Global Education Summit 2021: Speaking Youth to Power

23.07.2021
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Education Out Loud
Speaking Youth to Power

Ahead of the Global Education Summit 2021, Education For All Coalition in Sierra Leone, funded by Education Out Loud, held an event in collaboration with the International Parliamentary Network for Education, Send My Friend to School, and Plan International. 

The event named "Speaking Youth to Power" focused on demanding more resources for education now. Watch below and hear youth advocates from Sierra Leone and the UK discuss campaigns to eradicate the barriers that they face in accessing quality education, as well as reflections on the importance of empowering youth voices and on the power of partnerships between youth networks and parliamentarians when it comes to quality education. 

Read more about the Global Education Summit, the financing of Global Partnership for Education 2021-2025 and how you can contribute here. 

Education For All Coalition in Sierra Leone is one of the over 50 National Education Coalitions receiving funding from Education Out Loud. Read more about the coalitions. 

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