Global Campaign for Education

17/06/2026

The Africa Network Campaign for Education for All's statement on The Day of the African Child calls attention to the urgent need to secure the best interests of the child.

05/06/2026

Global education and UN calendar for June 2026

05/06/2026

This , GCE stands in solidarity with the Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE) in calling for urgent, inclusive action to support LGBTQIA+ learners in and through education.

Creating safe, equitable, and inclusive education systems is central to the right to education. This means dismantling discriminatory policies, investing in teacher training, and ensuring that curricula, including comprehensive sexuality education, reflect diversity and uphold dignity for all learners.

As a global civil society movement advocating for education justice, GCE emphasizes that no learner should be excluded or marginalised because of their identity. Governments and education stakeholders must take concrete steps to:

➡ Eliminate discriminatory laws and practices
➡ Strengthen safe and inclusive school environments
➡ Partner with LGBTQIA+ organisations and communities
➡ Integrate gender and sexual diversity into teacher education
➡ Ensure inclusive, accurate, and rights-based curricula

We encourage our members and partners to explore INEE’s LGBTQIA+ Resource Collection and use the social media toolkit to help advance this message and drive policy change.

Resource collection: https://inee.org/collections/lgbtqia
Social media toolkit: https://inee.org/blog/social-media-toolkit-supporting-lgbtqia-learners

📣 Calling all education policy makers! Looking for ways to support + learners in and through education?

✅Abolish discriminatory policies that impact LGBTQIA+ learners access to and experience of education
✅Develop and train teachers on comprehensive school safety policies
✅Partner with local LGBTQIA+ organizations to ensure policies are relevant and appropriate
✅Incorporate information on sexual and gender diversity into pre-service teacher training
✅Ensure comprehensive sexuality education is inclusive and medically accurate

Check out our LGBTQIA+ Resource Collection to learn more ➡️ https://inee.org/collections/lgbtqia

Want to amplify this campaign? Check out our social media toolkit ➡️ https://inee.org/blog/social-media-toolkit-supporting-lgbtqia-learners

03/06/2026

The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Board is meeting in Paris (3-4 June 2026), with key discussions shaping the road to the replenishment at the UN General Assembly in September.

Ahead of the meeting, civil society representatives from GCE (Phuma Luthago), Campaign For Popular Education - CAMPE (Rasheda Choudhury), and ANCEFA-Africa Network Campaign on Education For All (Solange Apko) came together to raise shared challenges and push for stronger collaboration at country and global levels.

Discussions focused on partnerships, financing, and cross-sector engagement, while a new foundation, IFEed, was introduced with a strong private sector focus.

As the replenishment approaches, these developments highlight the need for stronger accountability, inclusive partnerships, and increased public financing to ensure education systems are adequately and equitably funded.

26/05/2026

Global youth exchange webinar - Transforming Education Outcomes Through Systems Strengthening and Social Accountability Monitoring.

26/05/2026

Happening today!

Join GCE's Youth Network and the Kuyenda Collective for the global youth exchange webinar, 'Transforming Education Outcomes Through Systems Strengthening and Social Accountability Monitoring.'

This online session will explore how young people are using social accountability to strengthen education systems, from community monitoring and youth-led evidence generation to advocacy on education financing, equity, and digital inclusion.

🗓 Date: 26 May 2026
🕑 Time: 14:00-15:45 SAST
💻 Platform: Zoom

Register and join via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/xvQAWRZjSR6_t74mWClYaw

Interpretation will be available in Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, and French.

Young activists, education advocates, and members of youth networks and alliances working on education justice, financing, accountability, and systems change are especially encouraged to join and share their experiences.

Together, we will move beyond viewing education challenges as isolated problems and instead understand them as part of wider system dynamics, and explore practical ways youth-led monitoring, evidence, and advocacy can drive more equitable, accountable, and responsive education systems.

21/05/2026

Global Launch of GCE’s Gender Transformative Education Online Course

19/05/2026

Join us for the global launch of GCE’s new online course, Learning for Advocacy and Influence on Gender Transformative Education.

This course is designed to strengthen civil society capacities to advance gender equality and social inclusion in and through education.

🗓 Date: Thursday, 21 May 2026
⏰ Time: 14:00–15:30 SAST (Johannesburg)
🔗 Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/2FEttrRbRPWN2-zNcixgfw #/registration

🌍 Language: English, with simultaneous interpretation in Arabic, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.

During the session, participants will:
- Get an introduction to the course content
- Explore its interactive features
- Learn how it can support national and regional advocacy efforts

🔎 Learn more on the GCE website - https://campaignforeducation.org/

We encourage you to join us and share this invitation within your networks.

08/05/2026

As part of , Refaat Sabbah, GCE President and Secretary General of the Arab Campaign for Education for All الحملة العربية للتعليم للجميع- آكيا (ACEA), joined a conference hosted by the Irish Network for Education Worldwide (INEW) on 28 April in Dublin.

The event brought together global leaders to discuss education financing, one of the most urgent challenges today. Representing GCE, Crispin Williams (Board Member) joined a panel alongside experts, including Laura Frigenti, CEO of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), to reflect on the current state of global education funding and the need for stronger international coordination, particularly in support of initiatives such as Education Cannot Wait and GPE.

In his intervention, Refat stressed that, “Education financing is not a purely technical or financial matter; at its core, it is a political decision that reflects a state’s priorities and value system.” He emphasised that the real issue is not a lack of resources, but how they are allocated. Declining investment in education, he warned, deepens inequalities and weakens the resilience of societies.

Refat concluded his intervention by reiterating that education must be recognised as a pillar of justice and dignity, and investing in it must not be delayed.

05/05/2026