«Ninguna de las partes puede aspirar a la victoria en una guerra nuclear. Ni el público ni los gobiernos del mundo son suficientemente conscientes del peligro. Un acuerdo de prohibición de las armas nucleares si bien podría ser útil para disminuir la tensión, no ofrecería una solución. La única esperanza para la humanidad es evitar la guerra.[…] Tenemos ante nosotros, si queremos, un progreso continuo en felicidad, conocimiento y sabiduría. ¿Elegiremos en cambio la muerte, porque no podemos olvidar nuestras disputas? Hacemos un llamamiento como seres humanos a seres humanos: recordar vuestra humanidad, y olvidar el resto. .»
«Los utópicos son los que creen que las guerras solucionan problemas. Los realistas son los que apuestan por la no-violencia. El pragmatismo es apostar por la paz.»
– Vicent Martínez Guzmán (Instituto Catalán Internacional por la Paz – ICIP)
Sobrevivir la era nuclear
Ante la escalada armamentística y nuclear a nivel mundial, detonada por la guerra de Ucrania, esta web quiere contribuir con un listado de asociaciones, plataformas, y peticiones que buscan la desmilitarización y la abolición de la guerra. Se han excluido páginas y peticiones, que enmascaradas bajo un pretexto de paz, no invitan al diálogo sino a la confrontación. En este sentido, buscamos fuentes que interpelen y analicen ambas partes de las contiendas. La supervivencia del planeta en la Era Nuclear nos fuerza, como diría Bertrand Russell, a adquirir “un poco de sentido común”, ver más allá de nuestros intereses particulares, y de pensarnos como especie humana en conjunto.
También se incluirán textos, vídeos y libros que creemos son interesantes, ya que el conocimiento es la única forma de protegernos contra el ruido mediático que atiende a intereses que no necesariamente compartimos.
Firma una petición
Contribuye a la paz y el desarme firmando alguna de estas peticiones
Una de las circunstancias más alarmantes que conllevado la guerra de Ucrania en Europa, es la censura y prohibición de ciertos medios de comunicación, censura a ciertos periodistas, e incluso medidas legales contra ciertas opiniones bajo la acusación de desinformación. Reclamamos la libertad de opinión y de prensa como un derecho fundamental.
Documentos varios, diccionarios de terminología, entrevistas, … fuentes que informen sobre todos los contendientes, sin simplificar los conflictos; testimonios; relatos informados de expertos que no están atados a instituciones y pueden hablar con libertad, para que su conocimiento nos ayude a liberarnos de un ruido mediático cuyos intereses desconocemos.
El reloj del día final, manejado por el boletín de científicos atómicos, se encuentra en su momento más cercano al día final desde su constitución en 1947: 90 segundos antes de medianoche.
David Swanson argued that Russia and Ukraine both had options better than war during World BEYOND War’s annual global conference, #NoWar2023: Nonviolent Resistance to Militarism. The most disastrous belief, I think, is the one that holds that both Russia and Ukraine have … Leer más
30 September 2023, Berlin During the opening of IPB’s Week of Global Mobilization for Peace in Ukraine (WGMPU) webinar, Dr. Joseph Gerson addressed the need to prevent nuclear escalation and the absence of arms control and strategic security diplomacy – This week marks … Leer más
The Korean Thanksgiving, known as Chuseok or Hangaw, is celebrated across the peninsula and worldwide where Koreans are residing. This holiday is a time when families gather together to offer thanks to their ancestors for an abundant harvest. It is one of … Leer más
To hear the kulintang, gongs, and drums play is enough to connect you and me to our Muslim brothers and sisters living in Mindanao. To see and hear their heartfelt stories of what happened during the Mindanao war, in song and dance, … Leer más
The total (100%) of Argentinean participants in international research on pesticides “presented a range of 6 to 13 pesticides in urine, a range of 2 to 10 pesticides in blood and a range of 0 to 18 pesticides in faecal matter”. The … Leer más
It is very common for white people to exclaim: “I don’t see races, or genders, I see only humans” or “We are all the same” and this represents a repertoire of thoughts and actions known as “white privilege”. By choosing not to … Leer más
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
Join World BEYOND War for our 4th annual virtual film festival!
Marking International Women’s Day (March 8), this year’s “Women & War” virtual film festival from March 9-23, 2024 explores the intersection of women, war, and militarized masculinity.Each week, we’ll host a live Zoom discussion with key representatives from the films and special guests to answer your questions and explore the topics addressed in the films.
World BEYOND War understands that our paid festival pass may not be possible for everyone at this time and we are thrilled to be offering one of the films in our festival for free this year.Register here to viewNaila and the Uprising, Just Vision’s 2017 film, at no cost. To access our full lineup of films in our festival and the 3 panel discussions,please register below for the main festival pass. Please note that when you register for the main festival pass,Naila and the Uprisingwill also be included.
How It Works:
1 ticket gets you access to all 3 films and 3 live Zoom discussions
You will get the screening link to watch the films on your own time leading up to the Zoom discussions
Then join us live on Zoom each Saturday in March from the 9th-23rd to talk with key representatives from the films and special guests! The panel discussions will also be recorded if you can’t join us live.
This three-day conference builds on four previous Earth Charter Conferences focused on education for sustainability and global citizenship, and for planetary well-being.
This Conference, organized under the framework of theUNESCOChair on Education for Sustainable Development with the Earth Charter and theUNESCOUNITWIN Cooperation Programme on Education for Sustainable Development and Social Transformation, will take place atRollins College, in Winter Park, Florida.
Learn More!
This three-day conference builds on four previous Earth Charter Conferences focused on education for sustainability and global citizenship, and for planetary well-being.
This Conference, organized under the framework of theUNESCOChair on Education for Sustainable Development with the Earth Charter and theUNESCOUNITWIN Cooperation Programme on Education for Sustainable Development and Social Transformation, will take place atRollins College, in Winter Park, Florida.
Learn More!
This three-day conference builds on four previous Earth Charter Conferences focused on education for sustainability and global citizenship, and for planetary well-being.
This Conference, organized under the framework of theUNESCOChair on Education for Sustainable Development with the Earth Charter and theUNESCOUNITWIN Cooperation Programme on Education for Sustainable Development and Social Transformation, will take place atRollins College, in Winter Park, Florida.
Learn More!
Every year on April 22, Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970.
The following historical overview comes from EarthDay.org:
THE IDEA FOR THE FIRST EARTH DAY
Senator Gaylord Nelson, a junior senator from Wisconsin, had long been concerned about the deteriorating environment in the United States. Then in January 1969, he and many others witnessed the ravages of a massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California. Inspired by the student anti-war movement, Senator Nelson wanted to infuse the energy of student anti-war protests with an emerging public consciousness about air and water pollution. Senator Nelson announced the idea for a teach-in on college campuses to the national media, and persuaded Pete McCloskey, a conservation-minded Republican Congressman, to serve as his co-chair. They recruited Denis Hayes, a young activist, to organize the campus teach-ins and they choose April 22, a weekday falling between Spring Break and Final Exams, to maximize the greatest student participation.
Recognizing its potential to inspireall Americans, Hayes built a national staff of 85 to promote events across the land and the effort soon broadened to include a wide range of organizations, faith groups, and others. They changed the name to Earth Day, which immediately sparked national media attention, and caught on across the country. Earth Day inspired 20 million Americans — at the time, 10% of the total population of the United States — to take to the streets, parks and auditoriums to demonstrate against the impacts of 150 years of industrial development which had left a growing legacy of serious human health impacts. Thousands of colleges and universities organized protests against the deterioration of the environment and there were massive coast-to-coast rallies in cities, towns, and communities.
Groups that had been fighting individually against oil spills, polluting factories and power plants, raw sewage, toxic dumps, pesticides, freeways, the loss of wilderness and the extinction of wildlife united on Earth Day around these shared common values. Earth Day 1970 achieved a rare political alignment, enlisting support from Republicans and Democrats, rich and poor, urban dwellers and farmers, business and labor leaders. By the end of 1970, the first Earth Day led to the creation of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the passage of other first of their kind environmental laws, including the National Environmental Education Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and the Clean AirAct. Two years later Congress passed the Clean Water Act. A year after that, Congress passed the Endangered Species Act and soon after the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.These laws have protected millions of men, women and children from disease and death and have protected hundreds of species from extinction.
1990: EARTH DAY GOES GLOBAL
As 1990 approached, a group of environmental leaders approached Denis Hayes to once again organize another major campaign for the planet. This time, Earth Day went global, mobilizing 200 million people in 141 countries and lifting environmental issues onto the world stage. Earth Day 1990 gave a huge boost to recycling efforts worldwide and helped pave the way for the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. It also prompted President Bill Clinton to award Senator Nelson the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the highest honor given to civilians in the United States — for his role as Earth Day founder.
EARTH DAY FOR A NEW MILLENNIUM
As the millennium approached, Hayes agreed to spearhead another campaign, this time focused on global warming and a push for clean energy. With 5,000 environmental groups in a record 184 countries reaching out to hundreds of millions of people, Earth Day 2000 built both global and local conversations, leveraging the power of the Internet to organize activists around the world, while also featuring a drum chain that traveled from village to village in Gabon, Africa. Hundreds of thousands of people also gathered on the National Mall in Washington, DC for a First Amendment Rally.
30 years on, Earth Day 2000 sent world leaders a loud and clear message: Citizens around the world wanted quick and decisive action on global warming and clean energy.
EARTH DAY 2010
As in 1970, Earth Day 2010 came at a time of great challenge for the environmental community to combat the cynicism of climate change deniers, well-funded oil lobbyists, reticent politicians, a disinterested public, and a divided environmental community with the collective power of global environmental activism.In the face of these challenges, Earth Day prevailed and Earth Day Network reestablished Earth Day as a major moment for global action for the environment.
Over the decades, Earth Day Network has brought hundreds of millions of people into the environmental movement, creating opportunities for civic engagement and volunteerism in 193 countries. Earth Day engages more than 1 billion people every year and has become a major stepping stone along the pathway of engagement around the protection of the planet.
EARTH DAY TODAY
Today, Earth Day is widely recognized as the largest secular observance in the world, marked by more than a billion people every year as a day of action to change human behavior and create global, national and local policy changes.
Now, the fight for a clean environment continues with increasing urgency, as the ravages of climate change become more and more apparent every day.
As the awareness of our climate crisis grows, so does civil society mobilization, which is reaching a fever pitch across the globe today. Disillusioned by the low level of ambition following the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015 and frustrated with international environmental lethargy, citizens of the world are rising up to demand far greater action for our planet and its people.
The social and cultural environments we saw in 1970 are rising up again today — a fresh and frustrated generation of young people are refusing to settle for platitudes, instead taking to the streets by the millions to demand a new way forward. Digital and social media are bringing these conversations, protests, strikes and mobilizations to a global audience, uniting a concerned citizenry as never before and catalyzing generations to join together to take on the greatest challenge that humankind has faced.
By tapping into some of the learnings, outcomes, and legacy of the first Earth Day, Earth Day Network is building a cohesive, coordinated, diverse movement, one that goes to the very heart of what EDN and Earth Day are all about — empowering individuals with the information, the tools, the messaging and the communities needed to make an impact and drive change.
2020 marks the50th anniversary of Earth Day. In honor of this milestone, Earth Day Network is launching an ambitious set of goals to shape the future of 21st century environmentalism.Learn more here.
We invite you to be a part of Earth Day and help write many more chapters—struggles and victories—into the Earth Day book.
Mergrande Ocean Resort, 2GJH+WM, Davao City, Philippines
We are pleased to share with you the Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute Foundation, Inc. (MPI) 23rd Annual Peacebuilding Training Information Packet. This year’s theme, Peace in Action: Empowering Peacebuilders in the Midst of Violence, sets the stage for an enriching experience from May 13 to 31, 2024, at Mergrande Ocean Resort in Bago Aplaya, Talomo District, Davao City, Philippines. Take your peacebuilding journey to new heights through MPI’s Annual Peacebuilding Training.
The MPI 2024 Annual Peacebuilding Training will consist of 11 courses, four of which are Foundation Courses in Week 1 and six of which are Thematic, or more advanced courses, in Weeks 2 and 3. This year also sees the return of a Field-Based course in Week 3. Thirteen of MPI’s veteran facilitators from Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, and North America will be joining this year’s training, teaming up with four new-to-MPI facilitators from the Philippines.
