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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.

Belgium

Gender

Educaid

Lessons from the Stronger Together conference: “Practice can challenge policy”

VVOB Education Advisor Hans De Greve at the Stronger Together conference: "Many, if not all forms of school-related violence are gendered."...

Belgium

Suriname

Secondary technical and vocational education

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.”...

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...

Belgium

Gender

Same but different: teaching preschoolers in diverse Vietnam and Flanders

In a normal workweek, Gerda and Ingrid support teachers and school leaders. But in March, they spent an intense period with Vietnamese educational officers at provincial and district level. First in Belgium, then in Vietnam.

Belgium

Vietnam

Early education

Equity

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Mastercard Foundation, VVOB shape tomorrow's leaders in teaching

In Rwanda, the Mastercard Foundation has commissioned VVOB with near to 9.6 million dollars to put the ‘train’ and ‘lead’ dimensions of its 'Leaders in Teaching' initiative into practice...

Rwanda

Secondary education

Teachers

School leaders

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...

Gender

Breaking barriers for inclusive education

In South Africa, nearly 150 government officials of the Department of Education came together in a learning trajectory on how to ensure inclusive education for all pupils. The critical factor for this successful peer learning process? Breaking down the barriers between different fields of...

South Africa

Primary education

Teachers

School leaders

Equity

Catch Up scales up: 1800 schools to implement teaching at the right level

After a successful completion of the Catch Up pilot project in 2017, USAID and the University of Cape Town have commissioned VVOB through J-PAL Africa to mainstream the ‘Teaching at the Right Level’ approach in two provinces in Zambia. With Catch Up , the Zambian Ministry of General Education, VVOB...

Zambia

Primary education

Teachers

School leaders

Equity

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