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#GirlsEdu: Blending gender and early childhood education

At the Brookings annual Girls Education Research and Policy Symposium in November, VVOB made a case for gender-responsive early childhood education and teased our upcoming toolkit for preschool teachers to put this pedagogy into practice.

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Early education

VVOB joins Teacher Task Force Steering Committee

For the next 2 years, VVOB will be part of the Teacher Task Force’s Steering Committee, a responsibility VVOB is ready and proud to take up after more than two years of membership.

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Teachers

Children’s rights in times of the Learning Crisis

On 20 November, we celebrate the 29th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. But the road to fulfilling article 29 – on the right to quality education – is proving a long one, as VVOB General Director Sven Rooms explains.

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African Union recognises VVOB as top education innovator

At the Innovating Education in Africa Expo in Senegal last October, the African Union acknowledged VVOB as one of the top 50 education innovators in Africa for its work in Rwanda.

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School leaders

Reaching vulnerable learners in 2017: annual report

2017 was the kick-off to a new 5-year programme. This annual report explains how we tackle barriers to education for all.

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Schooling or safety: what would you do?

VVOB puts the issue of school-related gender-based violence at the top of every agenda we have the opportunity to set. We want to shed a bright light on this painfully invisible violation of human rights.

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Gender

VVOB endorses Minister’s Integrity Charter… and more

After reports of sexual misconduct in the development sector, VVOB unreservedly put its signature under Belgium's Integrity Charter. “VVOB strives for quality and sustainability. If we didn’t work on a basis of integrity, we wouldn’t be able to do what we've been doing for 30+ years.”...

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Meet us at #EDD18: eliminating school-related gender-based violence

VVOB organises a large debate at this year's European Development Days on eliminating gender-based violence in and around Schools and other educational settings with UNGEI, Education International, FAWE and Plan International...

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Gender

Celebrating girls and women

General director Sven Rooms makes a commitment on International Women's Day: "Girls and young women who are brimming with talent don’t get the same opportunities as boys to develop to their full potential. More than is already the case, VVOB will take on the fight against gender...

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Gender

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