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A Human Rights-Based Approach to Education For All (2007)

A framework for the realization of children’s right to education and rights within education

Publication Date: 2007
Author/Publisher: UNESCO / UNICEF
Language: English, French, Spanish

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Current thinking and practice in the education sector are presented along with a framework for rights-based policy and programme development. This joint UNESCO-UNICEF publication is intended to guide dialogue between United Nations Development Group and Education for All (EFA) partnerships and facilitate a breakthrough from ‘right to education’ rhetoric to accelerated interventions for attaining the EFA goals and the Millennium Development Goals related to education.