Introduction
Peace education is a comprehensive and holistic participatory process that includes teaching and learning for and about human rights, non-violence, social and economic justice, gender equality, environmental sustainability, disarmament, international law, human security and traditional peace practices.
This collection of sixteen lessons, from Albania, Cambodia, Philippines, Kenya, India, Nepal, US, Catalunya (Spain) and South Africa, is based on the Hague Agenda for Peace and Justice for the 21st Century (UN Ref. A/54/98) They should be adoptable and adaptable to any culture and will serve to stimulate values and skills for a culture of peace. Included are suggested guidelines on how to make a peace lesson.
The 144-page Peace Lessons book follows our previous publications, both of which are available online: Learning to Abolish War: Teaching Toward a Culture of Peace, by B. Reardon and A. Cabezudo and Peace and Disarmament Education, changing mindsets to sustain the removal of small arms, Gloria Levitas, editor.
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Additional Peace Lessons from Around the World
Are You A Humanizer?, Dr. Francisco Gomes de Matos, Brazil
Disarming Our Mindsets, Idi Cheffou, West Africa
Environmental Protection for Social Equality, Kathleen Freis-Tordini, USA
From Armaments to Human Needs, Adapted from the "Jugarse Por la Paz" Program, Argentina
International Law and Peace, Judge Christopher Gregory Weeramantry, Sri Lanka
Non-Violent Resistance to Discrimination, Adapted from Julieta de Zavalía, Argentina
The Power of Words in Transforming Conflict, Irma-Kaarina Ghosn, Lebanon
Security in My Life, Craig Etcheson, USA