Elin Martinez

As the number of children out-of-school globally increases📈, so should education spending, says @martinez-elin.bsky.social. Underfunding worsens barriers & discrimination faced by millions. Without adequate spending, governments can't deliver free education: www.hrw.org/news/2025/07... #ChildRights

🇭🇹Plus de 245 000 personnes ont été déplacées par les violences au cours des derniers mois en #Haïti.

Une mère célibataire de 52 ans, enseignante à Port-au-Prince, m'a raconté comment elle a tout perdu lorsque des groupes criminels ont attaqué son quartier en avril :

🇭🇹Les enfants & les jeunes sont les plus durement touchés par la violence en Haïti.

Une orpheline de 21 ans qui vivait avec son oncle à Port-au-Prince nous a raconté comment elle a vécu sous le joug de groupes criminels, jusqu'à ce qu'ils tuent son oncle et la forcent à fuir :

🇭🇹 Haiti urgently needs international support as violence escalates. Millions are struggling to access food, shelter & essential services.

This is the story of a 37-year-old street vendor who has fled violence several times — and now fears it will reach her in Cap-Haïtien:

Attacks on Girls in South Sudan: Daily Brief Children should be able to go to school and learn without fear. For girls in South Sudan, this is harrowingly not the case, as a few recent examples make clear. Read Andrew Stroehlein in Human Rights ...

Generations of conflict, widespread access to arms, and patriarchal customs have long turned women’s and girls’ bodies into battlegrounds in #SouthSudan. As HRW expert Nyagoah Tut Pur says, they are used as spoils of war or bargaining chips in intercommunal disputes.
www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...

Jutta Urpilainen, Chair of the #GEMReport Advisory Board, calls for urgent action as the global education financing system is failing those who need it most.
We urgently need to rethink how we #FundEducation.
➡️More in the latest #WorldEducationBlog: bit.ly/3Ia7jUw
#FFD4

Developing countries ‘need more debt relief’ to fund education and health Research warns poorer governments prioritising debt payments over essential development spending Developing countries need a fresh round of debt relief, to prevent money urgently needed for health and education being diverted to creditors, according to a major new report commissioned by the late Pope Francis. The Jubilee report, produced by a panel of experts chaired by Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, argues for debt restructuring, along the lines of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries initiative (HIPC). Continue reading...

Developing countries ‘need more debt relief’ to fund education and health

Violations Soar Against Children in Armed Conflict Last year was the most devastating year for children in armed conflict in two decades, according to the new annual report from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

Despite being added to the UN's “list of shame” for violations against children in armed conflict, Israel's and Russia’s abuses have only increased; neither has engaged with the UN to negotiate an action plan to end their violations. My new dispatch:
www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...

Today marks #Juneteenth, a day honoring the end of slavery in the United States. But the symbolism of this day doesn't address the enduring legacy of enslavement.

This Juneteenth, we amplify the call for #ReparationsNow.

Poultry megafarm in Shropshire halted over river pollution concerns Planning permission quashed by high court after officials failed to consider impact of spreading manure on land Planning permission for a poultry megafarm in Shropshire has been overturned in a ruling that campaigners have welcomed as a win for cleaner rivers. The judgment on Tuesday upheld a judicial review by Dr Alison Caffyn, who argued that Shropshire council had failed to take into account all the environmental impacts of an industrial chicken unit containing 230,000 birds at any one time when it granted planning permission. Continue reading...

Poultry megafarm in Shropshire halted over river pollution concerns

🚨📚 Seulement un tiers des pays africains ont atteint les seuils qui avaient été collectivement approuvés pour le financement de l’éducation.

Ils devraient d'urgence honorer leurs promesses.
hrw.org/fr/news/2025...

Afrique : L’insuffisance de financement national ralentit les progrès en matière d’éducation La plupart des gouvernements africains n’atteignent pas les niveaux qu’ils se sont fixés en matière de financement de l’éducation.

La plupart des gouvernements africains n'ont pas atteint leurs objectifs en matière de financement de l'éducation -
à la fois pour une éducation primaire gratuite et obligatoire de qualité & un enseignement secondaire disponible, accessible et gratuit pour tous.
www.hrw.org/fr/news/2025...

Africa: Insufficient Domestic Funding Hinders Education Progress Most African governments have consistently failed to meet global and regional education funding targets to ensure quality public education.

Most African governments are failing to meet key global education funding targets. This undermines their legal obligations to guarantee free & compulsory quality primary education + make secondary education available, accessible, & free for every child @hrw.org

www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...

Africa: Insufficient Domestic Funding Hinders Education Progress Most African governments have consistently failed to meet global and regional education funding targets to ensure quality public education.

Most African governments have consistently failed to meet global and regional education funding targets to ensure quality public education, undermining their legal obligations to fulfil children's right to free, quality education @hrw.org #DayoftheAfricanChild

www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...

🔴 118 million learners in #Africa are out of school.
New estimates from the 2025 #SDG4Scorecard by the #GEMReport and #UIS_UNESCO also show at least 10 more million out of school due to conflict.
Explore the data: bit.ly/2025sdg4scor...

