Well folks, thanks for hanging in so far and reading along, learning as I do about the plight of women and children in Afghanistan, and the ongoing efforts to raise awareness and education.

This week has been declared Global Action Week on Education by UNESCO. Read on!

From http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=53049&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Global Action Week: zoom on Afghanistan

23-04-2007 (UNESCO)

To mark Global Action Week, 23-29 April, UNESCO is organizing a photo exhibition in homage to leading Afghan defender of girls’ education, Safia Ama Jan, who was murdered in 2006 for her activism.

A UNESCO study on violence against education personnel, dedicated to her memory, will be launched on April 27.

UNESCO is mobilizing its stakeholders for this annual initiative in favour of Education for All. The theme for the 2007 action is “Education as a Human Right”.

Workshops, public rallies, conferences, debates, TV documentaries, media training, the publication of advocacy materials and exhibitions are among the activities planned worldwide by UNESCO field offices. Partners include ministries, sister agencies, the media, schools and civil society.

Global Action Week is organized by the Global Campaign for Education (GCE), a UNESCO partner. Actors at all levels of education are urged to sign up and take part in order to promote Education for all worldwide.

“Everyone has the right to education” according to Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. UNESCO is mandated to work with education in its many aspects, and places the language of rights at the very heart of its efforts, with emphasis on inclusion, lifelong learning and non-discrimination.