The Special Case of the Right to Primary Education of Children with Disabilities in India: Legally Lacking
Payel Rai Chowdhury Department of Human Rights and Human Development at Rabindra Bharati University, India. e-mail: payelrc03@gmail.com . Abstract: The education of children with disabilities must be organized not merely on humanitarian grounds, but also because proper education enables a disabled child to largely overcome his/her handicap, and makes him or her a useful citizen. Social […]
Augmenting Human Rights with Human Responsibilities
Sue L. T. McGregor Mount Saint Vincent University (Canada), Faculty of Education. Her research interests include consumer studies, transdisciplinarity, integral thinking, moral leadership, and home economics philosophy. She is Principle Consultant for the McGregor Consulting Group e-mail: sue.mcgregor@msvu.ca / web: www.consultmcgregor.com . Abstract: The central premise of this paper is that human rights will be […]
Observatório da Educação Direitos Humanos, Cidadania e Violência: uma estratégia para a articulação da Pós-graduação com a Educação Básica e Formação Continuada dos Profissionais da Educação
José Cláudio Rocha Professor Titular UNEB e Pesquisador em Direitos Humanos. Professor permanente do Doutorado Multi-Institucional e Multidisciplinar em Difusão do Conhecimento. Coordenador do OBEDHCV E-mail: jrocha@uneb.br . Denise A. B. Freitas Rocha Professora Pesquisadora UNEB/UAB. Pesquisadora do OBEDHCV E-mail: dfrocha@uneb.br . Resumo: O presente artigo relata a experiência do Projeto de Pesquisa Observatório da […]
The Value of Education for Refugee Livelihood
Callixte Kavuro University of Cape Town, Safety and Violence Initiative, Parliamentary Monitoring Group callixtekav@gmail.com . Abstract: Central to the development of humanity and community is education. Education is universally recognised as one of the essential human rights and economic freedoms. For economic progress, it is regarded as an indispensable vehicle of empowering the disadvantaged and […]
Instilling Global Citizenship within the International School Network
Adam Carter Global Citizen, Teacher and Social Action/Education Expert. Founder and director of Cause & Affect Foundation as well as the creator of Academic Social Action Collective. e-mail: adrockisland@gmail.com / web: http://about.me/adamcarter . Abstract: Promoting “global citizenship” has become a popular trend within international schools. There is a huge benefit for students, schools and […]
Forever Kids Kenya
www.foreverkidskenya.com Forever Kids Kenya is a registered Swiss non-profit organization with the aim of promoting quality basic education among underprivileged kids in urban slums of Kenya. Every child has the right to basic school education. Many kids are deprived of this basic human right due to a life in impoverished conditions and a lack of […]
Compromisos internacionales con los Derechos Humanos en el contexto de VIH. Acción Solidaria en VIH/Sida (AcSol) — Venezuela
accionsolidaria.info / @accionsolidaria Gracias a 25 años de persistente labor de las organizaciones de sociedad civil que trabajan en VIH y al apoyo de los sistemas internacionales de protección de los derechos humanos, nacieron los esfuerzos solidarios mundiales para erradicar la discriminación en el contexto del VIH y garantizar la igualdad efectiva de las […]
Online Model United Nations: Promoting Global Citizenship and Inclusiveness in MUN
Lisa Martin THIMUN Online Model United Nations E-mail: Lisa.Martin@onlinemodelun.org . Online Model United Nations (O-MUN) was born out of the passion and love I have for the MUN academic simulation and the deep skill set it helps to instill in students. In moving this program online, O-MUN was able tap into two powerful educational currents: […]
APPEL INTERNATIONAL: MAPEX LUTTE CONTRE LA PAUVRETE
Jean-Philippe PANCRATE Président at Perfect Union ONG E-mail: contact.perfectunion@gmail.com website: www.perfectunion.fr . LE DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE POUR TOUS Pour une effectivité des droits fondamentaux et des droits sociaux DIAGNOSTIC La pauvreté caractérise «la situation d’un individu qui n’a pas assez de ressources pour vivre dignement. Cela se traduit par un manque de ressources : *au niveau […]
MIGRANTS MATTER
Find us: www.facebook.com/migrantsmatter migrants-matter.blogspot.com @MigrantsMatter on Twitter What is Migrants Matter? Migrants Matter is an advocacy campaign led by students from close to 40 countries. Before we thought of launching a campaign, we talked, like most students do. We talked about boys, girls, wine, movies, music… And we talked about the challenges facing […]