Mergrande Ocean Resort, 2GJH+WM, Davao City, Philippines
We are pleased to share with you the Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute Foundation, Inc. (MPI) 23rd Annual Peacebuilding Training Information Packet. This year’s theme, Peace in Action: Empowering Peacebuilders in the Midst of Violence, sets the stage for an enriching experience from May 13 to 31, 2024, at Mergrande Ocean Resort in Bago Aplaya, Talomo District, Davao City, Philippines. Take your peacebuilding journey to new heights through MPI’s Annual Peacebuilding Training.
The MPI 2024 Annual Peacebuilding Training will consist of 11 courses, four of which are Foundation Courses in Week 1 and six of which are Thematic, or more advanced courses, in Weeks 2 and 3. This year also sees the return of a Field-Based course in Week 3. Thirteen of MPI’s veteran facilitators from Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, and North America will be joining this year’s training, teaming up with four new-to-MPI facilitators from the Philippines.
Mergrande Ocean Resort, 2GJH+WM, Davao City, Philippines
We are pleased to share with you the Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute Foundation, Inc. (MPI) 23rd Annual Peacebuilding Training Information Packet. This year’s theme, Peace in Action: Empowering Peacebuilders in the Midst of Violence, sets the stage for an enriching experience from May 13 to 31, 2024, at Mergrande Ocean Resort in Bago Aplaya, Talomo District, Davao City, Philippines. Take your peacebuilding journey to new heights through MPI’s Annual Peacebuilding Training.
The MPI 2024 Annual Peacebuilding Training will consist of 11 courses, four of which are Foundation Courses in Week 1 and six of which are Thematic, or more advanced courses, in Weeks 2 and 3. This year also sees the return of a Field-Based course in Week 3. Thirteen of MPI’s veteran facilitators from Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, and North America will be joining this year’s training, teaming up with four new-to-MPI facilitators from the Philippines.
Mergrande Ocean Resort, 2GJH+WM, Davao City, Philippines
We are pleased to share with you the Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute Foundation, Inc. (MPI) 23rd Annual Peacebuilding Training Information Packet. This year’s theme, Peace in Action: Empowering Peacebuilders in the Midst of Violence, sets the stage for an enriching experience from May 13 to 31, 2024, at Mergrande Ocean Resort in Bago Aplaya, Talomo District, Davao City, Philippines. Take your peacebuilding journey to new heights through MPI’s Annual Peacebuilding Training.
The MPI 2024 Annual Peacebuilding Training will consist of 11 courses, four of which are Foundation Courses in Week 1 and six of which are Thematic, or more advanced courses, in Weeks 2 and 3. This year also sees the return of a Field-Based course in Week 3. Thirteen of MPI’s veteran facilitators from Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, and North America will be joining this year’s training, teaming up with four new-to-MPI facilitators from the Philippines.
Mergrande Ocean Resort, 2GJH+WM, Davao City, Philippines
We are pleased to share with you the Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute Foundation, Inc. (MPI) 23rd Annual Peacebuilding Training Information Packet. This year’s theme, Peace in Action: Empowering Peacebuilders in the Midst of Violence, sets the stage for an enriching experience from May 13 to 31, 2024, at Mergrande Ocean Resort in Bago Aplaya, Talomo District, Davao City, Philippines. Take your peacebuilding journey to new heights through MPI’s Annual Peacebuilding Training.
The MPI 2024 Annual Peacebuilding Training will consist of 11 courses, four of which are Foundation Courses in Week 1 and six of which are Thematic, or more advanced courses, in Weeks 2 and 3. This year also sees the return of a Field-Based course in Week 3. Thirteen of MPI’s veteran facilitators from Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, and North America will be joining this year’s training, teaming up with four new-to-MPI facilitators from the Philippines.
Tvind International Skolecenter, Skorkærvej 8, Ulfborg, 6990
The world is in desperate need of Peace. AtThe Necessary Teacher Training College, we also know that the world is full of good initiatives and people. This conference is a weekend event in which good initiatives and people can share knowledge, ideas and methods all centered on bringing the concept of peace to more people. Whether it’s through art, lectures, sports, or theatre, there are many ways to Teach for Peace. This event will hopefully serve to inspire and equip interested people and teachers with the tools needed to create a more peaceful and just world.
Learn more and join the conference!
Mergrande Ocean Resort, 2GJH+WM, Davao City, Philippines
We are pleased to share with you the Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute Foundation, Inc. (MPI) 23rd Annual Peacebuilding Training Information Packet. This year’s theme, Peace in Action: Empowering Peacebuilders in the Midst of Violence, sets the stage for an enriching experience from May 13 to 31, 2024, at Mergrande Ocean Resort in Bago Aplaya, Talomo District, Davao City, Philippines. Take your peacebuilding journey to new heights through MPI’s Annual Peacebuilding Training.
The MPI 2024 Annual Peacebuilding Training will consist of 11 courses, four of which are Foundation Courses in Week 1 and six of which are Thematic, or more advanced courses, in Weeks 2 and 3. This year also sees the return of a Field-Based course in Week 3. Thirteen of MPI’s veteran facilitators from Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, and North America will be joining this year’s training, teaming up with four new-to-MPI facilitators from the Philippines.
Tvind International Skolecenter, Skorkærvej 8, Ulfborg, 6990
The world is in desperate need of Peace. AtThe Necessary Teacher Training College, we also know that the world is full of good initiatives and people. This conference is a weekend event in which good initiatives and people can share knowledge, ideas and methods all centered on bringing the concept of peace to more people. Whether it’s through art, lectures, sports, or theatre, there are many ways to Teach for Peace. This event will hopefully serve to inspire and equip interested people and teachers with the tools needed to create a more peaceful and just world.
Learn more and join the conference!
Mergrande Ocean Resort, 2GJH+WM, Davao City, Philippines
We are pleased to share with you the Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute Foundation, Inc. (MPI) 23rd Annual Peacebuilding Training Information Packet. This year’s theme, Peace in Action: Empowering Peacebuilders in the Midst of Violence, sets the stage for an enriching experience from May 13 to 31, 2024, at Mergrande Ocean Resort in Bago Aplaya, Talomo District, Davao City, Philippines. Take your peacebuilding journey to new heights through MPI’s Annual Peacebuilding Training.
The MPI 2024 Annual Peacebuilding Training will consist of 11 courses, four of which are Foundation Courses in Week 1 and six of which are Thematic, or more advanced courses, in Weeks 2 and 3. This year also sees the return of a Field-Based course in Week 3. Thirteen of MPI’s veteran facilitators from Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, and North America will be joining this year’s training, teaming up with four new-to-MPI facilitators from the Philippines.
Tvind International Skolecenter, Skorkærvej 8, Ulfborg, 6990
The world is in desperate need of Peace. AtThe Necessary Teacher Training College, we also know that the world is full of good initiatives and people. This conference is a weekend event in which good initiatives and people can share knowledge, ideas and methods all centered on bringing the concept of peace to more people. Whether it’s through art, lectures, sports, or theatre, there are many ways to Teach for Peace. This event will hopefully serve to inspire and equip interested people and teachers with the tools needed to create a more peaceful and just world.
Learn more and join the conference!
Mergrande Ocean Resort, 2GJH+WM, Davao City, Philippines
We are pleased to share with you the Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute Foundation, Inc. (MPI) 23rd Annual Peacebuilding Training Information Packet. This year’s theme, Peace in Action: Empowering Peacebuilders in the Midst of Violence, sets the stage for an enriching experience from May 13 to 31, 2024, at Mergrande Ocean Resort in Bago Aplaya, Talomo District, Davao City, Philippines. Take your peacebuilding journey to new heights through MPI’s Annual Peacebuilding Training.
The MPI 2024 Annual Peacebuilding Training will consist of 11 courses, four of which are Foundation Courses in Week 1 and six of which are Thematic, or more advanced courses, in Weeks 2 and 3. This year also sees the return of a Field-Based course in Week 3. Thirteen of MPI’s veteran facilitators from Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, and North America will be joining this year’s training, teaming up with four new-to-MPI facilitators from the Philippines.
Mergrande Ocean Resort, 2GJH+WM, Davao City, Philippines
We are pleased to share with you the Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute Foundation, Inc. (MPI) 23rd Annual Peacebuilding Training Information Packet. This year’s theme, Peace in Action: Empowering Peacebuilders in the Midst of Violence, sets the stage for an enriching experience from May 13 to 31, 2024, at Mergrande Ocean Resort in Bago Aplaya, Talomo District, Davao City, Philippines. Take your peacebuilding journey to new heights through MPI’s Annual Peacebuilding Training.
The MPI 2024 Annual Peacebuilding Training will consist of 11 courses, four of which are Foundation Courses in Week 1 and six of which are Thematic, or more advanced courses, in Weeks 2 and 3. This year also sees the return of a Field-Based course in Week 3. Thirteen of MPI’s veteran facilitators from Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, and North America will be joining this year’s training, teaming up with four new-to-MPI facilitators from the Philippines.
Mergrande Ocean Resort, 2GJH+WM, Davao City, Philippines
We are pleased to share with you the Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute Foundation, Inc. (MPI) 23rd Annual Peacebuilding Training Information Packet. This year’s theme, Peace in Action: Empowering Peacebuilders in the Midst of Violence, sets the stage for an enriching experience from May 13 to 31, 2024, at Mergrande Ocean Resort in Bago Aplaya, Talomo District, Davao City, Philippines. Take your peacebuilding journey to new heights through MPI’s Annual Peacebuilding Training.
The MPI 2024 Annual Peacebuilding Training will consist of 11 courses, four of which are Foundation Courses in Week 1 and six of which are Thematic, or more advanced courses, in Weeks 2 and 3. This year also sees the return of a Field-Based course in Week 3. Thirteen of MPI’s veteran facilitators from Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, and North America will be joining this year’s training, teaming up with four new-to-MPI facilitators from the Philippines.
Mergrande Ocean Resort, 2GJH+WM, Davao City, Philippines
We are pleased to share with you the Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute Foundation, Inc. (MPI) 23rd Annual Peacebuilding Training Information Packet. This year’s theme, Peace in Action: Empowering Peacebuilders in the Midst of Violence, sets the stage for an enriching experience from May 13 to 31, 2024, at Mergrande Ocean Resort in Bago Aplaya, Talomo District, Davao City, Philippines. Take your peacebuilding journey to new heights through MPI’s Annual Peacebuilding Training.
The MPI 2024 Annual Peacebuilding Training will consist of 11 courses, four of which are Foundation Courses in Week 1 and six of which are Thematic, or more advanced courses, in Weeks 2 and 3. This year also sees the return of a Field-Based course in Week 3. Thirteen of MPI’s veteran facilitators from Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, and North America will be joining this year’s training, teaming up with four new-to-MPI facilitators from the Philippines.
Mergrande Ocean Resort, 2GJH+WM, Davao City, Philippines
We are pleased to share with you the Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute Foundation, Inc. (MPI) 23rd Annual Peacebuilding Training Information Packet. This year’s theme, Peace in Action: Empowering Peacebuilders in the Midst of Violence, sets the stage for an enriching experience from May 13 to 31, 2024, at Mergrande Ocean Resort in Bago Aplaya, Talomo District, Davao City, Philippines. Take your peacebuilding journey to new heights through MPI’s Annual Peacebuilding Training.
The MPI 2024 Annual Peacebuilding Training will consist of 11 courses, four of which are Foundation Courses in Week 1 and six of which are Thematic, or more advanced courses, in Weeks 2 and 3. This year also sees the return of a Field-Based course in Week 3. Thirteen of MPI’s veteran facilitators from Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, and North America will be joining this year’s training, teaming up with four new-to-MPI facilitators from the Philippines.
Mergrande Ocean Resort, 2GJH+WM, Davao City, Philippines
We are pleased to share with you the Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute Foundation, Inc. (MPI) 23rd Annual Peacebuilding Training Information Packet. This year’s theme, Peace in Action: Empowering Peacebuilders in the Midst of Violence, sets the stage for an enriching experience from May 13 to 31, 2024, at Mergrande Ocean Resort in Bago Aplaya, Talomo District, Davao City, Philippines. Take your peacebuilding journey to new heights through MPI’s Annual Peacebuilding Training.
