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Friday, April 19, 2024
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Fostering Global Citizenship
Militarism Should be Suppressed Like Hanging and Flogging
I once asked Dan Berrigan, the great American anti-war activist, for some advice to me in my life as a peace activist. He replied “Pray and Resist”.
OPINION: Israeli Peace Activists Grapple with Dilemma
“Strong together, we love Israel and trust the army” – while a tentative truce takes root, banners adorned with the national colours still dominate cities and highways across the country.
OPINION: For Nigerian Girls, Education Is the Key That Opens Doors to Progress
I grew up in Nigeria, in a culture where bearing a son validates a woman and her family, and a male innately holds the superior position in society over a female. At 11 years of age, I escorted my mother to deliver her fifth baby girl, my youngest sister, and watched our mom die in the hands of an unfit doctor.
Politics Complicates Education in Lebanon’s Refugee Camps
The Shatila Palestinian camp has no library, nor does adjacent Sabra or Ain El-Hilweh in the south. And, after recent statements by Lebanon’s foreign minister, some fear that the thousands of Syrian refugee children within them will soon have even slimmer chances of learning to read and write.
If You Cut One, Plant Two
Olga Mugisa, 11-years-old, takes to the microphone in front of her peers, the Ugandan flag proudly draped behind her and green plants framing the stage. She has an important message to share with her fellow students: “If you cut one, plant two.”
When Faith Meets Disaster Management
A consortium of faith-based organisations (FBOs) made a declaration at a side event Wednesday at the 6th Asian Ministerial Conference On Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR), to let the United Nations know that they stand ready to commit themselves to building resilient communities across Asia in the aftermath of natural disasters.
Women Herders Bring Change
When Sangan Bhai, a humble man in the Kutch region of India’s western state of Gujarat, was offered a position as an executive member of the local camel breeder’s association, he made a decision that surprised his community: instead of accepting the prestigious post he offered his wife’s name instead.
Op-Ed: Overcoming the Twin Hurdles of Inequality and Climate Change
Two major injustices – inequality and climate change – are threatening to undermine the efforts of millions of people to escape poverty and hunger.
Pacific Disability Theatre Group Inspires and Educates
In the Pacific Island state of Vanuatu, 23 actors with disabilities, from youth to senior citizens, who have battled physical and social barriers all their lives, are now empowering themselves and others through socially engaged theatre.
From Religious Conflict to an Interfaith Community
Holy men and their holy books have etched a trail of tears and blood in the annals of human history. From the depths of peaceful temples, mobs have been dispatched with flaming torches; from steeples and minarets messages of hatred have floated down upon pious heads bent in prayer. For too long religion has incited violence and fueled conflict.
In Developing World, Pollution Kills More Than Disease
Pollution, not disease, is the biggest killer in the developing world, taking the lives of more than 8.4 million people each year, a new analysis shows. That’s almost three times the deaths caused by malaria and fourteen times those caused by HIV/AIDs. However, pollution receives a fraction of the interest from the global community.
Post-2015 Development Agenda – Will the Voices of the Hungry be Heard?
The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will expire in 2015 and be replaced with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are intended to strengthen the international community's engagement with eradicating poverty and hunger.
OP-ED: Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture It!
Nearly 20 years ago, the world came together in Beijing for the Fourth World Conference on Women. There, 189 governments adopted a visionary roadmap for gender equality: the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action.
Nigeria Abductions Grab the Spotlight
The fate of more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by the violent Islamist Boko Haram group from the northern Nigeria town of Chibok in mid-April has become something of a public sensation in the United States since the beginning of the month.
On the Street That’s Home
Leila*, 19, has a soft, rasping voice and sad eyes. Her face is striped with long scars but nothing in her neat appearance hints that for the last nine years, her ‘home’ has been the streets just north of downtown Cairo.
U.S. Religious Progressivism “Way of the Future”
The future of religion in U.S. politics lies not with conservatives but rather with religious progressives, social scientists here are suggesting, with a faith-based movement potentially able to provide momentum to a new movement for social justice.
Conflict Fuels Child Labour in India
Early in the morning, 14-year-old Sumari Varda puts on her blue school uniform but heads for the village pond to fetch water. “I miss school. I wish I could go back,” she whispers, scared of being heard by her employer.
Global Citizenship Starts with Education
For peace to be embedded in culture and society, it starts with childhood education which leads to the creation of global citizens, according to a panel of experts.« Previous Page
The world faces many interlocking crises in the areas of environmental degradation, public health, and terrorism, all of which are transboundary and require transnational solutions. Despite the fact that the issues are becoming increasingly global in nature, our consciousness is still trapped in the framework of nation and ethnicity. It is increasingly clear that this is a major obstacle to finding solutions to global problems. There is a need to generate global perspectives to solve transnational problems. This requires specific efforts to foster global citizenship consciousness in all of us. This project facilitates discussions and generates ideas around education for global citizenship, raises awareness of relevant efforts and initiatives around the world, and helps address imperatives such as peace, sustainable development and human rights within this framework. The project also supports ongoing international efforts, such as the United Nations Global Education First Initiative, while encouraging new approaches and helping to ensure that education for global citizenship is reflected in intergovernmental policy-making processes such as the Sustainable Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda.
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Education for Global Citizenship |
Speakers: H.E. Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury, Former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the UN; Ms. Vibeke Jensen, Director, UNESCO Liaison Office in NY Director, Secretariat of the Secretary-General's Global Education First Initiative; Mr. Hiro Sakurai Director, Soka Gakkai International; UN Liaison Office. Moderator: Ms. Ozioma Egwuonwu, New Future Foundation Founder, BurnBright International LLC.
