By Margherita , 17 December 2024

On 20-21 November 2024, our ECCE Programme Manager, Rajakumari Michael, and our director, Delphine Dorsi, participated in the inaugural Technical Advisory Group (TAG) of the Global Report on ECCE organized by UNESCO in Paris and online.

The meeting gathered key stakeholders active in advancing the ECCE agenda according to the Tashkent Declaration, including: 

By Delphine Dorsi , 16 December 2024

UNESCO has just launched a consultation on the development of Guiding principles on the right to early childhood care and education. The deadline to contribute is 31 of January 2025.

The Right to Education Initiative, together with a working group of experts including representatives from UNESCO, the UN Special Rapporteur’s Office, civil society, and academia, facilitates the process of drafting these Guiding Principles.

By Margherita , 16 December 2024

On 10 December 2024, to celebrate the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) adopted in 1948, our  Director, Delphine Dorsi, spoke at a seminar organised by the Irish Network for Education Worldwide on ‘Education - A Human Right under Threat’, where she emphasised the importance of education as a fundamental human right.

By Delphine Dorsi , 27 September 2024

On 10 July 2024, the Human Rights Council adopted by consensus a resolution establishing an open-ended intergovernmental working group with the mandate of exploring the possibility of, elaborating and submitting to the Human Rights Council a draft optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the rights to early childhood education, free pre-primary educ

By Delphine Dorsi , 20 September 2024

From 15 to 21 July 2024, I attended the 76th World Assembly and International Conference of the  World Organisation for Early Childhood Education (OMEP) held in Bangkok, Thailand on the theme ‘Right from the Start for ECCE: Step Beyond All Together’, which opened an avenue for the ECCE practitioners to reinforce their mission, exchange experiences and to build greater network among the various ECCE ac

By Delphine Dorsi , 1 September 2024

On 27 June 2024, at the 56th session of the Human Rights Council, the Right to Education Initiative (RTE), co-organised, with the Global Advocacy Group on ECCE Rights, a side event on ‘Guiding Principles on Early Childhood Care and education (ECCE) Rights: A Way Towards Strengthening the International and National Normative Framework’. This event was co-sponsored by the Permanent Delegations of Portugal, the Dominican Republic, Luxembourg and Sierra Leone.

By Delphine Dorsi , 24 July 2024

In June 2024, at the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Farida Shaheed, presented her thematic report on 'Academic Freedom' and urged States and other stakeholders, including public and private educational institutions, to implement the ‘Principles for Implementing t