The MPI 2024 Annual Peacebuilding Training will consist of 11 courses, four of which are Foundation Courses in Week 1 and six of which are Thematic, or more advanced courses, in Weeks 2 and 3. This year also sees the return of a Field-Based course in Week 3. Thirteen of MPI’s veteran facilitators from Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, and North America will be joining this year’s training, teaming up with four new-to-MPI facilitators from the Philippines.
Mergrande Ocean Resort, 2GJH+WM, Davao City, Philippines
We are pleased to share with you the Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute Foundation, Inc. (MPI) 23rd Annual Peacebuilding Training Information Packet. This year’s theme, Peace in Action: Empowering Peacebuilders in the Midst of Violence, sets the stage for an enriching experience from May 13 to 31, 2024, at Mergrande Ocean Resort in Bago Aplaya, Talomo District, Davao City, Philippines. Take your peacebuilding journey to new heights through MPI’s Annual Peacebuilding Training.
The MPI 2024 Annual Peacebuilding Training will consist of 11 courses, four of which are Foundation Courses in Week 1 and six of which are Thematic, or more advanced courses, in Weeks 2 and 3. This year also sees the return of a Field-Based course in Week 3. Thirteen of MPI’s veteran facilitators from Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, and North America will be joining this year’s training, teaming up with four new-to-MPI facilitators from the Philippines.
Mergrande Ocean Resort, 2GJH+WM, Davao City, Philippines
We are pleased to share with you the Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute Foundation, Inc. (MPI) 23rd Annual Peacebuilding Training Information Packet. This year’s theme, Peace in Action: Empowering Peacebuilders in the Midst of Violence, sets the stage for an enriching experience from May 13 to 31, 2024, at Mergrande Ocean Resort in Bago Aplaya, Talomo District, Davao City, Philippines. Take your peacebuilding journey to new heights through MPI’s Annual Peacebuilding Training.
The MPI 2024 Annual Peacebuilding Training will consist of 11 courses, four of which are Foundation Courses in Week 1 and six of which are Thematic, or more advanced courses, in Weeks 2 and 3. This year also sees the return of a Field-Based course in Week 3. Thirteen of MPI’s veteran facilitators from Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, and North America will be joining this year’s training, teaming up with four new-to-MPI facilitators from the Philippines.
Mergrande Ocean Resort, 2GJH+WM, Davao City, Philippines
We are pleased to share with you the Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute Foundation, Inc. (MPI) 23rd Annual Peacebuilding Training Information Packet. This year’s theme, Peace in Action: Empowering Peacebuilders in the Midst of Violence, sets the stage for an enriching experience from May 13 to 31, 2024, at Mergrande Ocean Resort in Bago Aplaya, Talomo District, Davao City, Philippines. Take your peacebuilding journey to new heights through MPI’s Annual Peacebuilding Training.
The MPI 2024 Annual Peacebuilding Training will consist of 11 courses, four of which are Foundation Courses in Week 1 and six of which are Thematic, or more advanced courses, in Weeks 2 and 3. This year also sees the return of a Field-Based course in Week 3. Thirteen of MPI’s veteran facilitators from Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, and North America will be joining this year’s training, teaming up with four new-to-MPI facilitators from the Philippines.
Mergrande Ocean Resort, 2GJH+WM, Davao City, Philippines
We are pleased to share with you the Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute Foundation, Inc. (MPI) 23rd Annual Peacebuilding Training Information Packet. This year’s theme, Peace in Action: Empowering Peacebuilders in the Midst of Violence, sets the stage for an enriching experience from May 13 to 31, 2024, at Mergrande Ocean Resort in Bago Aplaya, Talomo District, Davao City, Philippines. Take your peacebuilding journey to new heights through MPI’s Annual Peacebuilding Training.
The MPI 2024 Annual Peacebuilding Training will consist of 11 courses, four of which are Foundation Courses in Week 1 and six of which are Thematic, or more advanced courses, in Weeks 2 and 3. This year also sees the return of a Field-Based course in Week 3. Thirteen of MPI’s veteran facilitators from Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, and North America will be joining this year’s training, teaming up with four new-to-MPI facilitators from the Philippines.
Mergrande Ocean Resort, 2GJH+WM, Davao City, Philippines
We are pleased to share with you the Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute Foundation, Inc. (MPI) 23rd Annual Peacebuilding Training Information Packet. This year’s theme, Peace in Action: Empowering Peacebuilders in the Midst of Violence, sets the stage for an enriching experience from May 13 to 31, 2024, at Mergrande Ocean Resort in Bago Aplaya, Talomo District, Davao City, Philippines. Take your peacebuilding journey to new heights through MPI’s Annual Peacebuilding Training.
The MPI 2024 Annual Peacebuilding Training will consist of 11 courses, four of which are Foundation Courses in Week 1 and six of which are Thematic, or more advanced courses, in Weeks 2 and 3. This year also sees the return of a Field-Based course in Week 3. Thirteen of MPI’s veteran facilitators from Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, and North America will be joining this year’s training, teaming up with four new-to-MPI facilitators from the Philippines.
Mergrande Ocean Resort, 2GJH+WM, Davao City, Philippines
We are pleased to share with you the Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute Foundation, Inc. (MPI) 23rd Annual Peacebuilding Training Information Packet. This year’s theme, Peace in Action: Empowering Peacebuilders in the Midst of Violence, sets the stage for an enriching experience from May 13 to 31, 2024, at Mergrande Ocean Resort in Bago Aplaya, Talomo District, Davao City, Philippines. Take your peacebuilding journey to new heights through MPI’s Annual Peacebuilding Training.
The MPI 2024 Annual Peacebuilding Training will consist of 11 courses, four of which are Foundation Courses in Week 1 and six of which are Thematic, or more advanced courses, in Weeks 2 and 3. This year also sees the return of a Field-Based course in Week 3. Thirteen of MPI’s veteran facilitators from Asia-Pacific, Africa, Europe, and North America will be joining this year’s training, teaming up with four new-to-MPI facilitators from the Philippines.
Todo el díaEducation, War & Peace: Understanding International Assistance and Intervention in Conflict-Affected Contexts
lunes 10/06 – jueves 13/06
Education, War & Peace: Understanding International Assistance and Intervention in Conflict-Affected Contexts
Leibniz Institute for Educational Media | Georg Eckert Institute (GEI), Braunschweig, Germany, Freisestr. 1, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, D-38118, Germany
Georg Arnhold International Summer Conference
June 10 to 13, 2024
at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Media | Georg-Eckert-Institute in Braunschweig, Germany
This year’s summer conference seeks to provide a forum for critical reflection on the relationship between education, conflict, war and peace and the global actors and practitioners that have devised strategies to engage, support and intervene in education systems in conflict-affected contexts. We will reflect on how international relations and the broader geopolitics of intervention link to the education sectors in conflict-affected contexts and on the implications for building sustainable peace and social and ecological justice.
Part of the Summer Conference is a workshop organized by the Airbel Impact Lab, the research and innovation arm of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and the opportunity to apply for a fellowship with the IRC.
See the complete Call for Papers here.
UNDERSTANDING INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE AND INTERVENTION IN CONFLICT-AFFECTED CONTEXTS
Georg Arnhold International Summer Conference (GAISC)
June 10 to 13, 2024 in Braunschweig, Germany
This summer conference seeks to provide a forum for critical reflection on the relationship between education, conflict, war and peace and the global actors and practitioners that have devised strategies to engage, support and intervene in education systems in conflict-affected contexts.
Since the late 1990s, a field of research and practice has emerged within International Development, now commonly known as ‘Education in Emergencies’, which explores and acts upon the relationship between education and situations of crisis and conflict. Whilst the field has its foundational roots in post-WWII refugee education, it has expanded its remit and geographical focus since the 1990s, following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Driven by United Nations agencies and international policy actors’ needs on the ground, the initial catalyst to this expansion was a realisation that half the world’s out-of-school children lived in conflict-affected contexts. This led to a flourishing of activity in both research and practice as the complex relationship between education and violent conflict rose up the global policy agenda. Over the last decades the field of Education in Emergencies has been shaped by broader geopolitics and international relations, including the fallout from the end of the Cold War, 9/11 and the War on Terror, the invasions and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, wars in Syria and Yemen, instability and conflict in Libya and the Sahel region, and the unresolved conflict – recently escalated into unspeakably violent warfare – in Palestine/Israel. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has added a new/old superpower rivalry between Russia and the West into the geopolitical mix. As with the broader field of International Development, all of the above events seem underpinned by the legacies of colonialism as well as ongoing tensions and inequalities between the global North and South.
While education systems and actors are often presented as victims of conflict, research in this field has evidenced the way education can also be a catalyst to conflict: driving inequality, promoting prejudice, increasing exclusion and alienation. It can of course also do the opposite and promote peace, wellbeing, social justice and inclusion. How do international actors engage with these processes? What are the different factors that propel intervention and assistance in education systems in conflict-affected contexts, and how are these shaped by broader geopolitical interests? How do the legacies of colonialism inform both geographies and practices of intervention? Why are some contexts and geographies prioritised while others ignored? How can education interventions be assessed in terms of nature, volume and effect? How have these changed and been shaped over the last decades? And what role do educational media such as textbooks and digital materials play in these complex processes? What can we learn from the Cold War period and education assistance to conflict contexts about the ways in which current superpower rivalries might impact our field of research and practice?
This year’s conference will reflect on how international relations and the broader geopolitics of intervention link to the education sectors in conflict-affected contexts and on the implications for building sustainable peace and social and ecological justice. The Georg Arnhold Program on Education for Sustainable Peace invites submission of original contributions that engage with the politics of educational assistance to conflict-affected contexts: past, present and future. Abstracts can speak to – without being limited by – the following considerations:
What are the roles of different international actors in delivering education in conflict-affected contexts?
What are the geopolitical factors that influence educational interventions, resources and outcomes in different conflict-affected contexts?
What empirical evidence do we have of the drivers of educational assistance to conflict-affected contexts by international agencies?
What is the nature of the global governance of Education in Emergencies, and how is it influenced by powerful actors?
What are the theoretical tools and concepts that can help us better understand the role of international actors in in the education sectors in conflict-affected contexts?
How do educational media inform, exacerbate, relieve and/or respond to these processes. What is the significance of their design, production, political ownership, reception, and classroom implementation in conflict-affected contexts?
How do the legacies of colonialism shape present practices in the field of Education in Emergencies?
How is current superpower rivalry between the West, Russia and China affecting international assistance to conflict-affected contexts?
What roles are non-traditional donor nations playing in supporting education systems in conflict-affected contexts (e.g. UAE, Qatar, Jordan, Turkey)?
What are the roles and interests of private sector corporations in the field of Education in Emergencies?
Applicants are requested to explain how their proposal addresses the theme of the summer conference as outlined above, and where possible/relevant some of the above questions.
The four-day long Summer Conference will bring together early-career scholars, senior researchers, and practitioners from around the world. It will provide an interdisciplinary and international forum that will allow participants to debate and critically reflect upon these key issues, strengthen research connections, and support critical reflection to inform future research and practice.
Learn more and apply here!
Todo el díaEducation, War & Peace: Understanding International Assistance and Intervention in Conflict-Affected Contexts
lunes 10/06 – jueves 13/06
Education, War & Peace: Understanding International Assistance and Intervention in Conflict-Affected Contexts
Leibniz Institute for Educational Media | Georg Eckert Institute (GEI), Braunschweig, Germany, Freisestr. 1, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, D-38118, Germany
Georg Arnhold International Summer Conference
June 10 to 13, 2024
at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Media | Georg-Eckert-Institute in Braunschweig, Germany
This year’s summer conference seeks to provide a forum for critical reflection on the relationship between education, conflict, war and peace and the global actors and practitioners that have devised strategies to engage, support and intervene in education systems in conflict-affected contexts. We will reflect on how international relations and the broader geopolitics of intervention link to the education sectors in conflict-affected contexts and on the implications for building sustainable peace and social and ecological justice.
