.
#EducationUnderAttack
🔹 WE’RE HIRING – ACCOUNTABILITY CONSULTANT
🌍 Remote | Apply by June 19 | Start: July 1
Join @gcpea.bsky.social as a ACCOUNTABILITY CONSULTANT on a new initiative to strengthen accountability and support justice processes globally.
More details - protectingeducation.org/job/accounta...
🌍 Remote | Apply by June 19 | Start: July 1
Join @gcpea.bsky.social as a ACCOUNTABILITY CONSULTANT on a new initiative to strengthen accountability and support justice processes globally.
More details - protectingeducation.org/job/accounta...
June 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🔹 WE’RE HIRING – ACCOUNTABILITY CONSULTANT
🌍 Remote | Apply by June 19 | Start: July 1
Join @gcpea.bsky.social as a ACCOUNTABILITY CONSULTANT on a new initiative to strengthen accountability and support justice processes globally.
More details - protectingeducation.org/job/accounta...
🌍 Remote | Apply by June 19 | Start: July 1
Join @gcpea.bsky.social as a ACCOUNTABILITY CONSULTANT on a new initiative to strengthen accountability and support justice processes globally.
More details - protectingeducation.org/job/accounta...
🎤 Don’t miss this official side event of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
📅 5 June 2025
🕧 12:45–14:15 CEST
📍 In-person: Room 3, CICG, Geneva
💻 Online: lnkd.in/eg66sYC4
🔗 Event Info - lnkd.in/gNVcWkyy
📌 Hosted by GADRRRES
📅 5 June 2025
🕧 12:45–14:15 CEST
📍 In-person: Room 3, CICG, Geneva
💻 Online: lnkd.in/eg66sYC4
🔗 Event Info - lnkd.in/gNVcWkyy
📌 Hosted by GADRRRES
June 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
🎤 Don’t miss this official side event of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
📅 5 June 2025
🕧 12:45–14:15 CEST
📍 In-person: Room 3, CICG, Geneva
💻 Online: lnkd.in/eg66sYC4
🔗 Event Info - lnkd.in/gNVcWkyy
📌 Hosted by GADRRRES
📅 5 June 2025
🕧 12:45–14:15 CEST
📍 In-person: Room 3, CICG, Geneva
💻 Online: lnkd.in/eg66sYC4
🔗 Event Info - lnkd.in/gNVcWkyy
📌 Hosted by GADRRRES
🌍 121 countries have endorsed the #SafeSchoolsDeclaration - that’s 121 reasons to believe in collective protection for students and teachers in conflict zones.
Read the updated @gcpea.bsky.social fact sheet to learn how education is being safeguarded in conflict contexts. #ProtectEducation
Read the updated @gcpea.bsky.social fact sheet to learn how education is being safeguarded in conflict contexts. #ProtectEducation
May 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🌍 121 countries have endorsed the #SafeSchoolsDeclaration - that’s 121 reasons to believe in collective protection for students and teachers in conflict zones.
Read the updated @gcpea.bsky.social fact sheet to learn how education is being safeguarded in conflict contexts. #ProtectEducation
Read the updated @gcpea.bsky.social fact sheet to learn how education is being safeguarded in conflict contexts. #ProtectEducation
🎉 This May marks 10 years of the Safe Schools Declaration - a global commitment to protect education from attack.
📘 From policy shifts to peacekeeping reforms, read how implementation of the #SafeSchoolsDeclaration can save lives and #ProtectEducation around the world. Link below -
📘 From policy shifts to peacekeeping reforms, read how implementation of the #SafeSchoolsDeclaration can save lives and #ProtectEducation around the world. Link below -
May 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🎉 This May marks 10 years of the Safe Schools Declaration - a global commitment to protect education from attack.
📘 From policy shifts to peacekeeping reforms, read how implementation of the #SafeSchoolsDeclaration can save lives and #ProtectEducation around the world. Link below -
📘 From policy shifts to peacekeeping reforms, read how implementation of the #SafeSchoolsDeclaration can save lives and #ProtectEducation around the world. Link below -
But more than just a declaration, this initiative has spurred real change:
✅ Countries such as Nigeria, Mali, and Ukraine have institutionalised national policies, early warning systems, and local protection mechanisms.
✅ Countries such as Nigeria, Mali, and Ukraine have institutionalised national policies, early warning systems, and local protection mechanisms.
May 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
But more than just a declaration, this initiative has spurred real change:
✅ Countries such as Nigeria, Mali, and Ukraine have institutionalised national policies, early warning systems, and local protection mechanisms.
✅ Countries such as Nigeria, Mali, and Ukraine have institutionalised national policies, early warning systems, and local protection mechanisms.