Promoting Positive Masculinities – a contribution to peace in Rwanda
Representatives of CSOs in Rwanda were trained by the Aegis Trust on how to positively encourage men and boys to enhance gender equality.
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Online Certificate Course on Human Rights and Social Justice – 2023 Edition
Human Rights and Justice Group International is offering this online course (July 13-August 12) designed to provide participants with a deep understanding of the key principles and issues related to human rights and social justice.
Joint Statement from the EU and UN on the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict (June 19)
This joint statement is well worth reading by peace educators as a basis of an inquiry on the integral relationship of the human rights of women to the achievement of just and stable peace.
Universities engaging men to end violence against women
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.
The new Mexican school’s challenge to eradicate violence
The New Mexican School can influence the Mexican people’s culture and bring about paradigm shifts among all those involved in the school system. The educational transformation of our young people must start from the perspective of entitlement to human rights.
In Conversation with Betty Reardon | Session 1 || Sexism and Militarism
In this video, the first of 6 in a series, Betty Reardon illuminates the integral relationship between sexism and militarism, and explores their modern manifestations.
Domestic Violence Is on the Rise With Coronavirus Lockdown. The Responses Are Missing the Point.
The virus has disclosed to larger segments of the public many of the forms of violence previously obscured by lack of responsible public policy and media neglect. One of those forms of obscured systemic violence is gender violence in general, and domestic abuse in particular.
What works to prevent violence against children in Afghanistan? Findings of a school-based peace education intervention in Afghanistan
This paper presents the results of an evaluation of school-based peace education and a community-based intervention to change harmful social norms and practices related to gender and the use of violence in conflict resolution, implemented in Afghanistan with the aim of reducing violence against and between children.
Education is the key to eradicate violence against women in Yucatán (Mexico)
“Through proper training and strengthening of tools for people working to eradicate violence against women, the Government of Yucatán complies with the tenets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”, said the head of the General Secretariat of Government (SGG), María Fritz Sierra at the closing of the workshop “Education for peace, transformation of conflicts, breaking the cycles of violence.”
Nobel Peace Prize 2018: a teachable moment
This Nobel Prize presents a teachable moment. Too few are aware of how integral violence against women (VAW) is to war and armed conflict. VAW will continue to exist as long as war exists. Eliminating VAW is not about making war somehow “safer” or more “humanitarian.” Reducing and eliminating VAW is dependent on the abolition of war.
Nobel Peace Prize 2018 awarded to activists addressing sexual violence as a weapon of war
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2018 to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict.
Global Guidance on Addressing School-Related Gender-Based Violence
This guidance aims to provide a comprehensive, one-stop resource on school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV), including clear, knowledge-based operational guidance, diverse case studies drawn from examples of promising practice and recommended tools for the education sector and its partners working to eliminate gender-based violence.