Part of the Summer Conference is a workshop organized by the Airbel Impact Lab, the research and innovation arm of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and the opportunity to apply for a fellowship with the IRC.
See the complete Call for Papers here.
UNDERSTANDING INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE AND INTERVENTION IN CONFLICT-AFFECTED CONTEXTS
Georg Arnhold International Summer Conference (GAISC)
June 10 to 13, 2024 in Braunschweig, Germany
This summer conference seeks to provide a forum for critical reflection on the relationship between education, conflict, war and peace and the global actors and practitioners that have devised strategies to engage, support and intervene in education systems in conflict-affected contexts.
Since the late 1990s, a field of research and practice has emerged within International Development, now commonly known as ‘Education in Emergencies’, which explores and acts upon the relationship between education and situations of crisis and conflict. Whilst the field has its foundational roots in post-WWII refugee education, it has expanded its remit and geographical focus since the 1990s, following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Driven by United Nations agencies and international policy actors’ needs on the ground, the initial catalyst to this expansion was a realisation that half the world’s out-of-school children lived in conflict-affected contexts. This led to a flourishing of activity in both research and practice as the complex relationship between education and violent conflict rose up the global policy agenda. Over the last decades the field of Education in Emergencies has been shaped by broader geopolitics and international relations, including the fallout from the end of the Cold War, 9/11 and the War on Terror, the invasions and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, wars in Syria and Yemen, instability and conflict in Libya and the Sahel region, and the unresolved conflict – recently escalated into unspeakably violent warfare – in Palestine/Israel. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has added a new/old superpower rivalry between Russia and the West into the geopolitical mix. As with the broader field of International Development, all of the above events seem underpinned by the legacies of colonialism as well as ongoing tensions and inequalities between the global North and South.
While education systems and actors are often presented as victims of conflict, research in this field has evidenced the way education can also be a catalyst to conflict: driving inequality, promoting prejudice, increasing exclusion and alienation. It can of course also do the opposite and promote peace, wellbeing, social justice and inclusion. How do international actors engage with these processes? What are the different factors that propel intervention and assistance in education systems in conflict-affected contexts, and how are these shaped by broader geopolitical interests? How do the legacies of colonialism inform both geographies and practices of intervention? Why are some contexts and geographies prioritised while others ignored? How can education interventions be assessed in terms of nature, volume and effect? How have these changed and been shaped over the last decades? And what role do educational media such as textbooks and digital materials play in these complex processes? What can we learn from the Cold War period and education assistance to conflict contexts about the ways in which current superpower rivalries might impact our field of research and practice?
This year’s conference will reflect on how international relations and the broader geopolitics of intervention link to the education sectors in conflict-affected contexts and on the implications for building sustainable peace and social and ecological justice. The Georg Arnhold Program on Education for Sustainable Peace invites submission of original contributions that engage with the politics of educational assistance to conflict-affected contexts: past, present and future. Abstracts can speak to – without being limited by – the following considerations:
What are the roles of different international actors in delivering education in conflict-affected contexts?
What are the geopolitical factors that influence educational interventions, resources and outcomes in different conflict-affected contexts?
What empirical evidence do we have of the drivers of educational assistance to conflict-affected contexts by international agencies?
What is the nature of the global governance of Education in Emergencies, and how is it influenced by powerful actors?
What are the theoretical tools and concepts that can help us better understand the role of international actors in in the education sectors in conflict-affected contexts?
How do educational media inform, exacerbate, relieve and/or respond to these processes. What is the significance of their design, production, political ownership, reception, and classroom implementation in conflict-affected contexts?
How do the legacies of colonialism shape present practices in the field of Education in Emergencies?
How is current superpower rivalry between the West, Russia and China affecting international assistance to conflict-affected contexts?
What roles are non-traditional donor nations playing in supporting education systems in conflict-affected contexts (e.g. UAE, Qatar, Jordan, Turkey)?
What are the roles and interests of private sector corporations in the field of Education in Emergencies?
Applicants are requested to explain how their proposal addresses the theme of the summer conference as outlined above, and where possible/relevant some of the above questions.
The four-day long Summer Conference will bring together early-career scholars, senior researchers, and practitioners from around the world. It will provide an interdisciplinary and international forum that will allow participants to debate and critically reflect upon these key issues, strengthen research connections, and support critical reflection to inform future research and practice.
Learn more and apply here!
Todo el díaEducation, War & Peace: Understanding International Assistance and Intervention in Conflict-Affected Contexts
lunes 10/06 – jueves 13/06
Education, War & Peace: Understanding International Assistance and Intervention in Conflict-Affected Contexts
Leibniz Institute for Educational Media | Georg Eckert Institute (GEI), Braunschweig, Germany, Freisestr. 1, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, D-38118, Germany
Georg Arnhold International Summer Conference
June 10 to 13, 2024
at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Media | Georg-Eckert-Institute in Braunschweig, Germany
This year’s summer conference seeks to provide a forum for critical reflection on the relationship between education, conflict, war and peace and the global actors and practitioners that have devised strategies to engage, support and intervene in education systems in conflict-affected contexts. We will reflect on how international relations and the broader geopolitics of intervention link to the education sectors in conflict-affected contexts and on the implications for building sustainable peace and social and ecological justice.
Part of the Summer Conference is a workshop organized by the Airbel Impact Lab, the research and innovation arm of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and the opportunity to apply for a fellowship with the IRC.
See the complete Call for Papers here.
UNDERSTANDING INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE AND INTERVENTION IN CONFLICT-AFFECTED CONTEXTS
Georg Arnhold International Summer Conference (GAISC)
June 10 to 13, 2024 in Braunschweig, Germany
This summer conference seeks to provide a forum for critical reflection on the relationship between education, conflict, war and peace and the global actors and practitioners that have devised strategies to engage, support and intervene in education systems in conflict-affected contexts.
Since the late 1990s, a field of research and practice has emerged within International Development, now commonly known as ‘Education in Emergencies’, which explores and acts upon the relationship between education and situations of crisis and conflict. Whilst the field has its foundational roots in post-WWII refugee education, it has expanded its remit and geographical focus since the 1990s, following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Driven by United Nations agencies and international policy actors’ needs on the ground, the initial catalyst to this expansion was a realisation that half the world’s out-of-school children lived in conflict-affected contexts. This led to a flourishing of activity in both research and practice as the complex relationship between education and violent conflict rose up the global policy agenda. Over the last decades the field of Education in Emergencies has been shaped by broader geopolitics and international relations, including the fallout from the end of the Cold War, 9/11 and the War on Terror, the invasions and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, wars in Syria and Yemen, instability and conflict in Libya and the Sahel region, and the unresolved conflict – recently escalated into unspeakably violent warfare – in Palestine/Israel. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has added a new/old superpower rivalry between Russia and the West into the geopolitical mix. As with the broader field of International Development, all of the above events seem underpinned by the legacies of colonialism as well as ongoing tensions and inequalities between the global North and South.
While education systems and actors are often presented as victims of conflict, research in this field has evidenced the way education can also be a catalyst to conflict: driving inequality, promoting prejudice, increasing exclusion and alienation. It can of course also do the opposite and promote peace, wellbeing, social justice and inclusion. How do international actors engage with these processes? What are the different factors that propel intervention and assistance in education systems in conflict-affected contexts, and how are these shaped by broader geopolitical interests? How do the legacies of colonialism inform both geographies and practices of intervention? Why are some contexts and geographies prioritised while others ignored? How can education interventions be assessed in terms of nature, volume and effect? How have these changed and been shaped over the last decades? And what role do educational media such as textbooks and digital materials play in these complex processes? What can we learn from the Cold War period and education assistance to conflict contexts about the ways in which current superpower rivalries might impact our field of research and practice?
This year’s conference will reflect on how international relations and the broader geopolitics of intervention link to the education sectors in conflict-affected contexts and on the implications for building sustainable peace and social and ecological justice. The Georg Arnhold Program on Education for Sustainable Peace invites submission of original contributions that engage with the politics of educational assistance to conflict-affected contexts: past, present and future. Abstracts can speak to – without being limited by – the following considerations:
What are the roles of different international actors in delivering education in conflict-affected contexts?
What are the geopolitical factors that influence educational interventions, resources and outcomes in different conflict-affected contexts?
What empirical evidence do we have of the drivers of educational assistance to conflict-affected contexts by international agencies?
What is the nature of the global governance of Education in Emergencies, and how is it influenced by powerful actors?
What are the theoretical tools and concepts that can help us better understand the role of international actors in in the education sectors in conflict-affected contexts?
How do educational media inform, exacerbate, relieve and/or respond to these processes. What is the significance of their design, production, political ownership, reception, and classroom implementation in conflict-affected contexts?
How do the legacies of colonialism shape present practices in the field of Education in Emergencies?
How is current superpower rivalry between the West, Russia and China affecting international assistance to conflict-affected contexts?
What roles are non-traditional donor nations playing in supporting education systems in conflict-affected contexts (e.g. UAE, Qatar, Jordan, Turkey)?
What are the roles and interests of private sector corporations in the field of Education in Emergencies?
Applicants are requested to explain how their proposal addresses the theme of the summer conference as outlined above, and where possible/relevant some of the above questions.
The four-day long Summer Conference will bring together early-career scholars, senior researchers, and practitioners from around the world. It will provide an interdisciplinary and international forum that will allow participants to debate and critically reflect upon these key issues, strengthen research connections, and support critical reflection to inform future research and practice.
Learn more and apply here!
Todo el díaEducation, War & Peace: Understanding International Assistance and Intervention in Conflict-Affected Contexts
lunes 10/06 – jueves 13/06
Education, War & Peace: Understanding International Assistance and Intervention in Conflict-Affected Contexts
Leibniz Institute for Educational Media | Georg Eckert Institute (GEI), Braunschweig, Germany, Freisestr. 1, Braunschweig, Lower Saxony, D-38118, Germany
Georg Arnhold International Summer Conference
June 10 to 13, 2024
at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Media | Georg-Eckert-Institute in Braunschweig, Germany
This year’s summer conference seeks to provide a forum for critical reflection on the relationship between education, conflict, war and peace and the global actors and practitioners that have devised strategies to engage, support and intervene in education systems in conflict-affected contexts. We will reflect on how international relations and the broader geopolitics of intervention link to the education sectors in conflict-affected contexts and on the implications for building sustainable peace and social and ecological justice.
Part of the Summer Conference is a workshop organized by the Airbel Impact Lab, the research and innovation arm of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and the opportunity to apply for a fellowship with the IRC.
See the complete Call for Papers here.
UNDERSTANDING INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE AND INTERVENTION IN CONFLICT-AFFECTED CONTEXTS
Georg Arnhold International Summer Conference (GAISC)
June 10 to 13, 2024 in Braunschweig, Germany
This summer conference seeks to provide a forum for critical reflection on the relationship between education, conflict, war and peace and the global actors and practitioners that have devised strategies to engage, support and intervene in education systems in conflict-affected contexts.
Since the late 1990s, a field of research and practice has emerged within International Development, now commonly known as ‘Education in Emergencies’, which explores and acts upon the relationship between education and situations of crisis and conflict. Whilst the field has its foundational roots in post-WWII refugee education, it has expanded its remit and geographical focus since the 1990s, following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. Driven by United Nations agencies and international policy actors’ needs on the ground, the initial catalyst to this expansion was a realisation that half the world’s out-of-school children lived in conflict-affected contexts. This led to a flourishing of activity in both research and practice as the complex relationship between education and violent conflict rose up the global policy agenda. Over the last decades the field of Education in Emergencies has been shaped by broader geopolitics and international relations, including the fallout from the end of the Cold War, 9/11 and the War on Terror, the invasions and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, wars in Syria and Yemen, instability and conflict in Libya and the Sahel region, and the unresolved conflict – recently escalated into unspeakably violent warfare – in Palestine/Israel. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has added a new/old superpower rivalry between Russia and the West into the geopolitical mix. As with the broader field of International Development, all of the above events seem underpinned by the legacies of colonialism as well as ongoing tensions and inequalities between the global North and South.
