Girls' Education Bridges the Digital Divide
International Girls in Information & Communication Technologies Day Statement by Education Cannot Wait Director Yasmine Sherif NEW YORK, April 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- There is a global digital divide, threatening to leave entire generations of...
Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures
World Health Day Statement by Education Cannot Wait Director Yasmine Sherif NEW YORK, April 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Education is an essential investment in providing health to those left furthest behind. On World Health Day, we must connect the dots...
Education Cannot Wait Welcomes Sigrid Kaag of The Netherlands as New Chair of its High-Level Steering Group
The visionary advocate for children's rights will lead ECW's global efforts to mobilize more resources to ensure children living on the frontlines of the world's most severe humanitarian crises are able to access quality education. NEW YORK, April...
Our Investment in School Meals is Our Investment in Education
Statement of International School Meals Day by Education Cannot Wait Director Yasmine Sherif NEW YORK, March 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Millions of children worldwide are going hungry, and we all know that hungry children cannot learn. On...
Education is a Pathway Toward Human Rights and Empowerment for Women and Girls Everywhere
International Women's Day Statement by Education Cannot Wait's Yasmine Sherif NEW YORK, March 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On International Women's Day, Education Cannot Wait joins our partners worldwide in calling for human rights and empowerment for...
Education Justice for All
World Day of Social Justice Statement by Education Cannot Wait Director Yasmine Sherif NEW YORK, Feb. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The central theme of this year's World Day of Social Justice is to "strengthen a just transition for a sustainable...
A Brave New World: International Day of Women and Girls in Science Statement by Education Cannot Wait Executive Director Yasmine Sherif
https://www.educationcannotwait.org/news-stories/directors-corner/brave-new-world NEW YORK , Feb. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The future of the human race hangs in the balance. With science and technology far outpacing the capacity of most humans to...
Nearly One Quarter of a Billion School-Aged Children Impacted by Crises Worldwide Require Urgent Support to Access Quality Education: An Increase of 35 Million Over 3 Years
On International Day of Education, Education Cannot Wait launches a new Global Estimates Report, sounding the alarm on growing needs that are outpacing education aid funding. NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The number of school-aged children...
Education Cannot Wait Announces US$20 Million Multi-Year-Resilience Programme Catalytic Grant in Chad, Total ECW Funding in Chad Tops US$61 Million
The expanded grant will be delivered by UNICEF in coordination with local and international partners to respond to growing needs that have left 3.2 million children out of school. NEW YORK, Dec. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Chad is one of the poorest...
Education Cannot Wait High-Level Mission in Ethiopia Calls for Bold Innovative Financing Solutions to Urgently Address the Education Needs of 9 Million Crisis-Affected Out-of-School Children
During the mission, a new US$5 Million ECW First Emergency Response grant was announced, bringing Education Cannot Wait's total investments in the country to US$93 Million. NEW YORK, Dec. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- At the conclusion of a joint...