Gender-Based Violence in and Around Schools Prevents Millions of Children Worldwide from Fulfilling their Academic Potential
The EFA Global Monitoring Report, UNESCO and UNGEI call for urgent action to combat school-related gender-based violence NEW YORK, 10 March 2015 – Gender-based violence in school settings is having a damaging impact on the education of millions of children across the world according to a new paper released today at the Commission on the […]
From International Relations to Global Politics. Free Online Course
From the theories of International Relations to the practice of global politics. To grasp the rule of the global political game and be ready to play it. Course Instructors: Raffaele Marchetti Raffaele Marchetti (Laurea, Rome-La Sapienza; PhD, London-LSE) is assistant professor (national qualification as associate professor) in International Relations at the Department of Political Science […]
Water and Sustainable Development: One Voice From Zaragoza
www.unwater.org The UN-Water Annual International Zaragoza Conference was held in January and kicked off the year that will shine a spotlight on water and sustainable development. “2015 is an important year. An important year for disaster risk reduction, an important year for climate and an important year for water,” said the UN-Water Chair, Michel Jarraud […]
3rd Education Nation Conference: Education for the better future of Malaysia
Nelson Mandela once said that education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world. It is the fundamental building blocks of society, of its prosperity and sustainability. In Malaysia, Vision 2020 was initiated in February 1991 and the basic goal is to create a world-class developed nation by the year of […]
GLOBAL REPORT ON OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN
Adolescents Twice as Likely to Be Out of School as Children of Primary School Age, Say UNESCO and UNICEF New report shows why ‘business as usual’ won’t lead to universal primary or secondary education Around 63 million adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15 years are denied their right to an education, according to […]
HUMANISFESTO: THE BIOMIMETIC SYMBIOSIS BETWEEN ECOLOGICAL SUSTAINABILITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Learning from the Nature in the Banaue Rice Terraces of the Philippines. Versión castellana Solidarity is a trans-dimensional phenomenon that goes beyond the ontological essence of human nature. In fact, when we analyze the connections between the microcosm and the macrocosm, we perceive that human beingsare not involved in chaos and arbitrariness, but belongs to […]
HUMANIFESTO: La Simbiosis Biomimética entre la Sustentabilidad Ecológica y los Derechos Humanos
Aprendiendo de la Naturaleza en las terrazas de arroz de Banaue, Filipinas. English Version La solidaridad es un fenómeno transdimensional que ultrapasa la esencia ontólogica de la naturaleza humana. De hecho, cuando observamos las conexiones entre el microcosmos y el macrocosmos, percibimos que el ser humano no está en medio del caos y la arbitrariedad, […]
Second UNESCO Forum on Global Citizenship Education (GCED) Building Peaceful and Sustainable Societies: Preparing for Post-2015
Download final report here On the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of UNESCO Second UNESCO Forum on Global Citizenship Education (GCED) Building peaceful and sustainable societies: preparing for post-2015 In support of the UN Secretary-General’s Global Education First Initiative (GEFI) 28-30 January 2015, Room XI, UNESCO HQ, Paris Organized by the Division of Education for […]
Women at COP 20 Blast Failure for Real Action in Lima
Women at COP 20 Blast Failure for Real Action in Lima: “Time to Stop Calling and Start Doing. Leaders, You Have 12 Months to get it Right.” As COP20 comes to a close, the members of the UNFCCC’s Women and Gender Constituency, representing hundreds of thousands of women and men from around the world, respond to the […]
Cambodia at a Crossroads: New Laws Would Limit Freedoms
Translations can be found here: French, Spanish and Portuguese Michael Switow Global Call to Action Against Poverty Email: switow@whiteband.org / Web: www.whiteband.org . . Abstract: I recently returned from an international solidarity mission to Cambodia, where so many of the issues that progressive rights-based civil society origanisations campaign on slap you right in the face: Land grabs: […]