While education systems and actors are often presented as victims of conflict, research in this field has evidenced the way education can also be a catalyst to conflict: driving inequality, promoting prejudice, increasing exclusion and alienation. It can of course also do the opposite and promote peace, wellbeing, social justice and inclusion. How do international actors engage with these processes? What are the different factors that propel intervention and assistance in education systems in conflict-affected contexts, and how are these shaped by broader geopolitical interests? How do the legacies of colonialism inform both geographies and practices of intervention? Why are some contexts and geographies prioritised while others ignored? How can education interventions be assessed in terms of nature, volume and effect? How have these changed and been shaped over the last decades? And what role do educational media such as textbooks and digital materials play in these complex processes? What can we learn from the Cold War period and education assistance to conflict contexts about the ways in which current superpower rivalries might impact our field of research and practice?
This year’s conference will reflect on how international relations and the broader geopolitics of intervention link to the education sectors in conflict-affected contexts and on the implications for building sustainable peace and social and ecological justice. The Georg Arnhold Program on Education for Sustainable Peace invites submission of original contributions that engage with the politics of educational assistance to conflict-affected contexts: past, present and future. Abstracts can speak to – without being limited by – the following considerations:
What are the roles of different international actors in delivering education in conflict-affected contexts?
What are the geopolitical factors that influence educational interventions, resources and outcomes in different conflict-affected contexts?
What empirical evidence do we have of the drivers of educational assistance to conflict-affected contexts by international agencies?
What is the nature of the global governance of Education in Emergencies, and how is it influenced by powerful actors?
What are the theoretical tools and concepts that can help us better understand the role of international actors in in the education sectors in conflict-affected contexts?
How do educational media inform, exacerbate, relieve and/or respond to these processes. What is the significance of their design, production, political ownership, reception, and classroom implementation in conflict-affected contexts?
How do the legacies of colonialism shape present practices in the field of Education in Emergencies?
How is current superpower rivalry between the West, Russia and China affecting international assistance to conflict-affected contexts?
What roles are non-traditional donor nations playing in supporting education systems in conflict-affected contexts (e.g. UAE, Qatar, Jordan, Turkey)?
What are the roles and interests of private sector corporations in the field of Education in Emergencies?
Applicants are requested to explain how their proposal addresses the theme of the summer conference as outlined above, and where possible/relevant some of the above questions.
The four-day long Summer Conference will bring together early-career scholars, senior researchers, and practitioners from around the world. It will provide an interdisciplinary and international forum that will allow participants to debate and critically reflect upon these key issues, strengthen research connections, and support critical reflection to inform future research and practice.
Learn more and apply here!
Todo el díaInternational Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
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On 19 June 2015, the United Nations General Assembly (A/RES/69/293) proclaimed 19 June of each year the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, in order to raise awareness of the need to put an end to conflict-related sexual violence, to honour the victims and survivors of sexual violence around the world and to pay tribute to all those who have courageously devoted their lives to and lost their lives in standing up for the eradication of these crimes.
The date was chosen to commemorate the adoption on 19 June 2008 ofSecurity Council resolution 1820 (2008), in which the Council condemned sexual violence as a tactic of war and an impediment to peacebuilding.
In response to the rise in violent extremism, the Security Council adoptedresolution S/RES/2331 (2016), the first to address the nexus between trafficking, sexual violence, terrorism and transnational organized crime. Acknowledging sexual violence as a tactic of terrorism, it further affirmed that victims of trafficking and sexual violence committed by terrorist groups should be eligible for official redress as victims of terrorism.
visit the UN website for a schedule of events and programs
The term “conflict-related sexual violence” refers to rape, sexual slavery, forced prostitution, forced pregnancy, forced abortion, enforced sterilization, forced marriage and any other form of sexual violence of comparable gravity perpetrated against women, men, girls or boys that is directly or indirectly linked to a conflict. The term also encompasses trafficking in persons when committed in situations of conflict for the purpose of sexual violence or exploitation.
A consistent concern is that fear and cultural stigma converge to prevent the vast majority of survivors of conflict-related sexual violence from coming forward to report such violence. Practitioners in the field estimate that for each rape reported in connection with a conflict, 10 to 20 cases go undocumented.
Juneteenth: commemoration of the ending of slavery and a call to action
Juneteenth: commemoration of the ending of slavery and a call to action
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History
(Reposted from: juneteenth.com)
Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation – which had become official January 1, 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation had little impact on the Texans due to the minimal number of Union troops to enforce the new Executive Order. However, with the surrender of General Lee in April of 1865, and the arrival of General Granger’s regiment, the forces were finally strong enough to influence and overcome the resistance.
Later attempts to explain this two and a half year delay in the receipt of this important news have yielded several versions that have been handed down through the years. Often told is the story of a messenger who was murdered on his way to Texas with the news of freedom. Another is that the news was deliberately withheld by the enslavers to maintain the labor force on the plantations. And still another is that federal troops actually waited for the slave owners to reap the benefits of one last cotton harvest before going to Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation. All of which, or none of these versions could be true. Certainly, for some, President Lincoln’s authority over the rebellious states was in question. Whatever the reasons, conditions in Texas remained status quo well beyond what was statutory.
General Order Number 3
One of General Granger’s first orders of business was to read to the people of Texas, General Order Number 3 which began most significantly with:
“The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired laborer.”
The reactions to this profound news ranged from pure shock to immediate jubilation. While many lingered to learn of this new employer to employee relationship, many left before these offers were completely off the lips of their former ‘masters’ – attesting to the varying conditions on the plantations and the realization of freedom. Even with nowhere to go, many felt that leaving the plantation would be their first grasp of freedom. North was a logical destination and for many it represented true freedom, while the desire to reach family members in neighboring states drove some into Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma. Settling into these new areas as free men and women brought on new realities and the challenges of establishing a heretofore non-existent status for black people in America. Recounting the memories of that great day in June of 1865 and its festivities would serve as motivation as well as a release from the growing pressures encountered in their new territories. The celebration of June 19th was coined “Juneteenth” and grew with more participation from descendants. The Juneteenth celebration was a time for reassuring each other, for praying and for gathering remaining family members. Juneteenth continued to be highly revered in Texas decades later, with many former slaves and descendants making an annual pilgrimage back to Galveston on this date.
Take Action: 2020
Today, there is an ongoing, nationwide uprising demanding an end to racist and militarized policing that plays out every day in every corner of the nation, as well as the undoing of racist and white supremacist institutions, policies and practices.
This year, Juneteenth activities are more important than ever.The Movement for Black Lives, along with other organizations, is urging everyone to participate in Juneteenth activities locally.
The sixnineteen website has a map of actions and events all around the country, and you can easily find one close to you.
The 2024 International Institute on Peace Education (IIPE) will take place near Kathmandu, Nepal from July 21-28 2024.
The Institute is being organized by the IIPE Secretariat in partnership with a network of former IIPE participants in Nepal and various local NGOs, includingASER Nepal (Annual Status of Education Report)andGalli Galli.
IIPE 2024: Nepalwill convene educators from around the globe for a week-long, residential, learning community experience in peace education. A rich exchange of peacebuilding research, academic theory, best practices, and actions will be shared by participants from around the world through IIPE’s evolving dialogical, cooperative, and intersubjective modes of reflective inquiry and experiential learning.
Learn more and apply today!
Overarching Theme: The Pedagogy and Peace Politics of Change: Navigating the Tensions Between Tradition and Modernity
Nepal today epitomizes a crossroads of transitions and an exchange of knowledge and culture as it did on the ancient Silk Road, a pathway of trade between East and West. IIPE 2024 aims to be a crossroads ofpeacelearningfor peace educator-activists and scholars where Nepalese participants will exchange perspectives with global participants on shared, diverse challenges and problems. IIPE Nepal invites questions that open new perspectives on global and local issues. All participants will offer theirexperience to the learning community that will build shared understandings towards adapting for the survival and well-being of peoples and Earth in this time of crises. IIPE in Nepal offers a unique opportunity for incorporating ancient wisdom with present knowledge for peaceful futures: how can these ways of knowing be brought together to better educate and learn for peace?
Nepal: Themes & Issues
In the context of Nepal, we’ll explore political, economic, and ecological challenges that also exist globally. Nepal is diverse in landscape, languages, geographies, and ethnicities; strivings here offer a microcosm that mirrors global contexts. Nepal, a federated constitutional democracy since 2015, faces pressuresof militarism, autocracy, displaced peoples, human rights violations, competition for resources, culture including gender, as well as pressures of global great power dynamics that exist in all present-day democracies. These challenges, like those in the global peace community, raise questions of how to navigate the tensions between ancient cultures and spiritual traditions and the present economic and political pressures of the modern globalized world. (See thecountry profile for Nepalon “Mapping Peace Education” for additional context and an introduction to historical and present peace education efforts in the country.)
Global Commonalities
At IIPE 2024: Nepal, we will delve into the diverse perspectives of Nepalese and global participants on threats and challenges such as the climate catastrophes that are transforming our geographical landscapes as well as the pressures due to political shifts in great powers that transform the contexts of our realities. These shifts seem to render ordinary citizens helpless. Yet, educating for peace aims to empower citizens to open their minds to the potential of cross-contextual thinking together to generate collective understandings and creative alternative paths for actions.
Invitation to Apply
*Theapplicationdeadline for IIPE 2024 isMarch 15.
Learn more and apply today!
The IIPE invites formal and non-formal educators, students, practitioners, academics, researchers and activists from the fields of peacebuilding, human rights education, international/intercultural/global/global citizenship education, education for sustainable development, anti-racist education, decolonizing education, conflict transformation, community development, the arts, health and faith-based professions, and others with interest in peace education— with all levels of experience – to apply to join the weeklong co-learning community.
The IIPE only accommodates 60 participants. While we would like to accept everyone who applies, the number of applicants usually exceeds the places at each IIPE.
All potential participants must complete an online application to be considered. Acceptance for participation in the IIPE is based upon the applicant’s potential contribution to the goal of developing and strengthening peace education in their local context as well as the host region, and toward developing a more global perspective on peace education among all participants. Additional acceptance criteria will be made available on our application page.
When applying, potential participants are requested to propose plenary or workshop topics related to the frameworks presented above.
The 2024 International Institute on Peace Education (IIPE) will take place near Kathmandu, Nepal from July 21-28 2024.
The Institute is being organized by the IIPE Secretariat in partnership with a network of former IIPE participants in Nepal and various local NGOs, includingASER Nepal (Annual Status of Education Report)andGalli Galli.
IIPE 2024: Nepalwill convene educators from around the globe for a week-long, residential, learning community experience in peace education. A rich exchange of peacebuilding research, academic theory, best practices, and actions will be shared by participants from around the world through IIPE’s evolving dialogical, cooperative, and intersubjective modes of reflective inquiry and experiential learning.
Learn more and apply today!
Overarching Theme: The Pedagogy and Peace Politics of Change: Navigating the Tensions Between Tradition and Modernity
Nepal today epitomizes a crossroads of transitions and an exchange of knowledge and culture as it did on the ancient Silk Road, a pathway of trade between East and West. IIPE 2024 aims to be a crossroads ofpeacelearningfor peace educator-activists and scholars where Nepalese participants will exchange perspectives with global participants on shared, diverse challenges and problems. IIPE Nepal invites questions that open new perspectives on global and local issues. All participants will offer theirexperience to the learning community that will build shared understandings towards adapting for the survival and well-being of peoples and Earth in this time of crises. IIPE in Nepal offers a unique opportunity for incorporating ancient wisdom with present knowledge for peaceful futures: how can these ways of knowing be brought together to better educate and learn for peace?
Nepal: Themes & Issues
In the context of Nepal, we’ll explore political, economic, and ecological challenges that also exist globally. Nepal is diverse in landscape, languages, geographies, and ethnicities; strivings here offer a microcosm that mirrors global contexts. Nepal, a federated constitutional democracy since 2015, faces pressuresof militarism, autocracy, displaced peoples, human rights violations, competition for resources, culture including gender, as well as pressures of global great power dynamics that exist in all present-day democracies. These challenges, like those in the global peace community, raise questions of how to navigate the tensions between ancient cultures and spiritual traditions and the present economic and political pressures of the modern globalized world. (See thecountry profile for Nepalon “Mapping Peace Education” for additional context and an introduction to historical and present peace education efforts in the country.)
