GCPEA Launches New Publication on Protecting Education from Attack

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At the Institute of International Education in New York on January 20th and at Save the Children in London on January 25th, The Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) released a new study on field-based programmatic measures to protect education from attack. The study is a first attempt to create a knowledge base of programmatic measures implemented by communities and other education and protection actors to prevent or mitigate targeted attacks on education in countries affected by conflict. IIE’s Scholar Rescue Fund is proud to serve as the administrative and fiscal agent for GCPEA.

The study begins with a discussion of different types of programmatic measures to protect education from attack. It concludes with an annex of 20 country profiles that provide the reader with more information on the context of the attacks on education in that particular country and more details on the programmatic measures being implemented there.

In conjunction with the study, and in order to develop its research agenda, GCPEA commissioned Dr. Dana Burde and Amy Kapit-Spitalny of New York University’s Steinhardt School of Education, Culture, and Human Development, to write a paper, "Prioritizing the Agenda for Research for the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack." The agenda presents a rationale for research and a survey of what we know to date from the available literature. It demonstrates how NGOs can engage in research and illustrates the power of partnerships between NGOs and academics. It concludes with observations about funding for research and frameworks for moving forward.

Both documents are available on GCPEA’s website: www.protectingeducation.org.