How to teach peace around the planet was the topic of the Global Peace Education Forum on UN Education Day, January 24. Talks included UN Sec-Gen Antonio Guterres, Taliban shooting survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, UNESCO top educator Stefania Giannini, French activist/actress and Harvard professor Guila Clara Kessous, and UNESCO ex-chief Federico Mayor Zaragoza.
Danielle Whisnant outlines how contemporary issues that permeate nearly every aspect of American life and hinder effective foreign policy interventions can begin to be remedied by a reorientation of public education towards peace education cross-disciplinarily.
Mansoor Akbar calls for civil society activists and educators to network with Afghans in the diaspora to be more aware of their perspectives and informed of their needs going forward.
The Quaker Council for European Affairs and Quakers in Britain produced three short videos making the case for peace education.
Loreta Navarro-Castro, a long-time member of the Global Campaign for Peace Education, discusses the development of Peace Education in the Philippines and her journey as a peace educator and organizer of peace education.
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