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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
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Fostering Global Citizenship
Global Citizenship Essential for Gender Equality: Ambassador Chowdhury
At a recent panel discussion on women’s leadership during the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, Ambassador Anwarul Chowdhury was the lone male voice.
Opinion: A Radical Approach to Global Citizenship Education
Although global citizenship education has now received the recognition it deserves, much of the literature recycles old agendas under another name - 'education to promote peace and justice', 'sustainability', 'care for the environment', 'multi-faith' and 'multi-cultural understanding' - and so forth.
Escape Route Towards Social Inclusion for War-Disabled Gazan Youth
The Israeli attacks that the Gaza Strip has suffered in recent years have left in their wake a large number of young people who have come up against a further barrier to their creative energies – physical disability caused by military aggression.
European Citizens Call for Increased Aid to Developing World
An overwhelming majority of citizens in the 28-member European Union (EU) - which has been hamstrung by a spreading economic recession, a fall in oil prices and a decline of its common currency, the Euro - has expressed strong support for development cooperation and increased aid to developing nations.
OPINION: Global Citizenship, A Result of Emerging Global Consciousness
Globalisation is an integral feature of modernity. It already has significantly advanced to transform local experiences into global ones, to unify the disparate villages of the world into a global community, and to integrate national economies into an international economy.
OPINION: Understanding Education for Global Citizenship
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) brings together concerns about the environment, economic development and social aspects. Since 1972, when the first U.N. Conference on the Human Environment was held in Stockholm, Sweden, there has been increasing awareness of the intricate link between conserving the environment and human development.
Diversity and Inclusion for Empowering ‘People of Color’
A unique initiative – the Network Inclusion Leaders (NILE) project – has just held its second workshop here to set up a diversity and inclusion network for future leaders from among Germany’s ‘people of color’, or persons from different ‘non-white’ cultural backgrounds.
Civil Society Support for Marshall Islands Against Nuclear Weapons
Ahead of the Dec. 8-9 Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, activists from all over the world came together in the Austrian capital to participate in a civil society forum organised by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) on Dec. 6 and 7.
Citizens of the World, Unite!
As politics, economies, conflicts and cultures become increasingly intertwined, will individual identities also begin to transcend national boundaries?
Democratising the Fight against Malnutrition
There is a new dimension to the issue of malnutrition – governments, civil society and the private sector have started to come together around a common nutrition agenda.
Laying the Foundations of a World Citizens Movement
Has organised civil society, bound up in internal bureaucracy, in slow, tired processes and donor accountability, become simply another layer of a global system that perpetuates injustice and inequality?
Civil Society Freedoms Merit Role in Post-2015 Development Agenda
Nabeel Rajab, president of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, an advocacy NGO, is facing criminal charges for sending a tweet that said: “many Bahrain men who joined terrorism and ISIS have come from the security institutions and those institutions were the first ideological incubator”.
Down With Sustainable Development! Long Live Convivial Degrowth!
For anyone who recently attended the Fourth International Conference on Degrowth in Leipzig, Germany, listening in on conference talk, surrounded by the ecologically savvy, one quickly noticed that no one was singing the praises of sustainable development.
OPINION: Put People Power Back at Centre of Citizen Action
A few weeks ago, I co-signed perhaps the most important open letter of my career. It was an open provocation to my fellow activists and colleagues, to the members of our organisation, and to all those who, like me, earn their living in the civil society sector.
Sustaining the Future Through Culture
International experts working in the creative sector are calling for governments to recognise the integral role that culture plays in development and to ensure that culture is a part of the post-2015 United Nations development goals, to be discussed next year.Promoting Human Rights Through Global Citizenship Education
Amid escalating conflicts and rampant violations of human rights all over the world, spreading “human rights education” is not an easy task. But a non-governmental organisation from Japan is beginning to make an impact through its “global citizenship education” approach.
‘Breaking Silence’ on the Slave Trade
The Oscar-winning film 12 Years a Slave recently generated international discussion about the barbarity of slavery, but it is not alone in the attempt to break the silence around the 400 years of the transatlantic slave trade and to “shed light” on the lasting historical consequences.
Global Citizenship: “From Me to We to Peace”
If a Silicon Valley existed for the culture of peace, it would most likely look to global citizenship as the next big industry shake-up.Human Rights and Gender Equality Vague in Post-2015 Agenda
With the United Nations’ post-2015 development agenda currently under discussion, civil society actors in Europe are calling for a firmer stance on human rights and gender equality, including control of assets by women.
SDGs Make Room for Education for Global Citizenship
Civil society leaders and U.N. development experts gathered on Wednesday to discuss the role of education for global citizenship in the post-2015 development agenda.
OPINION: Building a Sustainable Future – The Compact Between Business and Society
Can we envision a day when a critical mass of companies is investing in a better world? Where business is delivering value for the long-term – not just financially, but also socially, environmentally and ethically? Over a decade ago, it was hard to imagine, but we can now say with confidence that a global movement is underway.« Previous Page — Next 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.