Global Commonalities
At IIPE 2024: Nepal, we will delve into the diverse perspectives of Nepalese and global participants on threats and challenges such as the climate catastrophes that are transforming our geographical landscapes as well as the pressures due to political shifts in great powers that transform the contexts of our realities. These shifts seem to render ordinary citizens helpless. Yet, educating for peace aims to empower citizens to open their minds to the potential of cross-contextual thinking together to generate collective understandings and creative alternative paths for actions.
Invitation to Apply
*Theapplicationdeadline for IIPE 2024 isMarch 15.
Learn more and apply today!
The IIPE invites formal and non-formal educators, students, practitioners, academics, researchers and activists from the fields of peacebuilding, human rights education, international/intercultural/global/global citizenship education, education for sustainable development, anti-racist education, decolonizing education, conflict transformation, community development, the arts, health and faith-based professions, and others with interest in peace education— with all levels of experience – to apply to join the weeklong co-learning community.
The IIPE only accommodates 60 participants. While we would like to accept everyone who applies, the number of applicants usually exceeds the places at each IIPE.
All potential participants must complete an online application to be considered. Acceptance for participation in the IIPE is based upon the applicant’s potential contribution to the goal of developing and strengthening peace education in their local context as well as the host region, and toward developing a more global perspective on peace education among all participants. Additional acceptance criteria will be made available on our application page.
When applying, potential participants are requested to propose plenary or workshop topics related to the frameworks presented above.
The 2024 International Institute on Peace Education (IIPE) will take place near Kathmandu, Nepal from July 21-28 2024.
The Institute is being organized by the IIPE Secretariat in partnership with a network of former IIPE participants in Nepal and various local NGOs, includingASER Nepal (Annual Status of Education Report)andGalli Galli.
IIPE 2024: Nepalwill convene educators from around the globe for a week-long, residential, learning community experience in peace education. A rich exchange of peacebuilding research, academic theory, best practices, and actions will be shared by participants from around the world through IIPE’s evolving dialogical, cooperative, and intersubjective modes of reflective inquiry and experiential learning.
Learn more and apply today!
Overarching Theme: The Pedagogy and Peace Politics of Change: Navigating the Tensions Between Tradition and Modernity
Nepal today epitomizes a crossroads of transitions and an exchange of knowledge and culture as it did on the ancient Silk Road, a pathway of trade between East and West. IIPE 2024 aims to be a crossroads ofpeacelearningfor peace educator-activists and scholars where Nepalese participants will exchange perspectives with global participants on shared, diverse challenges and problems. IIPE Nepal invites questions that open new perspectives on global and local issues. All participants will offer theirexperience to the learning community that will build shared understandings towards adapting for the survival and well-being of peoples and Earth in this time of crises. IIPE in Nepal offers a unique opportunity for incorporating ancient wisdom with present knowledge for peaceful futures: how can these ways of knowing be brought together to better educate and learn for peace?
Nepal: Themes & Issues
In the context of Nepal, we’ll explore political, economic, and ecological challenges that also exist globally. Nepal is diverse in landscape, languages, geographies, and ethnicities; strivings here offer a microcosm that mirrors global contexts. Nepal, a federated constitutional democracy since 2015, faces pressuresof militarism, autocracy, displaced peoples, human rights violations, competition for resources, culture including gender, as well as pressures of global great power dynamics that exist in all present-day democracies. These challenges, like those in the global peace community, raise questions of how to navigate the tensions between ancient cultures and spiritual traditions and the present economic and political pressures of the modern globalized world. (See thecountry profile for Nepalon “Mapping Peace Education” for additional context and an introduction to historical and present peace education efforts in the country.)
Global Commonalities
At IIPE 2024: Nepal, we will delve into the diverse perspectives of Nepalese and global participants on threats and challenges such as the climate catastrophes that are transforming our geographical landscapes as well as the pressures due to political shifts in great powers that transform the contexts of our realities. These shifts seem to render ordinary citizens helpless. Yet, educating for peace aims to empower citizens to open their minds to the potential of cross-contextual thinking together to generate collective understandings and creative alternative paths for actions.
Invitation to Apply
*Theapplicationdeadline for IIPE 2024 isMarch 15.
Learn more and apply today!
The IIPE invites formal and non-formal educators, students, practitioners, academics, researchers and activists from the fields of peacebuilding, human rights education, international/intercultural/global/global citizenship education, education for sustainable development, anti-racist education, decolonizing education, conflict transformation, community development, the arts, health and faith-based professions, and others with interest in peace education— with all levels of experience – to apply to join the weeklong co-learning community.
The IIPE only accommodates 60 participants. While we would like to accept everyone who applies, the number of applicants usually exceeds the places at each IIPE.
All potential participants must complete an online application to be considered. Acceptance for participation in the IIPE is based upon the applicant’s potential contribution to the goal of developing and strengthening peace education in their local context as well as the host region, and toward developing a more global perspective on peace education among all participants. Additional acceptance criteria will be made available on our application page.
When applying, potential participants are requested to propose plenary or workshop topics related to the frameworks presented above.
The 2024 International Institute on Peace Education (IIPE) will take place near Kathmandu, Nepal from July 21-28 2024.
The Institute is being organized by the IIPE Secretariat in partnership with a network of former IIPE participants in Nepal and various local NGOs, includingASER Nepal (Annual Status of Education Report)andGalli Galli.
IIPE 2024: Nepalwill convene educators from around the globe for a week-long, residential, learning community experience in peace education. A rich exchange of peacebuilding research, academic theory, best practices, and actions will be shared by participants from around the world through IIPE’s evolving dialogical, cooperative, and intersubjective modes of reflective inquiry and experiential learning.
Learn more and apply today!
Overarching Theme: The Pedagogy and Peace Politics of Change: Navigating the Tensions Between Tradition and Modernity
Nepal today epitomizes a crossroads of transitions and an exchange of knowledge and culture as it did on the ancient Silk Road, a pathway of trade between East and West. IIPE 2024 aims to be a crossroads ofpeacelearningfor peace educator-activists and scholars where Nepalese participants will exchange perspectives with global participants on shared, diverse challenges and problems. IIPE Nepal invites questions that open new perspectives on global and local issues. All participants will offer theirexperience to the learning community that will build shared understandings towards adapting for the survival and well-being of peoples and Earth in this time of crises. IIPE in Nepal offers a unique opportunity for incorporating ancient wisdom with present knowledge for peaceful futures: how can these ways of knowing be brought together to better educate and learn for peace?
Nepal: Themes & Issues
In the context of Nepal, we’ll explore political, economic, and ecological challenges that also exist globally. Nepal is diverse in landscape, languages, geographies, and ethnicities; strivings here offer a microcosm that mirrors global contexts. Nepal, a federated constitutional democracy since 2015, faces pressuresof militarism, autocracy, displaced peoples, human rights violations, competition for resources, culture including gender, as well as pressures of global great power dynamics that exist in all present-day democracies. These challenges, like those in the global peace community, raise questions of how to navigate the tensions between ancient cultures and spiritual traditions and the present economic and political pressures of the modern globalized world. (See thecountry profile for Nepalon “Mapping Peace Education” for additional context and an introduction to historical and present peace education efforts in the country.)
Global Commonalities
At IIPE 2024: Nepal, we will delve into the diverse perspectives of Nepalese and global participants on threats and challenges such as the climate catastrophes that are transforming our geographical landscapes as well as the pressures due to political shifts in great powers that transform the contexts of our realities. These shifts seem to render ordinary citizens helpless. Yet, educating for peace aims to empower citizens to open their minds to the potential of cross-contextual thinking together to generate collective understandings and creative alternative paths for actions.
Invitation to Apply
*Theapplicationdeadline for IIPE 2024 isMarch 15.
Learn more and apply today!
The IIPE invites formal and non-formal educators, students, practitioners, academics, researchers and activists from the fields of peacebuilding, human rights education, international/intercultural/global/global citizenship education, education for sustainable development, anti-racist education, decolonizing education, conflict transformation, community development, the arts, health and faith-based professions, and others with interest in peace education— with all levels of experience – to apply to join the weeklong co-learning community.
The IIPE only accommodates 60 participants. While we would like to accept everyone who applies, the number of applicants usually exceeds the places at each IIPE.
All potential participants must complete an online application to be considered. Acceptance for participation in the IIPE is based upon the applicant’s potential contribution to the goal of developing and strengthening peace education in their local context as well as the host region, and toward developing a more global perspective on peace education among all participants. Additional acceptance criteria will be made available on our application page.
When applying, potential participants are requested to propose plenary or workshop topics related to the frameworks presented above.
The 2024 International Institute on Peace Education (IIPE) will take place near Kathmandu, Nepal from July 21-28 2024.
The Institute is being organized by the IIPE Secretariat in partnership with a network of former IIPE participants in Nepal and various local NGOs, includingASER Nepal (Annual Status of Education Report)andGalli Galli.
IIPE 2024: Nepalwill convene educators from around the globe for a week-long, residential, learning community experience in peace education. A rich exchange of peacebuilding research, academic theory, best practices, and actions will be shared by participants from around the world through IIPE’s evolving dialogical, cooperative, and intersubjective modes of reflective inquiry and experiential learning.
Learn more and apply today!
Overarching Theme: The Pedagogy and Peace Politics of Change: Navigating the Tensions Between Tradition and Modernity
Nepal today epitomizes a crossroads of transitions and an exchange of knowledge and culture as it did on the ancient Silk Road, a pathway of trade between East and West. IIPE 2024 aims to be a crossroads ofpeacelearningfor peace educator-activists and scholars where Nepalese participants will exchange perspectives with global participants on shared, diverse challenges and problems. IIPE Nepal invites questions that open new perspectives on global and local issues. All participants will offer theirexperience to the learning community that will build shared understandings towards adapting for the survival and well-being of peoples and Earth in this time of crises. IIPE in Nepal offers a unique opportunity for incorporating ancient wisdom with present knowledge for peaceful futures: how can these ways of knowing be brought together to better educate and learn for peace?
Nepal: Themes & Issues
In the context of Nepal, we’ll explore political, economic, and ecological challenges that also exist globally. Nepal is diverse in landscape, languages, geographies, and ethnicities; strivings here offer a microcosm that mirrors global contexts. Nepal, a federated constitutional democracy since 2015, faces pressuresof militarism, autocracy, displaced peoples, human rights violations, competition for resources, culture including gender, as well as pressures of global great power dynamics that exist in all present-day democracies. These challenges, like those in the global peace community, raise questions of how to navigate the tensions between ancient cultures and spiritual traditions and the present economic and political pressures of the modern globalized world. (See thecountry profile for Nepalon “Mapping Peace Education” for additional context and an introduction to historical and present peace education efforts in the country.)
Global Commonalities
At IIPE 2024: Nepal, we will delve into the diverse perspectives of Nepalese and global participants on threats and challenges such as the climate catastrophes that are transforming our geographical landscapes as well as the pressures due to political shifts in great powers that transform the contexts of our realities. These shifts seem to render ordinary citizens helpless. Yet, educating for peace aims to empower citizens to open their minds to the potential of cross-contextual thinking together to generate collective understandings and creative alternative paths for actions.
Invitation to Apply
*Theapplicationdeadline for IIPE 2024 isMarch 15.
Learn more and apply today!
The IIPE invites formal and non-formal educators, students, practitioners, academics, researchers and activists from the fields of peacebuilding, human rights education, international/intercultural/global/global citizenship education, education for sustainable development, anti-racist education, decolonizing education, conflict transformation, community development, the arts, health and faith-based professions, and others with interest in peace education— with all levels of experience – to apply to join the weeklong co-learning community.
The IIPE only accommodates 60 participants. While we would like to accept everyone who applies, the number of applicants usually exceeds the places at each IIPE.
All potential participants must complete an online application to be considered. Acceptance for participation in the IIPE is based upon the applicant’s potential contribution to the goal of developing and strengthening peace education in their local context as well as the host region, and toward developing a more global perspective on peace education among all participants. Additional acceptance criteria will be made available on our application page.
When applying, potential participants are requested to propose plenary or workshop topics related to the frameworks presented above.
The 2024 International Institute on Peace Education (IIPE) will take place near Kathmandu, Nepal from July 21-28 2024.
