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Kuwait/08 March 2021, To mark International Women’s Day, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), UN Migration agency in Kuwait – in partnership with the telecommunication company, Ooredoo - has launched a series of psychosocial support workshops through the month of March for women residing in the government of Kuwait’s shelter for female foreign workers.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest disruption of education systems in history, affecting nearly 1.6 billion learners in more than 190 countries and all conti­nents. Closures of schools and other learn­ing spaces have impacted 94 per cent of the world’s student population, up to 99 per cent in low and lower-middle income countries.

The crisis is exacerbating pre-existing educa­tion disparities by reducing the opportunities for many of the most vulnerable children, youth, and adults – those living in poor or rural areas, girls, refugees, persons with disabilities and forcibly displaced persons – to continue their learning. Learning losses also threaten to extend beyond this generation and erase decades of progress, not least in support of girls and young women’s educational access and reten­tion. Some 23.8 million additional children and youth (from pre-primary to tertiary) may drop out or not have access to school next year due to the pandemic’s economic impact alone.

Statement of Tarek El-Sheikh, Representative of UN Secretary General and Resident Coordinator – State of Kuwait

on

International Women’s Day

International Day of Education

Dr. Tarek Elsheikh

Representative of United Nations Secretary-General and Resident Coordinator

Statement of Tarek El-Sheikh, Representative of UN Secretary General and Resident Coordinator – State of Kuwait

on

International Women’s Day

Kuwait/25 March 2021, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), UN Migration agency in Kuwait in partnership with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Kuwait organized workshops from the 21st until the 25th of March, on ‘Responsible Reporting’ for media professionals , to provide a better understanding of the local migration context and enhance their skills and accuracy of information when covering their stories in the media using a compassionate and humane approach.