DWn3f

CONTeNTS
Preface ..........................................................................................................................................4
Summary .......................................................................................................................................6
Methodology ................................................................................................................................32
Definitions of terms for data collection purposes .......................................................................34
Methods of data collection and analysis....................................................................................36
Challenges and limitations of data collection and analysis.........................................................36
Part I – Global overview.................................................................................................................41
Scale and nature of attacks on education...................................................................................41
Reported motives and perpetrators of attacks............................................................................47
Military use of schools and universities .....................................................................................51
Recruitment of children and sexual violence at schools or along school routes ...........................54
Attacks on higher education......................................................................................................54
Long-term impact of attacks on education .................................................................................58
Response and prevention .........................................................................................................62
Monitoring, assessment and reporting ...............................................................................62
Accountability and ending impunity ...................................................................................64
Enhancing security on the ground ......................................................................................67
Negotiated solutions..........................................................................................................67
Community responses........................................................................................................70
Education policy and planning ...........................................................................................70
Protecting higher education ...............................................................................................74
Advocacy ...........................................................................................................................74
Recommendations....................................................................................................................76
Part II – Thematic essays...............................................................................................................81
The role of communities in protecting education .......................................................................82
Protecting higher education from attack ....................................................................................93
Military use of schools and universities: changing behaviour....................................................103