Education for refugees
Right to education during displacement: a resource for organisations working with refugees and internally displaced persons
Manual on the right to education for refugees and IDPs
Authors:
J. Perlman Robinson
Publisher:
Women's Refugee Commission, 2006
This resource is the first in a series of tools that identifies everyone's right to education, with a focus on refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons (IDPs). This version is designed for use by local, regional and international organisations, United Nations (UN) agencies, government agencies and education personnel working with displaced communities. It is meant to serve as:
- an awareness-raising tool to encourage humanitarian assistance agencies to implement education programmes - and donors to fund them
- a training and capacity-building resource for practitioners and others working with displaced populations on international rights around education
- a call to action for organisations and individuals to promote access and completion of quality education for all persons affected by emergencies.
The manual includes the following sections:
- what are human rights?
- what are basic elements of human rights?
- why is my right to education important?
- ensuring the right to education: who's who?
- what are my rights to education?
- how is the right to education monitored?
- actions to take to ensure the right to education for all
- putting the right to education into practice
- a list of resources
