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“Victories over Violence, Ensuring Safety for Women and Girls,” a practitioners’ manual
Women’s Learning Partnership just released an interesting practitioners’ manual Victories over Violence: Ensuring Safety for Women and Girls (authors: Mahnaz Afkhami, Haleh Vaziri). Women’s Learning Partnership is a nonprofit organization consisting of 20 autonomous national partner organizations based in the Global … Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, Africa, Child Protection, Education, Gender Based Violence, Girls, Girls' Education, Human Rights Education, Women
Tagged Abuse at Home, Afghanistan, Africa, Child brides, Child Protection, Educating for Safety and Peace, Education, Female Genital Mutilation, forced marriage, Haiti, Haleh Vaziri, human trafficking, Mahnaz Afkhami, Malaysia, Nepal, Prostitution, rape, sex slavery, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, United States, UNSCR 1325, Violence against women, Women and Girls in Peacemaking, women and peacebuilding, Women's Empowerment, Women's Learning Partnership
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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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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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UN Education First Initiative one year on: Education cannot wait
Today, we are celebrating the first-year anniversary of the UN Global Education First initiative launched by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon in September 2012. Around the same time last year, over 20 government and global humanitarian, development and education leaders representing … Continue reading
Posted in Child Protection, Education, Fragile States, Gender Based Violence, Girls, Girls' Education, Human Rights, International Development, Peace, Women
Tagged Alice Albright, ban ki moon, Because I am a girl, Central African Republic, Child Protection, conflict-affected countries, Democratic Republic of Congo, displacement, early pregnancy, Education, Education First, Education For All, education in emergencies, forced marriage, Fragile States, Gender Gap, Girls' education, Global Partnership for Education, Gordon Brown, high-intensity conflicts, Human Rights, human rights violations, I am Malala, INEE, International Development, Irina Bokova, Malala Yousafzai, out of school children, Peacebuilding, Plan International, post-2015 development agenda, Protect, Save the Children, sexual violence, Syria, UN Global Education First, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNICEF, United Nations, Violence, Violence against women, Women's Empowerment
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Violence against women: a problem of epidemic proportions around the world
“There is one universal truth, applicable to all countries, cultures and communities: violence against women is never acceptable, never excusable, never tolerable.” – United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon (2008, SG/SM/11437 WOM/1665) This report, developed by the World Health Organization, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Child Protection, Education, Gender Equality, Gender Gap, Girls' education, Human Rights, International Development, United Nations, Violence against women, WHO, Women's Empowerment, World Health Organization
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10 things men can do to prevent gender violence
Domestic violence and sexual abuse are often called “women’s issues.” But in this TED talk, Jackson Katz points out that these are intrinsically men’s issues — and shows how these violent behaviors are tied to definitions of manhood. A call … Continue reading
Malala’s UN address: Education for all is the only solution
Malala Yousafzai marked her 16th birthday, on Friday, 12 July 2013 at the United Nations, by giving her first high-level public appearance and statement on the importance of education. Malala became a public figure when she was shot by the Taliban … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Child Protection, Education, Fragile States, Gender Based Violence, Girls' Education, Human Rights, Peace Education, Peacebuilding, Women
Tagged Child Protection, Development, Education First, Gender Equality, Girls' education, Human Rights, I am Malala, Malala Yousafzai, peace education, Peacebuilding, United Nations, Violence against women, Women's Empowerment
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U.N. Security Council new resolution on conflict-related sexual violence
The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a new resolution on conflict-related sexual violence on June 24, 2013. Here is a statement by Lakshmi Puri, Acting Head of UN Women: “UN Women welcomes the unanimous adoption of Security Council resolution … Continue reading
Working to end gender-based violence at school: new report
Worldwide, 66 million girls are missing out on an education. This new Plan International report, A girl’s right to learn without fear, focuses on one of the major barriers girls face: gender-based violence – sexual, physical and psychological –in and … Continue reading
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Tagged Because I am a girl, Child Protection, Education, Education First, Education For All, Fragile States, Gender Equality, Girls' education, Human Rights, I am Malala, International Development, Millenium Development Goals, peace education, Plan International, Teachers, Violence against women, Women's Empowerment
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