October 2023
Our report, based on research across the U.S. and around the world, makes an urgent case: The business community needs to broaden its focus to the youngest children to help transform not only their education, but their health, employability, and all-around contribution to their communities and the wider world.
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Released on the International Day of the Girl Child, ‘The Journey of a Girl’ shows how businesses must invest at every stage of a girl’s education journey to overcome the many barriers that keep her from reaching her full potential. This working paper, commissioned by GBC-Education, surveyed 32 companies investing in girls’ education, and found that while there is a strong focus on empowering girls in the secondary years, less than 10% of corporate education budgets are directed to pre-primary education. (more…)
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In partnership with UNICEF and A World at School, the new Strong Schools and Communities Initiative will explore opportunities for school communities, national authorities, and the private sector to strengthen programs that protect learning environments and promote an open dialogue among communities throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. This report documents the plight of school children in the region, home to the highest rate of armed violence in the world, and identifies how the initiative will inform policies and programs that the government can utilize to create safe schools. (more…)
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In collaboration with the Global Business Coalition for Education, A World at School, and Theirworld, education experts unveiled a sweeping plan to get more than one million Syrian refugee children into school in Jordan, Turkey, and Lebanon. To read the individual reports:
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To help provide insights on the variety of ways businesses can support the implementation of the post-2015 development agenda, GBC-Education and the UN Global Compact developed this publication featuring a diverse set of responsible investments in education by six GBC-Education member companies and a new framework that combines and builds upon two guidance documents. It also shares lessons that can inspire other businesses to support the education targets for the next 15 years. (more…)
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Over the past four decades, Pakistan has experienced more attacks on education than any country in the world. As the Pakistani government works to ensure schools are safe for all children, this paper outlines 15 best practices building on global expertise and experience. The best practices are intended to complement and support current government activities; to highlight proven measures to make schools safe; and to serve as a basis for a framework to build school and community based interventions to promote safe schools in Pakistan with support from the international community. (more…)
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Education has been one of the first casualties of the Ebola outbreak. Nearly five million children were out of school due to Ebola-related school closures in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone - many indefinitely. Students who fall behind for a year or more are significantly more at risk of dropping out of school and this increased risk of drop out, coupled with the trauma of loss and greater poverty, could mean that large numbers of children will never return to the classroom. (more…)
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The paper provides a discussion of five potential models for using technology to deliver education to the most marginalized. It also provides an overview of the current context and use of technology to situate these models. Based on a careful analysis of the needs of potential students, educators, and employers, this discussion paper identifies several opportunities to add value to the existing education ecosystem by synthesizing the conversations and consensus points to date. The paper is a product of GBC-Education’s Global Education Platform initiative. (more…)
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Working in collaboration with Coalition member PwC US and partner A World at School, this report was produced to help organizations begin to better measure their investments' impact in education. It helps organizations to identify the impact it wants to achieve and also provides a sampling of indicators, tools, and resources. Ultimately, organizations may use this report to strengthen their narrative arc as they construct their niche in social impact investing. (more…)
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Business benefits from high-quality education systems and has an interest to give all children, youth, and adults the opportunity to reach their potential. UNESCO, UNICEF, the Office of the UN Special Envoy for Global Education, and the UN Global Compactjointly developed a business engagement resource for global education that is a broad-based and action-oriented tool aimed at helping business align their investments in education to promote shared value. (more…)
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The 21st century is marked by global inter-connections. People, capital, information, and goods all flow across borders at ever increasing rates. By 2030, not only will emerging economies contribute 65 percent of the global GDP, but they will also be home to the majority of the world’s working age population. Business will increasingly seek to recruit the talented employees it needs from these economies, located largely in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Ultimately, the youth in these regions will be the engines of our future growth and prosperity. In this report, it is argued that global education is a strategic issue for business and companies can no longer afford to support it only through corporate social responsibility initiatives. (more…)
