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 […]
UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award
Each year UNHCR bestows the Nansen Refugee Award to an individual, group, or organization, in recognition of their dedicated service to the forcibly displaced. The award is named after Fridtjof Nansen, the Norwegian polar explorer, diplomat, and statesman who won the 1922 Nobel Peace Prize for his philanthropic work. Fridtjof Nansen was also the League […]
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 […]
Refugiados do clima: reflexões para o Dia Internacional dos Refugiados
Valdir Lamim-Guedes Biólogo e Mestre em Ecologia pela Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto e-mail: dirguedes@yahoo.com.br web: http://naraiz.wordpress.com/ . Resumo: Refugiado é a pessoa que por motivos de raça, religião, nacionalidade, grupo social ou opiniões políticas está fora de seu país e não pode retornar. Refugiados climáticos são pessoas que se fogem devido às condições ambientais. […]
20 de junio: Día Internacional del Refugiado
Monica di Marco Responsable de Sensibilización y Movilización social aapss@saharasevilla.org website: http://www.saharasevilla.org/ . Un año más, llegan a Sevilla los niños y niñas saharauis, desde los campamentos de Tinduf (Argelia), donde nacieron refugiados y en el exilio, porque sus padres tuvieron que escapar de su país, el Sahara Occidental, ocupado por Marruecos por la fuerza y […]
Interview with “Mama” Hawa Aden Mohamed, 2012 Nansen Refugee Award
Resource: 2012 UNHCR/F.Juez Javier Collado Ruano: Dear readers, it is a big pleasure present Ms. “Mama” Hawa Aden Mohamed: a Somali humanitarian, educator and women´s rights advocate which won the 2012 Nansen Refugee Award. Ms. “Mama” Hawa is a big activist which solidarity showed us many valuable lessons in peacebuilding activism. السلام عليكم(Salaam Aleikum) Ms. “Mama” Hawa, thank you very much for accepting our invitation in […]
Global Education Magazine: World Health Day (April 7th 2013)
Download the magazine here Human Health is a reflection of Earth Health. It is essential to share knowledge to uplift our bonds and renew the spirit-consciousness in every corner of the planet. In Global Education Magazine we stand up for Global Health as a fundamental way to reach human happiness. Namaste! The main goal of the […]
UNHCR’s work on HIV in the Americas
In Latin America and the Caribbean there are around 3.6 million internally displaced persons and about 445,000 refugees / asylum seekers facing a series of challenges due to their displacement, a situation that exposes them to a risk and vulnerability to HIV. Border areas reports in most cases a higher HIV prevalence due to […]