#DayOfTheAfricanChild

Ministerial Taskforce Should Speak Up on School-Related Sexual Violence Every day, children are subjected to various forms of violence, including humiliating, degrading and deeply harmful acts, in and around schools, often by the very teachers and education personnel who ...

Corporal punishment isn’t the only threat in schools. We join @martinez-elin.bsky.social + @hrw.org in urging urgent action to prevent school-related sexual violence—online + offline. The new Ministerial Taskforce must act.

🔗 www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

#EndViolence #SafeSchools

At the "Red Line for Palestine" event in London this week, HRW spoke to singer and actress Paloma Faith and actor Khalid Abdalla.

Action is needed — it is absolutely critical that the UK government take concrete steps to stop Israel's violations of international law.

Ministerial Taskforce Should Speak Up on School-Related Sexual Violence Every day, children are subjected to various forms of violence, including humiliating, degrading and deeply harmful acts, in and around schools, often by the very teachers and education personnel who ...

School-related sexual violence (SRSV) is a reality faced by children and young people everywhere. Online forms of SRSV are increasing.

It's high time governments adopt commitments to tackle SRSV. A recent global ministerial taskforce set up in May should prioritize it:

www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

Germany: Social Security Failing to Protect Rights New Government Should Act to Address Poverty, Gender Inequality

NEW: Social security failures coupled with structural gender inequality leave many people in Germany mired in poverty, especially single-parent families and older women. www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...

An older woman collecting food at a Tafel-run\ food bank in Berlin, Germany, July 3, 2023. © 2023 Carsten Koall/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images

1/5 Today, we publish a new @hrw.org report on the poverty and the right to social security in #Germany.

The full report is here:

“It Tears You Apart”
Poverty and Gender in Germany’s Social Security System

www.hrw.org/report/2025/...

BOLETIN OFICIAL REPUBLICA ARGENTINA - PODER EJECUTIVO - Decreto 62/2025 BOLETIN OFICIAL REPUBLICA ARGENTINA - PODER EJECUTIVO - Decreto 62/2025 - DNU-2025-62-APN-PTE - Disposiciones.

President Milei has betrayed #Argentina's long legacy of leadership on gender and sexuality issues.

He has issued a presidential decree that bans medical care and gender recognition for trans kids.

This is cruel, antiscientific, and opportunistic.

Female Genital Mutilation violates the rights to health, to security and physical integrity, and to bodily autonomy.

On International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, a reminder that women and girls have the right to be free from violence and cruel treatment.

YouTube video by Sing Up '(We are) Unstoppable' British Sign Language - Sing Up Day 2021

On weeks like this one, I find a little solace in knowing students in primary schools are singing songs that encourage them to speak out when things are unfair and wrong (in the UK, specifically).

Like this one:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBRC...

Warning: it's catchy, but it might help you too.

Google announced significant changes to its artificial intelligence policy this week.

This pivot from refusing to build AI for weapons to stating an intent to create AI that supports national security ventures is stark, and it sparks serious human rights concerns.

Read more: bit.ly/4gwYBeL

By the end of 2024, 79 education systems (40% globally) banned smartphones in schools, a sharp rise from 30% in 2023 (#GEMReport's PEER Profiles).
Ban or regulate? Share your take!

Explore more in the #WorldEducationBlog: bit.ly/4gdcBKa

#EducationDay #TechOnOurTerms

Egypt: Declining Funding Undermines Education Egyptian authorities have severely undermined the right to education in recent years by failing to allocate sufficient budgetary resources.

Under President Sisi, Egypt's government has severely undermined the right to education, allocating some of the lowest budgets to public schools in the country's history, and leaving children in underfunded, overcrowded, and poor quality schools. New from HRW: www.hrw.org/news/2025/01...

Egypt: Declining Funding Undermines Education Egyptian authorities have severely undermined the right to education in recent years by failing to allocate sufficient budgetary resources.

HRW new report highlighting how #Egypt's Declining Funding Undermines Education. The lowest budget in decades for education reflects where Sisi's government priorities lie. No civil rights either. Just oppression. No delivery.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/01...

A New Chance to Expand Children’s Access to Education Given the proven benefits of free education, it’s baffling that approximately 70 percent of the world’s children live in countries that still do not guarantee free pre-primary and free secondary educa...

Today is the International Day of Education, but 251 million children are still out of school. For many, the issue is cost.

The good news: a possible new treaty to guarantee free education for every child. Read more: www.ipsnews.net/2025/01/new-...

FYI @cristianfergo.bsky.social

Tanzania: Protect Right to Education in Pregnancy, Parenthood Tanzania’s government has not adopted adequate legal and policy measures needed to protect pregnant girls and adolescent mothers’ right to education and reverse decades of systemic exclusion in school...

On #InternationalDayOfEducation,
@hrw.org highlights barriers, stigma faced by pregnant girls and adolescent mothers in #Tanzania, many of whom remain out of school. The government should expedite protections needed to guarantee legal protections for girls
🧾: www.hrw.org/news/2025/01...