Loss of our beloved Founder Mrs. Sadako Ogata

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the sad news of the loss of our much beloved Founder Mrs. Sadako Ogata, who passed away peacefully on 22/10/2019. Mrs.

Education and Resilience: A Path to Sustainable Humanitarian Action

Last May the first ever World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) was held in Istanbul, Turkey. In this article, we go back to RET International’s participation in the event as the importance

60 Million Reasons

Dear Friends of RET, Having just gone through one of the most intense years in my humanitarian career, I wish to introduce this first newsletter of 2016 with a number

Editorial April 2015 Global Newsletter – Zeynep Gündüz

  RET International has a strong central message that we repeat whenever we have the opportunity: Young people matter and should not be abandoned by the international community during crises,

Editorial – RET Global Newsletter – October 2014

  Dear Reader, welcome to the October 2014 edition of International’s Global Newsletter. Undoubtedly, the need and volume of humanitarian activity has been unprecedented during the last six months around

A RET Youth Ambassador Speaks for Vulnerable Young Women

  As you might recall, the previous edition of this newsletter discussed the need to prepare a place for youth in the post-2015 agenda. It had followed in the footsteps

A Place for Youth in the Post-2015 Development Agenda

  The Millennium Development Goals and the Education For All Goals have shaped and driven the global education agenda for nearly 15 years. The resources of the international community have

Editorial – RET Global Newsletter – March 2014

As the “Geneva II” peace talks in Switzerland ended without a convincing diplomatic solution and the violence in Syria continues, 2014 appears to be a year of deep and threatening

RET and INEE Collaborate to Improve Advocacy

  This 15 October, 23 experts from 16 organisations, engaged in youth education such as UNESCO, the Global Education Cluster, UNHCR, INEE or the Youth Advocacy Group of the Education

A New INEE-RET Partnership Monitors the World’s Crises

  Since 2002, RET has been deeply involved in the work of the International Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE). RET was among the early actors who pioneered INEE’s Minimum

Editorial – RET Global Newsletter July 2013

Over the years, RET has worked on 3 continents and in 23 countries, implementing over 200 projects. With this diversity of experience and the variety of needs to be addressed,

Message from the RET’s Executive Director

    In the twelve years since the creation of the RET, women have increasingly been included within the global agenda. Whether you are one who is disheartened by the

Message from the Executive Director

  Global Newsletter – January 2012 – “As we start 2012, our thoughts are with all of those around the world who are hoping to live in peace, in harmony,