La evaluación del impacto de la formación en los trabajadores
Fátima Romera Hiniesta Doctorando en el Departamento de Didáctica y Organización Educativa de la Universidad de Sevilla (España) e-mail: fatimaromera@yahoo.es Resumen: El texto aborda un recorrido y una síntesis por los estudios y conclusiones obtenidos hasta el momento sobre un tema de gran relevancia en la actualidad, como es el impacto de la formación y […]
Seeking Peace
Shahbaz Israr Khan Visiting Faculty at UN mandated University for Peace shahbazasrar@yahoo.com Seeking Peace Sun has descended with the fear of darkness Mountains and deserts fearing with its sharpness Plants and trees all in slumber Wants to wake them from the tools of plumber My home is submerged in the ocean of blood Should […]
El agua: tema central para la seguridad alimentaria
Por Gabriela Grau, Senior Network Officer para Latinoamérica, GWP y Fabiola Tábora, Secretaria Ejecutiva, GWP Centroamérica www.gwp.org …para el 2050 el mundo contará con 9 billones de personas que requerirán un incremento del 70% en la producción mundial de alimentos. En la actualidad se viene enfrentando una serie de retos globales que es necesario atender […]
From Swords to Ploughshares: Study Abroad as a means of post-conflict Peacebuilding
Mark Flanigan Program Director at Japan ICU Foundation markinmitaka@gmail.com – I am quite honored to write for Global Education Magazine and to share the reflections of my work as Program Director at Japan ICU Foundation, for this special edition the International School Day of Non-Violence and Peace. As a Rotary Peace Fellow alumnus, I […]
No country of white men
. Marie Mainil Director of the Student Peace Alliance at The Peace Alliance marie@thepeacealliance.org . Banner in the entrance of Obama 2012 HQ – Remember that scene in the movie Money Ball when cigar smoking, fairly aged white men made decisions out of smoke around the power table? That’s how elections used to be […]
Peace and Conflict Resolution. Democratic Republic of Congo
By Samuel M. Muderhwa PCR President Founder & coordinator pastor.samuelm@gmail.com Background of the PCR Peace and Conflict Resolution was founded in Bukavu, South-Kivu by MULUMEODERHWA MUDERHWA Samuel and his wife Faida in 2004. They both completed a High diploma from the school of Mediation in Nairobi in 2006. This challenged them to continue to […]
Excuse Me, Can You Repeat That?
Cathryn Cushner Edelstein Scholar-In-Residence at Emerson College Cathryn_Edelstein@emerson.edu The rules of communication are not universal – they are specific to particular cultures. International students who attend school in the U.S. often prepare for years by learning English. Often they have learned English from a non-native speaker who teaches with the use of a textbook, scripted dialogues […]
Space and I
I was born in 1952 in a small town near Tokyo. Many people have asked me if I had a dream to be an astronaut since my childhood. No, never. Ever since I could remember, I never had a dream to fly into space—actually, until I became 32 years old. It was in 1957 that the […]
Creating an Everyone a Changemaker World
We are living at an incredible moment in history, where all of the existing sectors of society are redefining themselves. It started with the private sector. Businesses let loose the radical idea: if you have a new idea and you make it work, we’ll make you rich and respected. Then we will copy you. This revolutionary […]
2013: International Year of Water Cooperation
The side event, organized in the framework of the “UN-Water Day” at Rio+20, aims at raising awareness about the UN IYWC and the opportunities that this year-long event will bring along for Member States and other stakeholders. In December 2010 the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared the year 2013 as the United Nations International […]
