Institut de Drets Humans de Catalunya
The Institut de Drets Humans de Catalunya (IHRC) carries out three parallel. yet independent, lines of work; the promotion, consultation, and teaching of human rights. In each of these areas special attention is given to relations with other institutions, network participation and study and research activities. In the area of promotion, activities of different types are carried out on diverse […]
The Planetary Cybernetic Intelligence: A Transhumanist and Transcultural Democratic Territory
Versión castellano [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/108871471″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Karibu! The word democracy comes from Greek “demos”, it means people and those who hold sovereign power. Thus, democracy is closely interrelated to metacognition of feelings and fundamental principles of others. For this reason, current global educational policies must support the civic imperative to educate in […]
Democracy in the Children’s Parliament, listen to their voices!
La version française ici Sonia Colasse Children Bilingual Manager and author the children bilingual book: “The Adventures of Enzo” e-mail: soloinfinity.ws@gmail.com / website: www.soloinfinty.com/enzo . We are at the beginning of the school year when the children go one after the other to their classroom. The light dazzles on the blackboard, it is warm it heats the desks. Each […]
Global Education Magazine: Human Rights Day
Download the magazine here IN MEMORIAM: NELSON MANDELA We speak here of the challenge of the dichotomies of war and peace, violence and non-violence, racism and human dignity, oppression and repression and liberty and human rights, poverty and freedom from want. Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Address (10 December 1993) AMANDLA! Global Education Magazine is […]
Questões Acerca da Transdemocracia ou Multidocracia na Sociedade Telemática Contemporânea
Dante Augusto Galeffi Professor associado IV da UFBA, professor permanente dos programas de pós-graduação em educação dgaleffi@uol.com.br . Há o consenso de que a democracia é ainda a única palavra-chave para indicar o regime político fundado nos direitos e deveres humanos universais. Diz-se, então, que a democracia é a única alternativa política para as sociedades […]
Interview with Prof. P. Krishna: Education, Science and Spirituality
Global Education Magazine logo meaning from Global Education Magazine Javier Collado Ruano: Dear Prof. Padmanabhan Krishna, thank you very much for all the conferences that you are doing these months around Brazil, and thank you to give us also the opportunity to know a little bit more about your theosophical approach to Education, Science and […]
Post-2015 Development Agenda: Targeting Poverty through Sustainable Peace
[soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/109240604″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Mugo Mugo Conflict Researcher and Co-Founder of African Media Initiative on Development (AMID-Africa). Masters of Arts Student of Peace, Development, Security and International Conflict Transformation at Innsbruck University March 2014. Holder of Masters Degree in Media, Peace and Conflict Studies from UN’s-Mandated University for Peace (2012). e-mail: […]
Democracy and Democratic Transition: Lessons from Egypt and Tunisia
Matthew J. Gordner Founder and Director of the The Peace by Piece Initiative, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to dialogue on sensitive issues of local and global scope. Scholar at the Trudeau Foundation and a PhD Student in the University of Toronto’s Department of Political Science. e-mail: matt.gordner@mail.utoronto.ca / web: www.thepeacebypieceinitiative.com . [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/111769501″ params=”” width=” 100%” height=”166″ […]
Democracy, Sustainability and the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Ashish Kothari Founder-member, Kalpavriksh e-mail: chikikothari@gmail.com http://radicalecologicaldemocracy.wordpress.com / www.iccaconsortium.org Abstract: In the context of the ongoing review of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and their possible replacement by a new framework in 2015, it is important to highlight the issues of democracy, ecologically sustainability and socio-economic equity as being central to such a framework. This article puts forth ideas […]
Tilting the Playing Field: The Modular Appeal of Competitive Authoritarianism
Charles Larratt-Smith Vice President of Latin American Affairs for the The Peace by Piece Initiative, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to dialogue on sensitive issues of local and global scope. PhD Student, University of Toronto, Department of Political Science e-mail: c.larratt.smith@mail.utoronto.ca web: www.thepeacebypieceinitiative.com . Abstract: In this article I examine the recent elections found in six competitive authoritarian, ‘semi-democratic’ countries: […]
