Global Campaign for Peace Education

A Path for Peacebuilding through Peace Education in Afghanistan (webinar recording)

March 31, 2021 1

Georgetown University’s MA in Conflict Resolution hosted “A Path for Peacebuilding through Peace Education in Afghanistan: Lessons Learned and the Road Ahead for Peace Education.” Video of the webinar is now available. [continue reading…]

The Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution is hiring an Assistant Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution

March 31, 2021 0

The Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University’s Korea Campus invites applications for a Term Assistant Professor position beginning in August 2021. [continue reading…]

The Deep American Roots of the Atlanta Shootings

March 21, 2021 0

This OpEd from The New York Times demonstrates how the convergence of oppressions suffered by those who bear the greatest burdens of systemic and structural violence are also the most vulnerable to multiple forms of physical violence, including murder. It calls peace educators to awareness of the convergence as a foundation for an inquiry into the challenge of devising learning experiences to illuminate the prejudicial attitudes and discriminatory values that facilitate behavioral violence and uphold the structures. [continue reading…]

[New Book!] Decolonizing Conflicts, Security, Peace, Gender, Environment and Development in the Anthropocene

March 18, 2021 0

In this book of peer-reviewed texts prepared for the 27th Conference of IPRA in 2018, 25 authors from the Global South and the Global North address conflicts, security, peace, gender, environment, and development. [continue reading…]

New publication – “Engendering Climate Change: Learnings from South Asia”

March 16, 2021 0

Edited by Asha Hans, Nitya Rao, Anjal Prakash, & Amrita Patel, this book focuses on the gendered experiences of environmental change across different geographies and social contexts in South Asia and on diverse strategies of adapting to climate variability. Open access now available! [continue reading…]

Dialogue with Dr. Betty Reardon on Peace Education hosted by UNESCO APCEIU

March 15, 2021 0

The Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding, in partnership with the Korean Society of Education for International Understanding, hosted a virtual Dialogue with Dr. Betty Reardon on the occasion of the publication of the Korean translation of Dr. Reardon’s book, “Comprehensive Peace Education.” [continue reading…]

Good schools for a troubled democracy

March 10, 2021 0

In this piece, Jon Valant argues that the school system we have today in the United States — and our conception of a good school — is mismatched with the needs of our time. [continue reading…]

Universities engaging men to end violence against women

March 9, 2021 0

Men’s violence prevention (MVP) programs seek to transform men’s silence and inaction into allyship and change. However, it should be clear: MVP is a complementary approach to other violence against women (VAW) work. The point is not to center men, but to support women’s activism, research and leadership towards the goal of ending VAW wherever possible. [continue reading…]

Launch of the UNEP making peace with nature report

March 9, 2021 0

A new UNEP report tackling the climate, biodiversity and pollution emergencies officially launched during an online press briefing. [continue reading…]

Tony Jenkins: peacelearning pedagogy for political agency

March 9, 2021 0

“Political agency is generated internally. We take external action upon those things that we hold dear and meaningful. Justice and peace, learned as abstract concepts and goals, will not be acted upon. Peacelearning pedagogy is pursued through inquiry that connects abstract concepts to the learner’s experience of the world.” -Tony Jenkins [continue reading…]