Global Campaign for Peace Education

The Remapping and Analysis of Human Rights and Peace Education in ASEAN/Southeast Asia

September 26, 2020 0

SHAPE-SEA’s “Remapping and Analysis of Human rights and Peace Education in ASEAN/Southeast Asia” was developed to systematically update the development in human rights and peace education/studies in ASEAN/Southeast Asia. [continue reading…]

The Culture of Peace: Change our World for the Better in the Age of COVID 19

September 25, 2020 0

Last year, we paid tribute to the 20th Anniversary of the 1999 Declaration of the Program of Action on a Culture of Peace. Today, we need to ask ourselves if we had genuinely carried out our moral responsibilities to transition from a culture of hatred and violence to a culture of tolerance and peace. [continue reading…]

In Conversation with Betty Reardon

September 24, 2020 0

In this video series of short Q&A sessions, Betty Reardon shares her ideas about sexism, peace and peace education and her experience as a peace activist and educator. [continue reading…]

Nagaland: Educators urged to create ‘culture of peace’

September 23, 2020 0

A webinar on ‘The Role of Teachers in Peace Education’ was organized by Peace Channel and North East Institute Of Social Sciences & Research (NEISSR) on September 11, which emphasised the role of teachers as agents of peace. [continue reading…]

Rethinking learning: a review of social and emotional learning for education systems

September 23, 2020 0

The UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development recently published “Rethinking learning: a review of social and emotional learning for education systems.” [continue reading…]

Peace Education, not Patriotic Education

September 22, 2020 1

Trump’s call for “patriotic education” is dangerous. Instead, our schools need peace education to help contend with this moment of reckoning with racial and other forms of inequality in a genuinely inclusive way. [continue reading…]

“RBG: My Kind of Feminist,” a tribute from a feminist peace educator

September 21, 2020 1

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s life and work is an energizing inspiration to all feminist peace educators. [continue reading…]

A case for mainstreaming social and emotional learning

September 20, 2020 0

Highlighting the need to mainstream Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) within education systems, a new report reviews the latest research on SEL, its impact on student health and school climate, and its transformative role in building happier classrooms. [continue reading…]

Empowering students for just societies: A new resource for teachers from UNESCO

September 11, 2020 0

Education has a key role to play in empowering students to understand their fundamental rights, and to become champions for justice in society. Therefore, UNESCO in partnership with UNODC’s Doha Declaration Global Programme has developed two handbooks to help teachers empower their students. [continue reading…]

Norwegian Refugee Council seeks Education for Peace Recovery and Resilience Project Manager (South Sudan)

September 2, 2020 1

The NRC will implement a three-year USAID funded Education for Peace and Resilience Project targeting conflict-affected adolescents and youth. The Project Manager is to provide strategic direction and overall management of the project. Application deadline: Sept. 13. [continue reading…]