Structural Origins of Today’s Youth Poverty and Inequality in Youth Transitions: the Emblematic Case of Uruguay
Denisse Gelber Phd. Candidate in Sociology (University of Texas at Austin, Population Research Center) e-mail: denisse.gelber@gmail.com Cecilia Rossel Phd in Political Sciences (Instituto Ortega y Gasset-Universidad Complutense). Independent Researcher and consultant, CEPAL. e-mail: mcrossel@gmail.com Available for blinds [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/63579308″ ] Abstract: The article analyzes the current situation of youth in Uruguay, […]
El rol de los estados frente a las multinacionales: Argentina y el caso Benetton
Carlos Benítez Trinidad Mestre en Estudios Iberoamericanos por la Universidad de Sevilla (España) e-mail: carlos.bt.86@gmail.com Resumen: El presente trabajo pretende explorar el papel de los estados y su soberanía frente a una economía subordinada al capitalismo globalizado teniendo como una de sus consecuencias la falta de defensa de los pueblos indígenas frente a los […]
Global Education Conference 2012
CONNECTING EDUCATORS AND ORGANIZATIONS WORLDWIDE Week of Global Collaboration November 12 – 16, 2012 The 2012 worldwide virtual Global Education Conference as well as the iEARN International Conference and Youth Summit are slated to take place simultaneously during International Education Week (November 12-16, 2012). These educational events are free of charge to all participants and […]
Earth Rights Institute
Sustainable Economics for the 21st Century A Five Part Teleseminar Co-Hosts: Alanna Hartzok and Wendell Fitzgerald Consciousness in its fulfilled, developed state will bring the ‘dismal science’ of economics to an evolved and higher level – to the status of Enlightened Economics. – Ron Robins […]
Fundación Cultural Baur
Acción Social La Fundación Cultural Baur a través de la educación busca dar soluciones viables a los efectos que la pobreza y la desigualdad social provocan en los grupos más desprotegidos de nuestro país. La Fundación trabaja arduamente para alimentar a 2,500 niños y jóvenes cada año. Tiene un compromiso y actúa para y con […]
La Educación Prohibida
¡El día ha llegado! El Lunes 13 de Agosto de 2012 La Educación Prohibida se estrenará online y en salas independientes. El estreno oficial será en Buenos Aires, a las 20hs en el Paseo La Plaza. La Educación Prohibida es una película documental que se propone cuestionar las lógicas de la escolarización moderna […]
Global Citizenship Education
Global Citizenship Education for 2015: Strategies, Politics and Perspectives Prof Javier Collado Ruano talking about Global Citizenship Education (UNESCO) and Rio+20 The fast-approaching 2015 deadline for meeting the Education for All (EFA) goals, and the parallel process of setting the post-2015 development agenda, have prompted significant reflection and discussions over the kind of education we need and want for […]
Volunteer
INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER SERVICE While building an awareness of global citizenship in our schools, along with the new subject: Global Education proposed by the Council of Europe (and with our proposal of Worldlogy in the universities) we could view also informal and non-formal education as an engine of change to create a peaceful society through international cooperation. How? We […]
Worldology
A new era of studies to achieve the MDGs Other of our projects is promote a multi, inter and transdisciplinary education in the curricula of the universities in all the countries that are part of the United Nations, in order to teach “reading the world” through a new academic graduation: “worldology”. How can our countries […]
Human Rigths & Obligations
Would it be necessary to create the “Human Obligations” in order to achieve the MDGs? Our project seeks to increase the previously stated Human Right. Because we live in a world where our decisions and actions affect others on a global scale, we must acknowledge and accept the notion of global citizenship. Young people are […]
