Join World BEYOND War, Demilitarise Education (dED_UCATION), and Women for Weapons Trade Transparency for a webinar on February 14 at 12pm ET / 5pm GMT on how to demilitarise education and transform universities for peace.
A month after the Taliban abruptly banned women from colleges and universities in Afghanistan, U.S. institutions are trying to help them back into academe any way they can.
Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal shared the importance of education in establishing peace at a ceremony held to mark the International Day of Peace at the Higher Education Commission Secretariat.
We call upon all American members of the Global Campaign for Peace Education to take immediate action to prevent the cessation of US assistance to higher education in Afghanistan. Please contact your Congressional representative, your Senator, the Administrator of USAID, and the President.
This special webinar/book panel (September 23) will explore theoretical and practical questions of how universities can promote human rights.
The Science and Higher Education Ministry of Ethiopia and UNESCO have signed an agreement to facilitate peace education in universities focused on fostering conflict resolution mechanisms, preventing conflicts, and enhancing the quality of education.
Dr. Valerie Chepp redesigned her senior capstone course for the fall to address the questions of student activists while equipping them with applicable skills for their community organizing.
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.
Sara Clarke-Habibi argues that higher education institutions should be reflecting on how they can contribute proactively to the reduction of inequalities, frustration, radicalisation and violence in society.
In this interview Professor Yoshiro Tanaka, Executive Trustee, Provost and Executive Vice President for Graduate Education and Research at J. F. Oberlin University in Tokyo, Japan, shares with UNAI an educator’s point of view on peace education.
The California State University Board of Trustees approved a modification to the university’s General Education requirements to include a course addressing ethnic studies and social justice. This marks the first significant change to the university’s GE requirements in 40 years.
Ramu Damodaran, Chief of United Nations Academic Impact, reflects on the UN’s “commitment to encouraging global citizenship through education.”