Action Blog: Action and Advocacy

On Tuesday, September 24, 2019, Oxfam International and GCE-US co-hosted an event on Education as the Great Equalizer during the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

On World Humanitarian Day, 16 U.S.-based organizations have joined together to encourage continued U.S. Government investments in Education Cannot Wait (ECW), a global initiative striving to ensure access to safe, free, and quality education for all crisis-affected children and youth by 2030.

On July 12th, during the UN High Level Politcal Forum on SDGs, RESULTS, Light for the World, the Global Campaign for Education, and GCE-US convened the special event, "Unifying the Playing Field: local and global moments to advance the right to education." Throughout the day leaders from around the globe shared insights on the best practices and challenges we need to overcome for building sustainable, gender equitable, inclusive, peaceful and resilient societies.

Networked Impact has the potential to bridge divides in knowledge and resources throughout the industry and across sectors in order to get to the root cause of the global education gap, as well as other major social issues of our time. By bringing together currently divided players across sectors in this field, knowledge and resources can be optimized to solve this complex social problem to enhance our global community from the local level up. 

MENTEE student Hiram Lugo discusses the hardships of being undocumented in the United States and the value of supporting undocumented students. (English and Spanish versions available)

With the 116th United States Congress sworn in just over a month ago, it is a crucial time for us to be thinking about how we as advocates can align ourselves with our Congressmen and Congresswomen to fight for the quality, inclusive, free education for all that GCE-US is so passionate about.

Washington, D.C. (January 18, 2019) –  Global Campaign for Education welcomed the signing into law of the Protecting Girls’ Access to Education in Vulnerable Settings Act by President Trump on January 14. GCE-US, together with partners including Girl Up and JRS/USA , supported this legislation since it was introduced in 2017.

On Wednesday, January 9th, the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act (WEEE Act) was successfully signed into law. The bipartisan legislation was led in the House of Representatives by former Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) and Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL), and sponsored in the Senate by John Boozman (R-AR) and Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD).

GCE-US Youth Advocate, Taylor Rogers, shares her experience advocating at the GCE Youth Caucus, of the Global Campaign for Education’s 6th World Assembly 2018. 

GCE-US, Girl Up, and She's the First speak to Donell Edwards, of the CRW Network, on their work toward ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education globally.