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Protecting Schools from Attack during Wartime
Safe Schools Conference in Abuja Shows Government Action Can Bring Progress
Nearly two decades ago, I first heard brave Afghan students and teachers describe armed attacks on their schools and threats to their lives as they struggled to learn and teach.
- Zama Neff
- HRW
Today, I am in Abuja, Nigeria, for the Fourth International Conference on Safe Schools, where governments are meeting to appraise their commitments to protect education from attack during armed conflict.
I’ve attended all four conferences in person, but this one is unique in several ways.
While global in scale, it is the first held on the African continent, and in a country where…