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by Eskinder Negash The solemn pageantry of America’s presidential inaugurations celebrates our long history of democratic transitions following elections. Despite...
READ FULL STORYPart I of this brief discussed the barriers refugee girls face to continuing their education in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. The barriers fall into three main categories: financial issues, gendered norms about the value of educating girls, and outright gender-based and sexual violence. Part II focuses on solutions, not only to overcome these barriers in the short-term, but to create greater gender equity in refugee education in the long-term.
Based on USCRI’s research, recommendations from NGOs and agencies on the ground, and innovations currently being implemented during the pandemic, here are USCRI’s top recommendations for ensuring educational gender parity among refugees during and in the aftermath of the pandemic:
One notable gap in the existing literature on solutions is the role that men and boys can and should play in promoting girls’ education. Short-term solutions proposed by various NGOs too often focus on girls as the only solution to problems that are largely caused by men, leaving males unaccountable for creating change and falling short of actually dismantling gender hierarchies. Hence, USCRI’s last two recommendations reflect the need for more systemic change, which cannot be achieved without demanding that males participate in creating solutions and holding them accountable when they perpetuate gender inequality.
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by Eskinder Negash The solemn pageantry of America’s presidential inaugurations celebrates our long history of democratic transitions following elections. Despite...
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