Éducation de base et l'égalité des sexes

Retour à la normale à travers l'éducation

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A principal aim of UNICEF's education strategy is to help countries restore normalcy to children affected by conflict and natural disasters. UNICEF recognizes the devastating impact that man-made and natural emergencies have on children's educational opportunities and the threat these crises pose to achieving the international goals of universal primary education and gender equality in education for all by 2015. UNICEF's approach to education is a grounded in the rights of the child, which are most at risk during crises and their aftermath. UNICEF's goal is to ensure protection and quality learning opportunities to children in the aftermath of emergency, while recognizing education as the platform for rebuilding young lives and constructing improved systems and institutions (building back better).

UNICEF recognizes that in every crisis lie the seeds of opportunity. Education can help heal the most wounded societies. It is not only an end in itself, but part of the solution in responding to crises and a first step in getting countries back on a development path. Emergency situations, whether long- or short-term, can diminish capacity to develop and implement policies that benefit the most vulnerable. A critical need in post-crisis transitions, therefore, is building the capacity of fragile states to develop new and better education systems. In country after country, this investment has been shown to yield significant development dividends.

Main areas of engagement and response
UNICEF has a long track record of responding quickly to emergencies, especially for re-establishing education. UNICEF's programmes cover:

• Countries in crisis
• Countries in a state of post-crisis transition
• Fragile states

Key education in emergency programme responses include:

• Rapid Assessment of Learning Spaces (RALS)
• Back-to-School Campaigns

The success of UNICEF's work in education in emergencies depends on its partnerships with other main actors in the international arena. Of particular importance is its joint leadership of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee's Education Cluster.

Increasingly, UNICEF is also supporting initiatives to predict and prevent natural disasters and civil conflicts - and to be better prepared, should they occur. Disaster risk reduction is critical to efforts to protect the lives and rights of children, including their right to sustained quality education.