The Institute is being organized by the IIPE Secretariat in partnership with a network of former IIPE participants in Nepal and various local NGOs, includingASER Nepal (Annual Status of Education Report)andGalli Galli.
IIPE 2024: Nepalwill convene educators from around the globe for a week-long, residential, learning community experience in peace education. A rich exchange of peacebuilding research, academic theory, best practices, and actions will be shared by participants from around the world through IIPE’s evolving dialogical, cooperative, and intersubjective modes of reflective inquiry and experiential learning.
Learn more and apply today!
Overarching Theme: The Pedagogy and Peace Politics of Change: Navigating the Tensions Between Tradition and Modernity
Nepal today epitomizes a crossroads of transitions and an exchange of knowledge and culture as it did on the ancient Silk Road, a pathway of trade between East and West. IIPE 2024 aims to be a crossroads ofpeacelearningfor peace educator-activists and scholars where Nepalese participants will exchange perspectives with global participants on shared, diverse challenges and problems. IIPE Nepal invites questions that open new perspectives on global and local issues. All participants will offer theirexperience to the learning community that will build shared understandings towards adapting for the survival and well-being of peoples and Earth in this time of crises. IIPE in Nepal offers a unique opportunity for incorporating ancient wisdom with present knowledge for peaceful futures: how can these ways of knowing be brought together to better educate and learn for peace?
Nepal: Themes & Issues
In the context of Nepal, we’ll explore political, economic, and ecological challenges that also exist globally. Nepal is diverse in landscape, languages, geographies, and ethnicities; strivings here offer a microcosm that mirrors global contexts. Nepal, a federated constitutional democracy since 2015, faces pressuresof militarism, autocracy, displaced peoples, human rights violations, competition for resources, culture including gender, as well as pressures of global great power dynamics that exist in all present-day democracies. These challenges, like those in the global peace community, raise questions of how to navigate the tensions between ancient cultures and spiritual traditions and the present economic and political pressures of the modern globalized world. (See thecountry profile for Nepalon “Mapping Peace Education” for additional context and an introduction to historical and present peace education efforts in the country.)
Global Commonalities
At IIPE 2024: Nepal, we will delve into the diverse perspectives of Nepalese and global participants on threats and challenges such as the climate catastrophes that are transforming our geographical landscapes as well as the pressures due to political shifts in great powers that transform the contexts of our realities. These shifts seem to render ordinary citizens helpless. Yet, educating for peace aims to empower citizens to open their minds to the potential of cross-contextual thinking together to generate collective understandings and creative alternative paths for actions.
Invitation to Apply
*Theapplicationdeadline for IIPE 2024 isMarch 15.
Learn more and apply today!
The IIPE invites formal and non-formal educators, students, practitioners, academics, researchers and activists from the fields of peacebuilding, human rights education, international/intercultural/global/global citizenship education, education for sustainable development, anti-racist education, decolonizing education, conflict transformation, community development, the arts, health and faith-based professions, and others with interest in peace education— with all levels of experience – to apply to join the weeklong co-learning community.
The IIPE only accommodates 60 participants. While we would like to accept everyone who applies, the number of applicants usually exceeds the places at each IIPE.
All potential participants must complete an online application to be considered. Acceptance for participation in the IIPE is based upon the applicant’s potential contribution to the goal of developing and strengthening peace education in their local context as well as the host region, and toward developing a more global perspective on peace education among all participants. Additional acceptance criteria will be made available on our application page.
When applying, potential participants are requested to propose plenary or workshop topics related to the frameworks presented above.
The 2024 International Institute on Peace Education (IIPE) will take place near Kathmandu, Nepal from July 21-28 2024.
The Institute is being organized by the IIPE Secretariat in partnership with a network of former IIPE participants in Nepal and various local NGOs, includingASER Nepal (Annual Status of Education Report)andGalli Galli.
IIPE 2024: Nepalwill convene educators from around the globe for a week-long, residential, learning community experience in peace education. A rich exchange of peacebuilding research, academic theory, best practices, and actions will be shared by participants from around the world through IIPE’s evolving dialogical, cooperative, and intersubjective modes of reflective inquiry and experiential learning.
Learn more and apply today!
Overarching Theme: The Pedagogy and Peace Politics of Change: Navigating the Tensions Between Tradition and Modernity
Nepal today epitomizes a crossroads of transitions and an exchange of knowledge and culture as it did on the ancient Silk Road, a pathway of trade between East and West. IIPE 2024 aims to be a crossroads ofpeacelearningfor peace educator-activists and scholars where Nepalese participants will exchange perspectives with global participants on shared, diverse challenges and problems. IIPE Nepal invites questions that open new perspectives on global and local issues. All participants will offer theirexperience to the learning community that will build shared understandings towards adapting for the survival and well-being of peoples and Earth in this time of crises. IIPE in Nepal offers a unique opportunity for incorporating ancient wisdom with present knowledge for peaceful futures: how can these ways of knowing be brought together to better educate and learn for peace?
Nepal: Themes & Issues
In the context of Nepal, we’ll explore political, economic, and ecological challenges that also exist globally. Nepal is diverse in landscape, languages, geographies, and ethnicities; strivings here offer a microcosm that mirrors global contexts. Nepal, a federated constitutional democracy since 2015, faces pressuresof militarism, autocracy, displaced peoples, human rights violations, competition for resources, culture including gender, as well as pressures of global great power dynamics that exist in all present-day democracies. These challenges, like those in the global peace community, raise questions of how to navigate the tensions between ancient cultures and spiritual traditions and the present economic and political pressures of the modern globalized world. (See thecountry profile for Nepalon “Mapping Peace Education” for additional context and an introduction to historical and present peace education efforts in the country.)
Global Commonalities
At IIPE 2024: Nepal, we will delve into the diverse perspectives of Nepalese and global participants on threats and challenges such as the climate catastrophes that are transforming our geographical landscapes as well as the pressures due to political shifts in great powers that transform the contexts of our realities. These shifts seem to render ordinary citizens helpless. Yet, educating for peace aims to empower citizens to open their minds to the potential of cross-contextual thinking together to generate collective understandings and creative alternative paths for actions.
Invitation to Apply
*Theapplicationdeadline for IIPE 2024 isMarch 15.
Learn more and apply today!
The IIPE invites formal and non-formal educators, students, practitioners, academics, researchers and activists from the fields of peacebuilding, human rights education, international/intercultural/global/global citizenship education, education for sustainable development, anti-racist education, decolonizing education, conflict transformation, community development, the arts, health and faith-based professions, and others with interest in peace education— with all levels of experience – to apply to join the weeklong co-learning community.
The IIPE only accommodates 60 participants. While we would like to accept everyone who applies, the number of applicants usually exceeds the places at each IIPE.
All potential participants must complete an online application to be considered. Acceptance for participation in the IIPE is based upon the applicant’s potential contribution to the goal of developing and strengthening peace education in their local context as well as the host region, and toward developing a more global perspective on peace education among all participants. Additional acceptance criteria will be made available on our application page.
When applying, potential participants are requested to propose plenary or workshop topics related to the frameworks presented above.
The 2024 International Institute on Peace Education (IIPE) will take place near Kathmandu, Nepal from July 21-28 2024.
The Institute is being organized by the IIPE Secretariat in partnership with a network of former IIPE participants in Nepal and various local NGOs, includingASER Nepal (Annual Status of Education Report)andGalli Galli.
IIPE 2024: Nepalwill convene educators from around the globe for a week-long, residential, learning community experience in peace education. A rich exchange of peacebuilding research, academic theory, best practices, and actions will be shared by participants from around the world through IIPE’s evolving dialogical, cooperative, and intersubjective modes of reflective inquiry and experiential learning.
Learn more and apply today!
Overarching Theme: The Pedagogy and Peace Politics of Change: Navigating the Tensions Between Tradition and Modernity
Nepal today epitomizes a crossroads of transitions and an exchange of knowledge and culture as it did on the ancient Silk Road, a pathway of trade between East and West. IIPE 2024 aims to be a crossroads ofpeacelearningfor peace educator-activists and scholars where Nepalese participants will exchange perspectives with global participants on shared, diverse challenges and problems. IIPE Nepal invites questions that open new perspectives on global and local issues. All participants will offer theirexperience to the learning community that will build shared understandings towards adapting for the survival and well-being of peoples and Earth in this time of crises. IIPE in Nepal offers a unique opportunity for incorporating ancient wisdom with present knowledge for peaceful futures: how can these ways of knowing be brought together to better educate and learn for peace?
Nepal: Themes & Issues
In the context of Nepal, we’ll explore political, economic, and ecological challenges that also exist globally. Nepal is diverse in landscape, languages, geographies, and ethnicities; strivings here offer a microcosm that mirrors global contexts. Nepal, a federated constitutional democracy since 2015, faces pressuresof militarism, autocracy, displaced peoples, human rights violations, competition for resources, culture including gender, as well as pressures of global great power dynamics that exist in all present-day democracies. These challenges, like those in the global peace community, raise questions of how to navigate the tensions between ancient cultures and spiritual traditions and the present economic and political pressures of the modern globalized world. (See thecountry profile for Nepalon “Mapping Peace Education” for additional context and an introduction to historical and present peace education efforts in the country.)
Global Commonalities
At IIPE 2024: Nepal, we will delve into the diverse perspectives of Nepalese and global participants on threats and challenges such as the climate catastrophes that are transforming our geographical landscapes as well as the pressures due to political shifts in great powers that transform the contexts of our realities. These shifts seem to render ordinary citizens helpless. Yet, educating for peace aims to empower citizens to open their minds to the potential of cross-contextual thinking together to generate collective understandings and creative alternative paths for actions.
Invitation to Apply
*Theapplicationdeadline for IIPE 2024 isMarch 15.
Learn more and apply today!
The IIPE invites formal and non-formal educators, students, practitioners, academics, researchers and activists from the fields of peacebuilding, human rights education, international/intercultural/global/global citizenship education, education for sustainable development, anti-racist education, decolonizing education, conflict transformation, community development, the arts, health and faith-based professions, and others with interest in peace education— with all levels of experience – to apply to join the weeklong co-learning community.
The IIPE only accommodates 60 participants. While we would like to accept everyone who applies, the number of applicants usually exceeds the places at each IIPE.
All potential participants must complete an online application to be considered. Acceptance for participation in the IIPE is based upon the applicant’s potential contribution to the goal of developing and strengthening peace education in their local context as well as the host region, and toward developing a more global perspective on peace education among all participants. Additional acceptance criteria will be made available on our application page.
When applying, potential participants are requested to propose plenary or workshop topics related to the frameworks presented above.
Hiroshima Day is observed annually on the 6th of August on the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.
Here is the entry for Hiroshima Day from World BEYOND War’s Peace Almanac:
On this day in 1945 the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton atomic bomb — equivalent to 15,000 tons of TNT — on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.The bomb destroyed four square miles of the city and killed 80,000 people. In the weeks following, thousands more died from wounds and radiation poisoning. President Harry Truman, who had assumed office less than four months earlier, claimed that he made the decision to drop the bomb after being told by his advisers that dropping the bomb would end the war quickly and would avoid the need to invade Japan, which would result in the deaths of a million American soldiers. This version of history does not hold up to scrutiny. Several months earlier, General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area, had sent a 40-page memo to President Roosevelt that summarized five different offers of surrender from high-ranking Japanese officials. The USA, however, knew that the Russians had made significant advances in the east and in all likelihood would be in Japan by September, well before the U.S. could mount an invasion. If this were to pass, Japan would surrender to Russia, not the U.S. This was unacceptable to the U.S., which had already developed a post-war strategy of economic and geo-political hegemony. So, despite strong opposition from military and political leaders and Japan’s willingness to surrender, the bomb was dropped. Many have called this the first act of the Cold War. Dwight D. Eisenhower said years later, “Japan was already defeated . . . dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary.”
Nagasaki Day is observed annually on the 9th of August on the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in 1945.
