Media page for 'Stepping Up' education report

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Media contacts

For technical expertise on education, please contact:

• Ita Sheehy, UNHCR Head of Education, [email protected], +45 20 55 39 61
• Mamadou Dian Balde, Deputy Director of UNHCR's Division of Resilience and Solutions, [email protected], +41 22 739 879
• Jackie Strecker, UNHCR Education Officer, [email protected], +41 22 739 8903
• Maren Kroeger, UNHCR Education Officer, [email protected], +45 45 33 63 22

Global media contacts:

• Farha Bhoyroo, Communications Officer (French), [email protected], +41 78 910 8546
• Shabia Mantoo, Communications Officer, [email protected], +41 22 739 7138
• Sybella Wilkes, Communications Advisor, [email protected]hcr.org, +41 22 739 7968

Media contacts elsewhere:

• In Abu Dhabi, Bathoul Ahmed, [email protected], +9672 235111
• In Amman (regional), Rula Amin, [email protected], +962 790 04 58 49
• In Athens, Boris Cheshirkov, [email protected], +30 216 200 078 00
• In Bangkok, Caroline Gluck, [email protected], +66 81 827 0280
• In Beirut, Lisa Abou Khaled, [email protected], +961 71 880 070
• In Berlin, Chris Melzer, [email protected], +49 151 706 660 13
• In Bogota, Rocio Castaneda, [email protected], +57 15463666
• In Brussels, Frederik Bordon, [email protected], +32 2 6275932
• In Budapest, Zoran Stevanovic, [email protected], +36 01 336 3079
• In Cox's Bazar, Louise Donovan, [email protected], +880 18 4732 7279
• In Dakar (regional), Romain Desclous, [email protected], +221 77 786 396 385
• In Kinshasa, Fabien Faivre, [email protected], +243-825 443 419  
• In London, Matthew Saltmarsh, [email protected], +44 7880 230 985
• In Madrid, Rosa Otero, [email protected], +34 673 469 103
• In Mexico City, Silvia Garduno, [email protected],+52 55 50831720
• In Nairobi (regional), Dana Hughes, [email protected], +254 733 440 536
• In New York, Deanna Bitetti, [email protected], +1 646 515 4141
• In Panama City (regional), William Spindler, [email protected], +507 63827815
• In Paris, Céline Schmitt, [email protected], +33 6 23 16 11 78
• In Pretoria (regional), Markku Aikomus, [email protected], +27 12 762 7488
• In Rome, Carlotta Sami, [email protected], +39 335 679 47 46
• In Stockholm (regional), Caroline Bach, [email protected], +46 70 86 604 51
• In Washington, Chris Boian, [email protected], +1 202 489 6884

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Chapter 1: Primary education

Closing the Gap

• Lebanon: Friends from different countries are uniting to give Syrian kids a route off the streets and back into class (text - Arabic, English, French, Spanish/Video - INT, EN, social/Photos) 
• Greece: Young refugees on Greek islands dream of school but many lack access (text - English, French, Spanish/Video - INT, EN, social/Photos)

Chapter 2: Secondary education

Lost Futures

• Bangladesh: Young Rohingya refugees strive to keep dreams of an education alive (text - English, French, Spanish/Video - INT, EN, social/Photos)
• ​Democratic Republic of the Congo: Top of his class and hungry for more, a young refugee battles the odds (text - English, French, Spanish/Video - INT, EN, social/Photos)

Chapter 3: Higher education

Out of Reach

• Kenya: Refugee plugs Syrian youth into higher education and peacebuilding network (text - English, French, Spanish/Video - INT, EN, social/Photos)
• Colombia: Daniela's dreams of becoming a doctor on hold as she struggles to provide for family (text - English, French, Spanish/Video - INT, EN, social/Photos)

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