2010's Global Action Week took place from 19 -25 April, as part of GCE's 1GOAL: Education For All campaign. 1GOAL brought together the power of football through the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa - the first ever held on African soil - and the cause of education to mobilise millions of members of the public.
The campaign asked people to sign their names to put pressure on governments to deliver the $16 billion a year that is needed to ensure that the 61 million children currently unable to go to school can receive an education.
1GOAL became the biggest campaign around a sporting event gathering almost 19 million signatures. Queen Rania of Jordan co-chaired the 1GOAL campaign, alongside FIFA President Sepp Blatter and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Celebrity supporters included Jessica Alba, Shakira, Bono, Kelly Rowland, Salma Hayek, Kevin Spacey, Mick Jagger, the football world and many more.
Global Action Week itself specifically focused on education financing in the wake of the economic meltdown. The week gained the attention of over 14 million campaigners of all ages around the world, and included politicians and celebrities teaching or being taught the 1GOAL: Lesson For All.
ANHRE took part in the GCE 2010 for the second time because Global Action Week has truly become a rallying point for campaigners around the world and in 2009. ANHRE achieved record numbers of calling on governments to fulfill the Education for all goals. The 2010 slogan was ‘1 Goal: Education for All’- Fund it NOW!
ANHRE launched the campaign in cooperation with The Jordanian coalition aims to remind the government of its international obligations towards improving the quality of education, ensuring its openness to the challenges, in order to be able to cope with them because “Education is the key of the rights”. Besides, it calls for:
1. Urge the Government to give the priority to increase the budget allocated to education and raise the budget of the development all programs
2. Activate the e-learning in remote areas to raise the education’s efficiency
3. Network among civil society institutions to exchange experiences and implement programs in the field of educational development and to institutionalize them within the Ministry
4. Challenge donors and private sectors to fulfill their social responsibility on education and support and contribute in education financing
5. Increase the efforts to put an end to school violence by activating monitoring systems and mechanisms, along with educational guidance and training to provide students a safe learning environment
6. Promote a culture of human rights and provide opportunities for students to express their views and ideas and resolve conflicts via peaceful means.
ANHRE, in this campaign, implemented and organized several activities that will play a major national role and call a significant media attention for the Global Action Week that coincide 19 April to 5 May, 2010. The activities were as follows:
- Workshops and competitions for school students
- Sports activities among school students
- Issuing a special study about financing education and quality of education in Jordan
- Integrating the campaign with the activities of the coalition members
- Play it Fair Workshop
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