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Mobilising political leadership to deliver inclusive and equitable quality education and learning opportunities for all. #SDG4 https://www.ipned.org/

Education lays the foundation for opportunities, equality and stability, and the scale of the global challenge means no country can solve it alone. Wendy Chamberlain MP, House of Commons, United Kingdom.
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Access to education means little if girls are denied the safety required to benefit from it equally. Sarah Elago, Member of the House of Representatives in the Philippines
1,649 days since the Taliban banned secondary education for girls. 1,189 days since public universities were instructed to expel female students and lecturers. 477 days since the Taliban prohibited women from studying midwifery, nursing, and other medical disciplines.
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Prioritise foundational numeracy and invest in the skills of Africa's booming youth population. Read more at ipned.org
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School meals: A toolkit for parliamentarians from the International Parliamentary Network for Education
At least 466 million children receive school meals globally.
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Every year, 12 million girls are married before they turn 18. That’s 28 girls every minute.
South Africa’s Minister of Basic Education, Siviwe Gwarube MP, delivers the keynote address at the 2030 Reading Panel Conference.
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Solidarity is essential. Delivering the financing required to provide a quality education for all will only be achieved through strong and sustained international cooperation. It requires action on tax, debt and a commitment to more and better development and humanitarian assistance.
Humanitarian assistance. 127 million children in countries affected by war and displacement are out of school. Cuts in humanitarian assistance are leaving children without life-saving services and robbing them of the chance to go to school. Governments must affirm their commitments to education in communities affected by conflict and crises, including by funding Education Cannot Wait, the global fund for education in emergencies.
Education aid. External support for education is a lifeline for the world's poorest countries, like Gambia and the Central African Republic, where aid accounts for up to half of all public spending on education. Already hard-hit by cuts, aid to education is projected to fall by a quarter between now and 2027. Donor governments must reverse aid cuts, grow their support for education, and ensure that the Global Partnership for Education is fully funded. Up to 24% - how much education aid is set to fall in the next year.
Debt. 54 countries are in debt crisis. Over 50% of all low and lower middle income countries spend more on debt servicing than on education. A UN framework convention on debt that establishes binding principles for responsible borrowing and lending, and develops fairer processes for debt restructuring, would be transformative. It could unleash hundreds of billions of dollars for investment in education.
Taxation. Global tax rules currently fail to stop, and sometimes even encourage, tax injustice. The UN tax convention will help countries to increase tax revenue rapidly and progressively. It is under negotiation now. The convention has the potential to become a trillion-dollar treaty that can crack down on tax havens and boost public financing for education.
The education funding gap. A chronic lack of financing for education is a major barrier to progress. Low and lower middle income countries face an annual financing gap of at least $97 billion to achieve their targets. In the poorest countries, half of the cost to meet national education targets remains unmet.
International cooperation is critical to removing the roadblocks to more and better domestic and international funding for education.
Education is a pivotal gate to better health, equality, democracy and a more sustainable living on this planet. It is a must to lawmakers in any society to empower the next generations through education. Sascha Faxe MP, Foreign Affairs & Development Spokesperson, The Alternative, Denmark.
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The servicing of debt massively exceeds spending on education in more and more countries. David Archer, Action Aid and TES Summit, speaking at an IPNEd event.
Education is the only thing that can achieve economic, social, and security goals in one go. Ruth Kagia, Global Partnership for Education, speaking at an IPNEd event.
The prioritisation of education in public budgets has declined. Manos Antoninis, Global Education Monitoring Report, speaking at an IPNEd event.
Aid cuts make it harder to break down the barriers to opportunity in the poorest countries. But we must also do everything we can to tackle sky-high sovereign debt, illicit financial flows, and lending conditions that restrict public spending on education. Bambos Charalambous MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Education
A world of fortresses will be poorer, more fragile, and less sustainable. Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada.
We are here to bring multilateralism back from the brink and renew international cooperation and commitment to achieving sustainable development. Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General.
"Aid saves lives, but it takes politics to make development possible." David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, Former UK Foreign Secretary.
The question is not whether we can afford to properly fund education globally. It is whether we can afford not to. Jutta Urpilainen, Chair of the GEM Report Advisory Board and former EU Commissioner
Global aid for basic education could fall 33% by 2026 - What Works Hub for Global Education
Our inquiry into the state of foundational learning will be crucial to developing a shared understanding of the problem and ensuring cross-party support for a national effort to improve learning outcomes, says Harry Kamboni MP, Chair of the Committee on Education, Science & Technology, National Assembly of Zambia
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