(Original article: Metta Center for Nonviolence) “Education is the root system underlying all other systems. Given the grave and potentially catastrophic problems we face, it is critical that we provide …
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(Original article: Prof. Dr. Alicia Cabezudo, Arigatou International) Education for peace and respect for human rights become particularly relevant today as the values that they entail are conflicted by daily …
(Original article: UNESCO) UNESCO will celebrate World Teachers’ Day (WTD) on October 5 by highlighting the importance of empowering teachers to achieve inclusive and sustainable global development. This year, the …
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“The University of Toledo Graduate Certificate in Foundations of Peace Education is an innovative, unique and essential opportunity for high quality professional preparation in peace education.” -Betty A. Reardon, Nobel …
Janet Gerson Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University (2014) is the winner of the 2014 Peace and Justice Studies Association (PJSA) Graduate Student Paper Award for her dissertation Public Deliberation on …
The Norwegian Nobel Committee, I would hereby, as co-president of the International Peace Bureau, like to present my nomination for the Nobel “Champion of peace” prize 2013. The suggestion is …
“They even celebrate defeats,” said the professor, speaking of the anti-oppression struggles of base communities in a seminar on liberation theology. “An observer, not a participant,” I thought. Those in …
When a few women peace activists, members of UN affiliated NGOs, began the process that resulted in United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, we …
Ted Herman was a pioneer in the peace studies community. He was one of many Quaker scholar/midwives who helped nurture the field of peace studies in the 1960s. He founded …