Here is the entry for Nagasaki Day from World BEYOND War’s Peace Almanac:
On this date in 1945, a U.S. B-29 bomber dropped a nuclear bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, killing some 39,000 men, women, and children on the day of the bombing and an estimated 80,000 by the end of the year.The Nagasaki bombing came just three days after the first use of a nuclear weapon in warfare, the bombing of Hiroshima that by year’s end claimed the lives of an estimated 150,000 people. Weeks earlier, Japan had sent a telegram to the Soviet Union expressing its desire to surrender and end the war. The United States had broken Japan’s codes and read the telegram. President Harry Truman referred in his diary to “the telegram from Jap Emperor asking for peace.” Japan objected only to surrendering unconditionally and giving up its emperor, but the United States insisted on those terms until after the bombs fell. Also on August 9th the Soviets entered the war against Japan in Manchuria. The United States Strategic Bombing Survey concluded that, “… certainly prior to 31 December, 1945, and in all probability prior to 1 November, 1945, Japan would have surrendered even if the atomic bombs had not been dropped, even if Russia had not entered the war, and even if no invasion had been planned or contemplated.” One dissenter who had expressed this same view to the Secretary of War prior to the bombings was General Dwight Eisenhower. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral William D. Leahy agreed, saying, “The use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan.”
International Youth Day is commemorated every year on 12 August, bringing youth issues to the attention of the international community and celebrating the potential of youth as partners in today’s global society.
Background: “United Nations and Youth”
In 1965, in resolution 2037 (XX), the General Assembly endorsed the Declaration on the Promotion among Youth of the Ideals of Peace, Mutual Respect and Understanding between Peoples.
From 1965 to 1975, both the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council emphasized three basic themes in the field of youth: participation, development and peace. The need for an international policy on youth was emphasized as well.
In 1979, the General Assembly, by resolution 34/151, designated 1985 as International Youth Year: Participation, Development, Peace.
In 1985, by resolution 40/14, the Assembly endorsed the guidelines for further planning and suitable follow-up in the field of youth. The guidelines are significant for their focus on young people as a broad category comprising various subgroups, rather than a single demographic entity. They provide proposals for specific measures to address the needs of subgroups such as young people with disabilities, rural and urban youth and young women. (Source: resolution 50/81)
In December 2009, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 64/134 proclaiming the year commencing 12 August 2010 as the International Year of Youth, calling upon governments, civil society, individuals and communities worldwide to support activities at local and international levels to mark the event. The Year will coincide with the 25th anniversary of the first International Youth Year in 1985.
On 17 December 1999, in its resolution 54/120, the United Nations General Assembly endorsed the recommendation made by the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth (Lisbon, 8-12 August 1998) that 12 August be declared International Youth Day.
The Assembly recommended that public information activities be organized to support the Day as a way to promote better awareness of the World Programme of Action for Youth, adopted by the General Assembly in 1996 (resolution 50/81).
Security Council Resolution 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security represents an unprecedented acknowledgment of the urgent need to engage young peacebuilders in promoting peace and countering extremism, and clearly positions youth as important partners in the global efforts.
International Youth Day is commemorated every year on 12 August, bringing youth issues to the attention of the international community and celebrating the potential of youth as partners in today’s global society.
Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples.
The International Day of Peace wasestablishedin 1981 by the United Nations General Assembly. Two decades later, in 2001, the General Assembly unanimously voted todesignatethe Day as a period of non-violence and cease-fire.
The United Nations invites all nations and people to honour a cessation of hostilities during the Day, and to otherwise commemorate the Day through education and public awareness on issues related to peace.
(Reposted from: United Nations)
The International Day of Non-Violence is observed on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement and pioneer of the philosophy and strategy of non-violence.
According to General Assembly resolutionA/RES/61/271of 15 June 2007, which established the commemoration, the International Day is an occasion to “disseminate the message of non-violence, including through education and public awareness”. The resolution reaffirms “the universal relevance of the principle of non-violence” and the desire “to secure a culture of peace, tolerance, understanding and non-violence”.
Introducing the resolution in the General Assembly on behalf of 140 co-sponsors, India’s Minister of State for External Affairs, Mr. Anand Sharma, said that the wide and diverse sponsorship of the resolution was a reflection of the universal respect for Mahatma Gandhi and of the enduring relevance of his philosophy. Quoting the late leader’s own words, he said: “Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man”.
Background
The life and leadership of Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi, who helped lead India to independence, has been the inspiration for non-violent movements for civil rights and social change across the world. Throughout his life, Gandhi remained committed to his belief in non-violence even under oppressive conditions and in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges.
The theory behind his actions, which included encouraging massive civil disobedience to British law as with the historic Salt March of 1930, was that “just means lead to just ends”; that is, it is irrational to try to use violence to achieve a peaceful society. He believed that Indians must not use violence or hatred in their fight for freedom from colonialism.
Definition of Non-Violence
The principle of non-violence — also known as non-violent resistance — rejects the use of physical violence in order to achieve social or political change. Often described as “the politics of ordinary people”, this form of social struggle has been adopted by mass populations all over the world in campaigns for social justice.
Professor Gene Sharp, a leading scholar on non-violent resistance, uses the following definition in his publication,The Politics of Nonviolent Action:
“Nonviolent action is a technique by which people who reject passivity and submission, and who see struggle as essential, can wage their conflict without violence. Nonviolent action is not an attempt to avoid or ignore conflict. It is one response to the problem of how to act effectively in politics, especially how to wield powers effectively.”
While non-violence is frequently used as a synonym for pacifism, since the mid-twentieth century the term non-violence has been adopted by many movements for social change which do not focus on opposition to war.
One key tenet of the theory of non-violence is that the power of rulers depends on the consent of the population, and non-violence therefore seeks to undermine such power through withdrawal of the consent and cooperation of the populace.
There are three main categories of non-violence action:
protest and persuasion, including marches and vigils;
non-cooperation; and
non-violent intervention, such as blockades and occupations.
(Reposted from: UNESCO)
Held annually on 5 October since 1994, World Teachers’ Day commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers. This Recommendation sets benchmarks regarding the rights and responsibilities of teachers and standards for their initial preparation and further education, recruitment, employment, and teaching and learning conditions.The Recommendation concerning the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnelwas adopted in 1997 to complement the 1966 Recommendation by covering teaching and research personnel in higher education.
With the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goal 4 on education, and the dedicated target (SDG 4.c) recognizing teachers as key to the achievement of the Education 2030 agenda, WTD has become the occasion to mark progress and reflect on ways to counter the remaining challenges for the promotion of the teaching profession.
World Teachers’ Day is co-convened in partnership with UNICEF, the International Labour Organization and Education International.
Since 2012, 11 October has been marked as the International Day of the Girl. The day aims to highlight and address the needs and challenges girls face, while promoting girls’ empowerment and the fulfillment of their human rights.
Background
In 1995 at the World Conference on Women in Beijing countries unanimously adopted the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action – the most progressive blueprint ever for advancing the rights of not only women but girls. The Beijing Declaration is the first to specifically call out girls’ rights.
On December 19, 2011, United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 66/170 to declare October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child, to recognize girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world.
The International Day of the Girl Child focuses attention on the need to address the challenges girls face and to promote girls’ empowerment and the fulfillment of their human rights.
Adolescent girls have the right to a safe, educated, and healthy life, not only during these critical formative years, but also as they mature into women. If effectively supported during the adolescent years, girls have the potential to change the world – both as the empowered girls of today and as tomorrow’s workers, mothers, entrepreneurs, mentors, household heads, and political leaders. An investment in realizing the power of adolescent girls upholds their rights today and promises a more equitable and prosperous future, one in which half of humanity is an equal partner in solving the problems of climate change, political conflict, economic growth, disease prevention, and global sustainability.
Girls are breaking boundaries and barriers posed by stereotypes and exclusion, including those directed at children with disabilities and those living in marginalized communities. As entrepreneurs, innovators and initiators of global movements, girls are creating a world that is relevant for them and future generations.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by world leaders in 2015, embody a roadmap for progress that is sustainable and leaves no one behind.
Achieving gender equality and women’s empowerment is integral to each of the 17 goals. Only by ensuring the rights of women and girls across all the goals will we get to justice and inclusion, economies that work for all, and sustaining our shared environment now and for future generations.
World Children’s Day was first established in 1954 as Universal Children’s Day and is celebrated on 20 November each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children’s welfare.
November 20th is an important date as it is the date in 1959 when the UN General Assembly adopted theDeclaration of the Rights of the Child. It is also the date in 1989 when the UN General Assembly adopted theConvention on the Rights of the Child.
Since 1990, World Children’s Day also marks the anniversary of the date that the UN General Assembly adopted both the Declaration and the Convention on children’s rights.
Mothers and fathers, teachers, nurses and doctors, government leaders and civil society activists, religious and community elders, corporate moguls and media professionals, as well as young people and children themselves, can play an important part in making World Children’s Day relevant for their societies, communities and nations.
World Children’s Dayoffers each of us an inspirational entry-point to advocate, promote and celebrate children’s rights, translating into dialogues and actions that will build a better world for children.
Education is a human right, a public good and a public responsibility.
The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 January asInternational Day of Education, in celebration of the role of education for peace and development.
Without inclusive and equitable quality education and lifelong opportunities for all, countries will not succeed in achieving gender equality and breaking the cycle of poverty that is leaving millions of children, youth and adults behind.
Today, 258 million children and youth still do not attend school; 617 million children and adolescents cannot read and do basic math; less than 40% of girls in sub-Saharan Africa complete lower secondary school and some four million children and youth refugees are out of school. Their right to education is being violated and it is unacceptable.
International Day of Education 2024: Learning for Lasting Peace
The sixth International Day of Education will be celebrated on 24 January 2024 under the theme “learning for lasting peace”. The world is seeing a surge of violent conflicts paralleled by an alarming rise of discrimination, racism, xenophobia, and hate speech. The impact of this violence transcends any boundary based on geography, gender, race, religion, politics, offline and online. An active commitment to peace is more urgent today than ever: Education is central to this endeavor, as underlined by theUNESCO Recommendation on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Sustainable Development. Learning for peace must be transformative, and help empower learners with the necessary knowledge, values, attitudes and skills and behaviours to become agents of peace in their communities.
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International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust
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United Nations General Assembly Resolution 60/7 that established the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme, alsodesignated 27 January as an annual International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust – observed with ceremonies and activities at United Nations Headquarters in New York and at United Nations offices around the world.
On 26 November 2007, the General Assembly declared that, starting from the sixty-third session of the General Assembly, 20 February will be celebrated annually as the World Day of Social Justice.
Background
The International Labour Organization unanimously adopted the ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization on 10 June 2008. This is the third major statement of principles and policies adopted by the International Labour Conference since the ILO’s Constitution of 1919. It builds on the Philadelphia Declaration of 1944 and the Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work of 1998. The 2008 Declaration expresses the contemporary vision of the ILO’s mandate in the era of globalization.
This landmark Declaration is a powerful reaffirmation of ILO values. It is the outcome of tripartite consultations that started in the wake of the Report of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization. By adopting this text, the representatives of governments, employers’ and workers’ organizations from 182 member States emphasize the key role of our tripartite Organization in helping to achieve progress and social justice in the context of globalization. Together, they commit to enhance the ILO’s capacity to advance these goals, through the Decent Work Agenda. The Declaration institutionalizes the Decent Work concept developed by the ILO since 1999, placing it at the core of the Organization’s policies to reach its constitutional objectives.
The Declaration comes at a crucial political moment, reflecting the wide consensus on the need for a strong social dimension to globalization in achieving improved and fair outcomes for all. It constitutes a compass for the promotion of a fair globalization based on Decent Work, as well as a practical tool to accelerate progress in the implementation of the Decent Work Agenda at the country level. It also reflects a productive outlook by highlighting the importance of sustainable enterprises in creating greater employment and income opportunities for all.
The General Assembly Recognizes that social development and social justice are indispensable for the achievement and maintenance of peace and security within and among nations and that, in turn, social development and social justice cannot be attained in the absence of peace and security or in the absence of respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms.
It further recognizes that globalization and interdependence are opening new opportunities through trade, investment and capital flows and advances in technology, including information technology, for the growth of the world economy and the development and improvement of living standards around the world, while at the same time there remain serious challenges, including serious financial crises, insecurity, poverty, exclusion and inequality within and among societies and considerable obstacles to further integration and full participation in the global economy for developing countries as well as some countries with economies in transition.