The UNAOC, with the support of the UNOY, hosted a capacity-building workshop for nineteen youth participants from Latin America and the Caribbean from July 3-7, 2023. The workshop enabled youth leaders to design and implement impactful peace interventions.
They quickly faced one of the difficulties encountered by real humanitarian workers – to accept they can’t provide or respond to every need.
Beyond the distribution of relief materials, the Christian Forum Dimapur also emphasized the significance of interaction with inter-religious groups and intellectuals of the Meithei communities. This aspect of the mission aimed to foster dialogue, understanding, and communal harmony, promoting the idea of peaceful coexistence among diverse religious and cultural groups.
An international peace education conference was held in Rwanda from July 11-13 to discuss and reflect on the most effective approaches to address conflicts, promote human well-being, and achieve sustainable peace.
With the objectives to impart peace education and emphasize the importance of peace in the minds of the young people, Peace Channel organized a one-day Peace retreat for the students and teachers of various schools from Jalukie. 96 students and 7 teachers participated in the program.
Quakers in Britain’s groundbreaking report “Peace at the Heart” was featured in a session on challenging toxic online hate at the United Nations.
On June 9, more than 1,300 educational institutions throughout Colombia commemorated the first anniversary of the delivery of the Final Report of the Truth Commission. In the company of civil society organizations and education secretariats, the schools organized to live a special day with their educational communities, opening a path of dialogue and reflection on the value of truth in coexistence and the history of the Colombian armed conflict.
Representatives of CSOs in Rwanda were trained by the Aegis Trust on how to positively encourage men and boys to enhance gender equality.
On May 21, 2023, the Peace Education Commission (PEC) of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA) celebrated its 50th anniversary with a special plenary session during the 2023 IPRA conference that was held in Trinidad & Tobago. Video recording is now available.
“The institutions established to ensure peace and security in Europe fell short, and the failure of diplomacy led to war,” attendees said in a joint declaration. “Now diplomacy is urgently needed to end the war before it destroys Ukraine and endangers humanity.”
It is essential to involve people at the grassroots level in providing solutions to their challenges. Therefore, peace education should be made compulsory in schools in the region. This was one of the conclusions of the inaugural honorary lecture series on peace building in the Great Lakes Region hosted by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Victoria University.
The National Peace Council of Ghana has commenced conducting peace education campaigns in Senior High Schools to consolidate its peacebuilding efforts.