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Will you replenish the Education Cannot Wait fund for children in emergencies?
Dear Penny Wong and Pat Conroy, Around the world, a shocking 222 million children are missing out on an education because of armed conflicts, forced displacement, climate-induced disasters and protracted crises. Education Cannot Wait (ECW) is the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises. They support and protect every child’s right to access an education. This fund is up for replenishment next month. Will our government make a commitment to the Education Cannot Wait replenishment in February 2023? Adolescent girls in particular face distinct challenges in realizing their right to education. The pressure of child marriage and early pregnancy, the preferential treatment of boys’ education, the burden of domestic chores, and gender-based violence in the home, school and community all prevent girls from completing their secondary education. COVID-19, conflict and climate change have made these challenges even more difficult to overcome. Adolescent girls in conflict zones are 90 per cent more likely than their peers in non-conflict settings to be out of school. This threatens to undo the years of progress and hard-won gains that Australia’s aid and diplomacy efforts have made for gender equality, especially in the Asia Pacific region. Since its inception, the Education Cannot Wait fund has identified and addressed the differentiated needs of girls, boys, women, men, and gender diverse individuals, in all their diversity, to promote equal outcomes. Will you stand with children and girls to protect their right to an education, particularly when it is disrupted by circumstances outside of their control?
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