Teaching about history’s worst crimes can be challenging. UNESCO supports educators from 11 countries in making such conversations in and out of the classroom easier.
Under the aegis of the African Union and UNESCO, the high-level pan-African center for training and research for the culture of peace will open its doors in Yamousoukro within the Foundation Félix Houphouët-Boigny.
Integrating peace education into professional military education curriculum can help towards preventing violence and promoting nonviolent means of conflict resolution in ASEAN, according to Malaysian Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.
IICBA is organizing this webinar (February 13) to present an overview of IICBA’s peace education programme as well as some of the good practices from the participating countries!
Join Arigatou International for this series of webinars sharing experiences from their work on the prevention of violence and promotion of peacebuilding through education in Africa (May 19, June 8, June 22, and July 6, 2022).
Join Arigatou International for this series of webinars sharing experiences from their work on the prevention of violence and promotion of peacebuilding through education in Africa (May 19, June 8, June 22, and July 6, 2022).
Join Arigatou International for this series of webinars sharing experiences from their work on the prevention of violence and promotion of peacebuilding through education in Africa (May 19, June 8, June 22, and July 6, 2022).
Join Arigatou International for this series of webinars sharing experiences from their work on the prevention of violence and promotion of peacebuilding through education in Africa (May 19, June 8, June 22, and July 6, 2022).
This study examines to what extent peace education could be effective in transforming and shifting the violent behavior of the youth towards a culture of peace non-violent conflict resolution in Ethiopia.
Living in a nation that feels more divided with each passing day can take an emotional toll. But bright spots in this tumultuous time exist: the Peace Education Program in Louisville, KY is one of them. The organization – which began 35 years ago and currently includes 88 schools and 67 community sites in its network – provides learning experiences to youths and adults that help reduce violence.
Researchers from the Interdisciplinary Group on Preventing School and Community Violence outline a plan to establish a comprehensive public health approach to gun violence that is informed by scientific evidence and free from partisan politics. A public health approach to protecting children as well as adults from gun violence involves three levels of prevention: (1) universal approaches promoting safety and well-being for everyone; (2) practices for reducing risk and promoting protective factors for persons experiencing difficulties; and (3) interventions for individuals where violence is present or appears imminent.
Forest Whitaker says when easily broken truces regularly alternate with episodes of violence from armed conflicts, we can speak neither of true peace nor of real change.