Safe Schools Declaration Protects Education for Millions

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Girls everywhere are at a heightened risk of not returning to school following closures. This file photo shows a sign reading "Education is a right for a girl child" at a refugee settlement of people from South Sudan in Imvepi, Uganda, 27 June 2017. © Gioia Forster/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images Six years ago today, the Safe Schools Declaration was opened for countries to endorse. The intergovernmental commitment, established under the leadership of Norway and Argentina, aims to strengthen the prevention of, and response to, attacks on students, teachers, schools,…

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