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Afghan Women’s Inclusion in the Peace Process: exceptional conference on June 18
In a context of contested negotiations with the Taliban and to discuss the social situation, geopolitics, development, security and governance in Afghanistan, this conference will bring together around fifteen high level Afghan Women Leaders: Mr. Staffan de Mistura, Former United Nations Special Envoy … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Conflict Management, Elections, Fragile States, Gender, Gender Based Violence, Human Rights, International Development, Peace, Peacebuilding, Women
Tagged Afghanistan, AfghanWomenLeaders, Conference, Geopolitics, OmarSamad, PeaceProcess, politics, StaffandeMistura, Taliban, UNSCR 1325, Violence, Women
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“Women in Peace” & International Women’s Day 2018
Let’s celebrate International Women’s Day 2018 and the launch of a great website dedicated to Women in Peace! Continue reading
Posted in Education, Fragile States, Gender, Gender Based Violence, Girls, Global Citizenship Education, Peace, Peace Education, Peacebuilding, Women
Tagged #PressforProgress, Gender Analysis, Gender Equality, Gender Gap, Gender Gap Report, Gender in Peacebuilding, International Women's Day, peace education, UN Women, UNSCR 1325, Women in Peace, Women Peacemakers, Women's Empowerment, World Economic Forum
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What Next For Afghanistan?
Afghans are getting ready to vote for their next president in a few hours. As David Loyn (BBC) reports, the Afghan election will see “the biggest security operation mounted in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001.” The … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Conflict Management, Elections, Fragile States, Peacebuilding
Tagged Afghanistan, BBC, Conflict, David Loyn, David Miliband, Democracy, Development, Education, Elections, Fragile States, Gideon Rose, International Aid, International Development, International Rescue Committee, IRC, James Wolfensohn, Kathleen Newland, M. Farooq Kathwari, Madeleine Albright, Maureen White, Milbrey Rennie, Peacebuilding, Poverty reduction, Refugees, Security, Sir John Holmes, Taliban
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Re-thinking gender in peacebuilding: new International Alert report
International Alert just released a new report, Re-thinking gender in peacebuilding by Henri Myrttinen, Jana Naujoks, Judy El-Bushra. This report calls for a more nuanced understanding of the role gender plays in peacebuilding. This report is part of a three-year research … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Conflict Management, Fragile States, Gender, Gender Based Violence, Peacebuilding
Tagged access to justice, Burundi, Colombia, continuum of violence, economic recovery, GBV, Gender & Peacebuilding, Gender in Peacebuilding, Gender-Based Violence, Henri Myrttinen, International Alert, Jana Naujoks, Judy El-Bushra, Nepal, post-conflict, sexual violence, Uganda, Violence, Violence against women, Women and Men
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Women, Men, and Peace: new issue of the Alliance for Peacebuilding online publication
The Alliance for Peacebuilding just released the third issue of their free semi-annual online publication, Building Peace: A Forum for Peace and Security in the 21st Century. This last issue, Women, Men, and Peace, explores questions of gender and peace through the … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Fragile States, Gender Based Violence, Peace, Peace Education, Peacebuilding, Women
Tagged Afghanistan, Africa, Alliance for Peacebuilding, Azra Jafari, Building Peace, Conflict, Don Steinberg, Fragile States, Gender Equality, Gender Gap, Kristen Gresh, Peace, Peacebuilding, Policy, Research, Security, UN Security Council Resolution 1325, United Nations, USAID, Valerie M. Hudson, Violence, Women Men and Peace, Women's Empowerment, World Learning
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Education Under Attack: 2014 Report
The Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack just released a study that identifies 70 countries where attacks occurred between 2009 and 2012, including 30 where there was a pattern of deliberate attacks: Education Under Attack 2014 is a global study that charts the … Continue reading
Posted in Child Protection, Conflict Management, Education, Fragile States, Gender Based Violence, Girls' Education, Human Rights, International Development, Peace, Peacebuilding
Tagged Afghanistan, Africa, Bahrain, ban ki moon, Because I am a girl, Côte d’Ivoire, Central African Republic, Child Protection, Colombia, Conflict, Council for Assisting Refugee Academics, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Development, Education, Education First, Education For All, Education Under Attack, Egypt, Ethiopia, Fragile States, GCPEA, Girls' education, Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack, Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, I am Malala, India, Indonesia, Institute of International Education, International Development, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, Kenya, Libya, Lucens Guidelines, Malala Yousafzai, Mali, Mexico, Millenium Development Goals, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Save the Children, Scholars at Risk Network, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Thailand, The Philippines, Tides Center, Turkey, UNESCO, UNHCR, United Nations, Violence, Yemen, Zimbabwe
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Unlearning Violence: Evidence and Policies for Early Childhood Development and Peace
The World Peace Foundation is organizing an exciting conference on February 13 & 14, 2014, at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy – Tufts University. There is no cost to attend, registration is filling fast: interested individuals can obtain more … Continue reading
Posted in Child Protection, Conflict Management, Education, Fragile States, Gender Based Violence, Girls, Girls' Education, Human Rights, Human Rights Education, International Development, Peace, Peace Education, Peacebuilding
Tagged Because I am a girl, Child Protection, Conflict, Early Childhood, Education, Education First, Education For All, Fragile States, Girls' education, Human Rights, I am Malala, International Development, Millenium Development Goals, Peace, peace education, Peacebuilding, Violence, Violence against women
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The Forgotten Education Crisis in the Central African Republic
This post originally appeared on the Education For All blog on October 21, 2013: The Global Partnership for Education provides education funding to crisis countries By Alice Albright World media has captured the Syrian crisis, Egypt’s turmoil and many other … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Child Protection, Conflict Management, Education, Fragile States, Peacebuilding
Tagged Africa, Alice Albright, BLTP, CAR, Central African Republic, Child Protection, Development, Education, Education Cluster, Education First, Education For All, Fragile States, Girls' education, Global Partnership for Education, GPE, Human Rights, humanitarian crisis, Somalia, Teachers, UN Security Council, UNICEF, United Nations, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Yemen
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International Day of Peace: UN calls for investment in peace education
Education is vital for building peaceful societies and fostering global citizenship, senior United Nations officials today said marking the International Day of Peace with calls for greater investment in quality education and to reverse trends which show aid for schools … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Human Rights Education, Peace, Peace Education, Peacebuilding
Tagged Alfred de Zayas, ban ki moon, Child Protection, Education, Education First, Education For All, education for peace, Girls' education, Human Rights, International Day of Peace, International Development, Irina Bokova, John Ashe, Malala Yousafzai, Peace, peace education, Peacebuilding, right to education, tolerance, UNESCO, United Nations
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Pillars of Peace: measuring factors that create peaceful societies
The Institute for Economics and Peace just released its latest report, Pillars of Peace. It provides a new conceptual framework for understanding and describing the factors that are associated with peaceful societies. The research is based on an analysis of over 4,000 … Continue reading
Posted in Fragile States, Human Rights, Peace, Peacebuilding
Tagged Fragile States, Global Peace Index, human development, Human Rights, humanity, Institute for Economics and Peace, International Development, Peace, peace research, Peacebuilding, pillars of peace, positive peace, Research, Vision of Humanity, wellbeing
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