GCE invites you to the Global Launch of Global Action Week for Education 2026 (GAWE 2026), ‘Hold the Flame High for Education’, taking place online on 20 April 2026, from 14:00 to 16:00 (GMT+2 / South African Standard Time).
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This year’s GAWE, to be held from 20–25 April, focuses on defending and increasing financing for quality public education in the face of mounting global crises, shrinking aid, and the growing privatisation of education.
The launch webinar will bring together GCE members, youth and student movements, teachers’ unions, regional coalitions, and international partners to call for accountability to SDG 4, increased public investment in education, global financial reform, and broad-based public mobilisation.
Speakers will include GCE President Refat Sabbah, GCE Global Coordinator Grant Kasowanjete, representatives from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE), the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education, Education International, regional education coalitions, and youth and student-led organisations.
During the event, GCE will also officially launch this new website, designed to strengthen advocacy, showcase members’ work, and support coordinated global action for the right to education.
Join us to hold the flame high for education and demand that governments and the international community invest in education systems that leave no one behind.