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WILMA MORAA ISABOKE its purpose in protecting and empowering. Failure to provide leaves many behind and disempowers many. Therefore, while the COVID-19 pandemic has reduced efforts done in the educational sector, there is an opportunity for governments and stakeholders to build gender-inclusive educational systems that are resilient and responsive to unforeseen circumstances. Adopting inclusive quality education will guarantee that girls stay in school and live better lives. Inclusive education involves a blend of learning systems. Many nations could not undertake distance virtual learning due to inadequate or lack of digital infrastructure, skills and resources. For African countries and others, this is the time to start investing to ensure a better future. It is also an opportunity for governments to learn lessons from the past and present and find ways to mitigate pandemics’ impacts. Human security anticipatory and participatory methodology is vital in the mitigation process. Education security remains to be crucial in protecting and empowering girls. BIBLIOGRAPHY African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child, 1999. African Union Commission, Agenda 2063 - Africa We Want, 2015. Commission of Human Security, Human Security Now, New York, NY, Commission of Human Security, 2003. Global Business Coalition for Education, Ebola Emergency: Creating Safe Schools and Preventing a Long-term Crisis, Global Business Coalition for Education, 2014. PSACHAROPOULOS, George — PATRINOS, Harry Anthony, Returns to Investment in Education: A decennial review of the global literature, World Bank, 2018. The African Charter on Human and People’s Rights, 1986. The Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa, 2005. UN General Assembly, A/Res/66/290, 25 October 2012 UNDP, Human Development Report 050 — New Dimensions of Human Security, Oxford, OUP, 1994. UNESCO, Building Back Equal Girls Back to School Guide, UNESCO, 2020. UNESCO, COVID-19: UNESCO and Partners in Education Launch Global Campaign to Keep Girls in the Picture, UNESCO News (28 September 2020). UNESCO, Keeping Girls in the Picture — Youth Advocacy Toolkit, UNESCO, 2020. United Nations Development Group (UNDG), Western and Central Africa, SocioEconomic Impact of Ebola Virus Disease in West African Countries — A Call for National and Regional Containment Recovery and Prevention, UNDG, 2015. + 310 +
