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21st May - International News Network - Afghanistan
Call for enrolment of girl students
As part of the Global Campaign for Education, this week the world celebrates Global Action Week under the theme Quality Education for All: End Exclusion Now ...

23rd April – UN - Afghanistan
All of Afghanistan's children must have access to education – UN envoy

23rd April – UN - Afghanistan
Afghanistan: All children must have access to education, says UN envoy

23rd April – Scoop – Afghanistan
Education Access For All Children In Afghanistan

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Member Organisations
Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (CHA), PACE-A, Saba Media Organisation (SMO), Orgnaisation for Human Resource Development (OHRD), Afghan Marketing and Management Consultants (AMMC), Afghan Development Association (ADA), Coordination of Afghan Reliefe (CoAR), Dveleopment and Humanitarian Services for Afghanistan (DHSA), Afghan Women Education Centre.

What happened in Action Week 2008?
With only 17% of Afghan women being able to read and write, Education for All is at present a distant dream in Afghanistan. During Global Action Week UNESCO organized a photo exhibition which paid homage to leading Afghan defender of girls’ education, Safia Ama Jan, who was murdered in 2006 for her activism.

On 23rd April, schools throughout Albania took part in the World's Biggest Lesson. Approximately 13,000 children and teachers enrolled in the campaign. Combining fun and learning, a football match between students and Members of Parliament in Tirana, raised awareness and gave the politicians an opportunity to show support for the campaign for education. The Vice Prime-minister of Albania, Mr. Gazmend Oketa, attending the campaign activities stated that the Government will continue to increase the budget for education. The Coalition of NGO’s organised a joint-press conference with several well-known television personalities, who asked publicly for politicians to improve child education. There was also a national meeting on quality education between teachers, trade union representatives, children, parents and representatives of the Ministry of Education of Albania, and Educational Authorities in districts.

What happened in Action Week 2007?

This year’s theme was exciting for Afghanistan. In the country, quality education for all is a big issue and there is a particular shortage of qualified teachers, good school buildings, and adequate school resources. CHA, SMO, DHSA and AMMC came together as a consortium to carry out the work.

Throughout Kabul the World's Biggest Lesson was publicized through posters and TV and radio adverts. 680 people were invited to the national World's Biggest Lesson that took place at the Amani High School in Kabul, and brought together politicians and students. The group invited vice President Ahmad Zia Masoud , the special representative of United Nation to Afghanistan Mr. Kai Eide , the Minister of Education, Parliamentarians, other politicians and schools from 15 provinces. The Vice president, the UN Representative and Education Minister gave speeches on quality education in Afghanistan. Similar gatherings were organized in 15 provinces of Afghanistan and provincial politicians were invited to the World’s biggest lesson. More than 150, 000 people were participated all over the Afghanistan.

In addition, a national poetry competition was organized. More than 60 new poems in support of quality education were written by famous poets from all over the country and a poetry gathering was organized on 22nd of April. It was an amazing effort on behalf of the entire team.