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International Parliamentary Network for Education
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Mobilising political leadership to deliver inclusive and equitable quality education and learning opportunities for all. #SDG4

https://www.ipned.org/
📢NEW MEMBER
We are delighted to announce that Makame Hasnuu Abdulla, Member of the East African Legislative Assembly has joined International Parliamentary Network for Education.

Thank you for your #PoliticalLeadershipForEducation and welcome to the Network!
November 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
📢NEW MEMBER
We are delighted to announce that Hesha Withanage, Member of Parliament of Sri Lanka, has joined @ipned.bsky.social.

Thank you for your #PoliticalLeadershipForEducation and welcome to the Network!
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
MPs warn UK education aid cuts threaten global stability. Debate highlights 83% drop in education ODA since 2016, risking classrooms & futures worldwide. APPG calls this a “false choice” vs defence & diplomacy.

Read more👉https://go.ipned.org/8af4xx
#PoliticalLeadershipForEducation
November 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Political commitment to foundational learning is rising across Africa, but lasting progress needs broad societal support. IPNEd’s panel at ADEA Triennale, Ghana showcased how parliamentarians, CSOs & grassroots initiatives drive change.

Read more 👉https://go.ipned.org/8af4xx
#FoundationalLearning
November 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
📢NEW MEMBER

We are delighted to announce that Alex Antonio Paredes Gonzales of the National Congress of the Republic of Peru, has joined @ipned.bsky.social .

¡Gracias por su #LiderazgoPolíticoParaLaEducación y bienvenidos a la Red!
November 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
📢NEW MEMBER
We are delighted to announce that Istvan Hiller of the National Assembly of Hungary, has joined @ipned.bsky.social.

Thank you for your #PoliticalLeadershipForEducation and welcome to the Network!
November 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Writing from the @ipuparliament.bsky.social Assembly in #Geneva, @folketinget.dk member Kris Skriver calls for renewed global solidarity in response to humanitarian crises & more support to ensure that children in emergencies receive an education. 👉 go.ipned.org/n718s5
#IP151 #EiE #SDG4
October 24, 2025 at 10:17 AM
We implore our governments to do everything in their power to help the people of Afghanistan who have already endured decades of warfare, poverty, hardship, as well as extreme discrimination and threats.

#LetAfghanGirlsLearn #EducationForAll
@unamanews.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Despite enormous challenges, NGOs have gone to great lengths to keep hope alive and provide learning opportunities for girls in their homes.

These efforts should be sustained & supported to grow their reach & quality.
#LetAfghanGirlsLearn #EducationForAll
@unicef.org @streetchilduk.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
We urge donor governments and development banks to refresh their support for Afghanistan’s education sector, including the work of @UNICEFAfg & @EduCannotWait & their implementing partners.

#LetAfghanGirlsLearn #EducationForAll
@savechildrenuk.bsky.social @akf-global.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
We support efforts by Afghan women to have the institutionalized regime of systematic oppression acknowledged as gender apartheid.

#LetAfghanGirlsLearn #EndGenderApartheid
@egacampaign.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
We urge the international community to use every available tool to ensure accountability for human rights violations conducted in Afghanistan by the de facto authorities.

#LetAfghanGirlsLearn #EndImpunity
@hrw.org @amnesty.org
August 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
4 years after the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, it is the only place in the world where women & adolescent girls are banned from education.

IPNEd calls for renewed action in four areas to protect rights, including to education in Afghanistan.
👉http://go.ipned.org/abw5bs
#LetAfghanGirlsLearn
August 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The Taliban’s ban on female education includes medical training. With restrictions on the treatment of women by male doctors, this adversely impacts women’s health.

Read about a female student’s plea to return to nursing school.
👉 go.ipned.org/0rh9s5
@who.int @hrw.org

#LetAfghanGirlsLearn
August 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
In advance of the 4th anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, former member of the Afghan national assembly, @mariamistan.bsky.social, talks about the ongoing violation of women's & girls' rights, including education.
👉 go.ipned.org/izf7x6
#LetAfghanGirlsLearn
@ipuparliament.bsky.social
August 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"The consequences of inaction are dire, but the opportunity to act is within our reach." - @Oolusegun_obj, Nigeria's Former President

🌍 Parliamentarians must act now to invest in education & #EnsureEveryChildLearns.

🔗 Learn how leaders can act: go.ipned.org/uv2fdc
July 21, 2025 at 8:59 AM
New research by the Center for Global Development shows strong economic returns when children learn foundational literacy & numeracy in primary school.

Prioritising the basics amidst reduced budgets is key, and #PoliticalLeadershipForLearning is at the heart.

Read more: go.ipned.org/9c417j
July 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
National momentum across Tanzania is growing to provide nutritious #SchoolMeals for every child.

🇹🇿 Neema Lugangira MP is behind this local drive, & is championing school meals internationally.

Read more in our #ParliamentaryActionForEducation series: go.ipned.org/gt4538

@lshtm.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
NEW GEM Report reveals that education aid is set to fall by a quarter by 2027.

This risks reversing progress and leaving more children out of school.

Donor parliaments must prioritise, protect & grow education financing.

🔗: go.ipned.org/q2a1ey
June 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
No child should be left without quality education — including those w/ disabilities.

@mikelakemp.bsky.social is committed to this & using his role as parliamentarian in Canada to #EnsureEveryChildLearns.

Read more: www.ipned.org/news-and-views/promoting-disability-inclusive-education-globally
June 26, 2025 at 12:17 PM
🌍 Join us online on Monday 30 June to celebrate #WorldParliamentDay and hear from 5 members of parliament taking action on education worldwide!

See the link for the full list of speakers and topics ⬇️

Register here: go.ipned.org/av6znv

Spanish and French interpretation will be available.
June 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Celebrities, entrepreneurs, writers, MPs, charities, & voters are fighting to protect global education from UK aid cuts.

Malala, Annie Lennox OBE, Myleene Klass OBE & others now petition the PM “not to step back” from supporting girl's education.

Read more ➡️ go.ipned.org/mp182o
June 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Corporal punishment was outlawed in #Thailand in March this year, & Patsarin Ramwong was one of the MPs who ensured this

➡️ Sign up to hear more from Ms. Ramwong MP at our event this #WorldParliamentDay (30 June): go.ipned.org/av6znv

Read more: go.ipned.org/j3rgdx
#PoliticalLeadershipForEducation
June 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The UK once led the world in supporting education for girls.

@malala.bsky.social, Annie Lennox, Siobhán McSweeney & many other high-profile supporters are urging Keir Starmer not to abandon the world's poorest children.

Read their letter to 10 Downing Street.
👉https://go.ipned.org/wt3lww
June 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Much is possible when parliamentarians work cross-party and cross-house — like 🇳🇬 Mark Useni MP and Senator Adamu Lawal, who are working to extend Nigeria’s Basic Education Act and increase #EducationFinancing.

📅 Sign up to hear more this #WorldParliamentDay (30 June): go.ipned.org/ii88ag
June 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM