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A Path to Dignity: The Power of Human Rights Education
A Path to Dignity: The Power of Human Rights Education is a 28-minute movie that presents three stories illustrating the impact of human rights education respectively on school children (India), law enforcement agencies (Australia) and women victims of violence (Turkey). … Continue reading
Posted in Child Protection, Education, Fragile States, Girls' Education, Human Rights, Human Rights Education, Peace, Peace Education, Peacebuilding, Women
Tagged A Path to Dignity, Australia, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Child Protection, Education, Education For All, Fragile States, Gender Equality, Girls' education, Human Rights, Human Rights Education Associates, India, Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, peace education, President of Costa Rica, Soka Gakkai International, Turkey, United Nations, United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training, Violence against women, Women's Empowerment
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New report: Impact of Economic Crisis on Girls and Young Women
This 2013 report by Plan International and ODI examines the continuing and deepening impact economic crisis is having on girls and young women worldwide. Long standing economic trends, entrenched gender inequality and austerity budgets have all left girls and their … Continue reading
Posted in Child Protection, Education, Fragile States, International Development, Women
Tagged Child Protection, Development, Education, Education For All, Fragile States, Gender Equality, Girls' education, Human Rights, Millenium Development Goals, ODI, Plan International, Women's Empowerment
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UNICEF’s Humanitarian Action for Children 2013 Report
UNICEF’s Humanitarian Action for Children 2013 highlights the humanitarian situation faced by millions of children and women and the support required to help their families, communities and national institutions meet their basic needs, promote their well-being and provide them with … Continue reading
Climate Change: “a 4 degree warmer world can, and must be, avoided”
The connections among environmental, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy are more and more studied by scholars, including the Wilson Center‘s Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP). Hence, our interest in the new scientific report … Continue reading
Posted in Child Protection, Climate Change, Conflict Management, Fragile States, International Development
Tagged Child Protection, Climate Adaptation, Climate and Security, Climate Change, Conflict, environment, Fragile States, Future Generations, International Development, OECD, Wilson Center, World Bank
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One month later… Malala Day: a global day of action for Malala and girls’ education
A month to the day that Malala Yousafzai was attacked by the Taliban, simply for insisting that she go to school, we are celebrating Malala Day: a global day of action to support the estimated 32 million girls worldwide who … Continue reading
Posted in Child Protection, Education, Fragile States, Human Rights, International Development, Peacebuilding, Women
Tagged Child Protection, Education, Education For All, Fragile States, Girls' education, Human Rights, I am Malala, International Development, Malala Yousafzai, Millenium Development Goals, Peace, UNESCO, United Nations, Violence against women
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UN Trust Fund to End Violence against Women
The United Nations Trust Fund to End Violence against Women (UN Trust Fund) today kicked off its 16th year announcing more than US$8 million in grants to 12 local initiatives in 18 countries. In ten countries, funds will be used … Continue reading
Posted in Child Protection, Fragile States, Human Rights, International Development, Peace Education, Peacebuilding, Women
Tagged Child Protection, Education, Fragile States, Girls' education, Human Rights, International Development, peace education, UN Women, United Nations, Violence against women, Women
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Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action
The Global Protection Cluster officially launched new standards for child protection in humanitarian settings on October 29th, 2012. Background: In some countries up to 1 child out of 4 suffers from abuse, exploitation, violence and neglect. Between 500 million and 1.5 … Continue reading
Tina Robiolle, PhD 