Towards a Culture of Peace and Sustainable Development Drawing From A Philippine Experience. By Cecile Guidote-Alvarez.
CECILE GUIDOTE-ALVAREZ UNESCO Artist for Peace, 2003 / UNESCO DREAM Center 2011 President, International Theatre Institute’s Cultural Identity and Development Committee Delivered October 16, 2012 at UNESCO Headquarters, Paris All of us here in Paris: Goodwill Ambassadors, Artists for Peace and Champions for Sports in this historic gathering are committed to help carry out the […]
A Race to the Future
Woroud Sawalha at the 2012 Olympic Games in London Ruth Marjalizo: Hello everybody from Nablus, West Bank. Today, I am going to interview Woroud Sawalha. As you might know, she was the first female representing Palestine in the London Olympic Games 2012. Assalamu ‘alaikum Woroud, thank you so much for being with us while you are busy with your exams. […]
Global Forum & Bangladesh: The Situation and Obligations of Bangladesh Migrants
Sheikh Nasir Ahmed Graduat, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh e-mail: sheikhnasirahmed@gmail.com Abstract: With an area of 147,570 square km, Bangladesh is overpopulated with 140 million people. Less than half of its population is said to live below poverty level. A high rate of unemployment and the demand for foreign exchange has led to government policies to promote […]
Carta de presentación de ACNUR. Por Francesca Fontanini.
Los últimos años han sido marcados por una sucesión interminable de conflictos y crisis humanitarias, en medio de incertidumbres, sociales, políticas y económicas. Una de las primeras consecuencias de tal escenario es el incremento de las personas forzadas a desplazarse y buscar protección en otros países. La combinación de estos factores ha reducido el “espacio […]
La Educación como un Derecho. Por Jorge Sequeira.
Hace más de cuarenta años, las naciones de la tierra afirmaron en la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos que “toda persona tiene derecho a la educación”. Sin embargo, pese a los esfuerzos realizados para asegurar el derecho a una educación de calidad para todos, persisten grandes desafíos. La educación es un derecho humano fundamental, esencial para […]
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 […]
South Africa is one of the most unequal societies in the world
This is despite the fact that the achievement of equality is one of the core founding values of our Constitution. Our failure to achieve greater income equality is reflected in the fact that our Gini index has deteriorated from 66 in 1996, to 70 in 2008. Inequality has also increased within all our population groups […]
El valor de la Educación Global como motor de cambio para erradicar la pobreza y alcanzar un Desarrollo Sostenible
El Sr. Sha Zukang, Secretario-General de Rio+20, felicitando a Javier Collado El Presidente de la ONGD Educar para Vivir (España), Javier Collado, fue invitado por las Naciones Unidas para participar en las Conferencias Internacionales sobre Desarrollo Sostenible, denominadas Rio+20, tras haber presentado la propuesta de reforma educativa a nivel mundial: “El valor de la Educación Global como motor […]
Entrevista sobre o Movimento dos Sem Teto da Bahia (Brasil)
Adriana Lima Balaguer Terapeuta ocupacional pela FBDC. Mestre em psicologia pela UFBA albalaguerl@hotmail.com . Javier Collado Ruano: Como surgiu a idéia de conhecer o MSTB e quantas Ocupações você pesquisou? Adriana Balaguer: A idéia surgiu a partir da minha pesquisa de mestrado, realizadas na UFBA, em Psicologia do Desenvolvimento. Há uma demanda, […]
Global Education Magazine: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (October 17th, 2012)
Download the magazine here This edition is dedicated to the memory of the 15 million people who die every year of hunger, treatable diseases, and other conditions related to poverty on our planet. People who publish items on this magazine take their lives seriously. Global Education Magazine is inspired in the universal values of the Declaration of Emerging Human Rights that […]
