Refugiados: el retorno soñado
Ruth Marjalizo Refugees Section Manager ruth.mg@globaleducationmagazine.com English version World Refugee Day: The Hidden Truth of Refugees from Global Education Magazine on Vimeo. Refugiado es un término cada vez más usado en el lenguaje cotidiano. La guerra civil de Siria es una de las grandes causas actuales, pero esta definición no es nueva, ya que […]
Refugees: the Dreamed Return
Ruth Marjalizo Refugees Section Manager ruth.mg@globaleducationmagazine.com Spanish Version World Refugee Day: The Hidden Truth of Refugees from Global Education Magazine on Vimeo. Refugee is a term increasingly used in everyday language. The civil war in Syria is a major current example, but that definition is not new, as refugees have existed throughout the last century. […]
Los refugiados también existen en las Américas
Francesca Fontanini Oficial regional de información pública de ACNUR Américas fontanin@unhcr.org . Cuando hablamos de los refugiados y desplazados que hay en el mundo, 43 millones, la primera imagen que viene a nuestra mente es un campamento en África. Pero no tenemos que olvidar que, de esta cifra, hay más de 400,000 personas refugiadas con […]
Global Education Magazine: International Day of Democracy (September 15th, 2013)
Download the magazine here Cultural Democracy is a dynamic process which works to create awareness and responsibility with people in the free world. Considering the challenges of globalization, this edition of Global Education Magazine intends to reflect on the supranational level actions that promote political unity and equal rights, respecting all diversity and minorities. Karibu! The word democracy comes […]
Reflecting on Refugees and Asylum-Seekers Tertiary Education in South Africa: Tension Between Refugee Protection and Education Transformation Policies
Callixte Kavuro Dip Jour (CMC ), LLB (UWC), LLM (UCT) callixtekav@gmail.com ` Abstract: As we celebrate the World Refugee Day at 62nd anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention relating to the Status of Refugee, there is 13 years when South Africa has committed itself to providing international protection and assistance to refugees and asylum-seekers and to promote […]
Overcoming the Mental Health Stigma and Facilitating Cultural Integration for Refugee Youth by Providing Counseling Services at School
Ralitsa Rano, PhD, LCSW Coordinator of International KidSuccess, Jewish Family Service of Colorado rrano@jewishfamilyservice.org . Abstract: Refugee youth come from all over the world: Africa, Asia and Middle East—and all experience culture shock as they adjust to their new home in the United States. Along with “carrying the baggage” of numerous losses and past experi ences of […]
NESSUN ESSERE UMANO E’ ILLEGALE
Laura Sampietro Universidad Externado, Colombia, Specialization in International Cooperation laura.sampietro1@gmail.com . Sommario: I paesi europei non sembrano essere in grado di gestire il grande flusso di migranti provenienti dall’Africa. Nel caso analizzato, lo stato italiano sembra non disporre degli strumenti idonei per la tutela dei diritti dei rifugiati e in generale nessun governo ha preso […]
Los Grupos de Ahorro y Crédito como procesos educativos de fortalecimiento comunitario
Carlos Madridejos Ornilla Coordinación y Evaluación de proyectos en IED – VITAL e-mail: carlos.madridejos@gmail.com web: www.iedmicrofinanzas.com / www.corporacionvital.com . Resumen: los Grupos Autogestionados de Ahorro y Crédito (GAAC) se han consolidado durante las últimas décadas como una potente herramienta para la generación de alternativas económicas, fortalecimiento del tejido social y recuperación de relaciones solidarias en […]
Administrative challenges and IDPs in Odisha: experience from Subernarekha irrigation project, India
Madhulika Sahoo Senior Research Fellow, Anthropological Survey of India, Nagpur and former Refugee studies graduate of University of East London madhulika.sahoo@hotmail.co.uk . The morning was quite, birds were chirping on the trees Sun was bright, stream water trying to break the paths to hose the dry roots Women getting ready to go for the daily […]
Building Resilience Through the Child-to-Child Approach
Celine Woznica Director of Child-to-Child/Americas, University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health e-mail: nanamericas@gmail.com web: www.child-to-child.org . Abstract: Resilience in children is the ability to recover from traumatic experiences and develop the skills to overcome future challenges. In dealing with adversities, children draw from personal strengths often divided into external (I have), internal (I am), […]
