Walid Slaïby’s legacy will forever be linked to activism toward the abolition of the death penalty, the struggle for civil rights, and the co-founding of the Academic University College for Non-Violence & Human Rights in Lebanon.
The rise in violence against women is interconnected with the presence and rise of authoritarianism and militarism. Gun Free Kitchen Tables, an Israeli feminist movement to counter domestic violence committed by military-issued weapons, looks at the domestic and intimate violence integral to patriarchal militarism and its effects on women.
In collaboration with the Japan Committee for UNICEF, Japan’s award-winning singer-songwriter, Ai, and the Lasting Peace Project, are set to launch the “Lasting Peace for Every Child” peace education project to coincide with the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan. A special live performance will take place May 21.
The Global Campaign and its participants who knew him, mourn the passing of Ben Ferencz on April 7. He brought his experience as prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials to a lifelong active commitment to peace and was a staunch supporter of peace education. A more detailed tribute will be posted in the near future.
The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations is pleased to announce the launch of the latest edition of its Young Peacebuilders programme. This year the programme focuses on Latin America and the Caribbean. The UNAOC Young Peacebuilders programme is a peace education initiative that aims to create a global movement of young peacebuilders by providing them with the competencies to advance diversity and intercultural understanding.
On November 17, 2022, the G20 Leaders meeting in Bali surprised the world by agreeing that “The threat of use or use of nuclear weapons is inadmissible.” This agreement represents a possible breakthrough in consolidating a general norm against the use of nuclear weapons that is now accepted by the main nuclear weapon states. In support of this norm and to help shift this to accepted law, NoFirstUse Global invites you to endorse “Nuclear Taboo: From Norm to Law – a Declaration of Public Conscience.”
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons has launched a new webpage to help observers keep track of the work in the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Other resources include Reaching Critical Will’s new paper on “The TPNW and Gender, Feminism, and Intersectionality.”
Proposals include expanding violence interruption programs, providing workshops on peace education for teachers and students, and increasing safety presence around schools.
In order to reflect on the challenges that the world is facing at the moment, Fora da Caixa invites artists to participate in the collective exhibition Art for Peace 2023. It has never been more urgent and relevant to be united to strengthen the Culture of Peace. Registration deadline: June 30, 2023.
Dealing with conflicts non-violently, but also aligning schools, families, companies and politics in such a way that people can deal with each other non-violently and give peace a place – all this is part of peace education. Anne Kruck reports on her work and explains how education can contribute to peace.
This is the third in a three-part series dialogue between Betty Reardon and Dale Snauwaert on “Dialogue on Peace as the Presence of Justice.” The authors invite peace educators everywhere to review and assess their dialogue and the challenges outlined, and to engage in similar dialogues and colloquies with colleagues who share the common goal of making education an effective instrument of peace.
This is the second in a three-part series dialogue between Betty Reardon and Dale Snauwaert on “Dialogue on Peace as the Presence of Justice.” The authors invite peace educators everywhere to review and assess their dialogue and the challenges outlined, and to engage in similar dialogues and colloquies with colleagues who share the common goal of making education an effective instrument of peace.