We are delighted to introduce the second in a series of four reports exploring education and peacebuilding in specific country contexts from the Research Consortium on Education and Peacebuilding.
Written by researchers from the University of Amsterdam team, in partnership with local researchers in Myanmar, the report explores education and peacebuilding in Myanmar from three viewpoints:
Research Briefing 6 from the Research Consortium on Education and Peacebuilding outlines the main findings from our second Country Research Report, written by researchers from the University of Amsterdam team and in country partners, which addresses the role of Education in Peacebuilding in Myanmar across the consortium’s three thematic areas:
This story was originally published on UNICEF Press Center webpage.
BOGOTA/NEW YORK, 19 March 2016 – More than 250,000 children have been affected by the conflict in Colombia since peace talks between the Government and the country’s main armed opposition group (FARC-EP) started three years ago, UNICEF said in a report released today.
Context Analysis Summary: Pakistan, UNICEF, March 2016
This report summarizes findings from an analysis undertaken as part of the UNICEF Peacebuilding, Education and Advocacy Programme (PBEA) funded by the Government of the Netherlands.
Can the neuroscience of empathy help to solve a problem as intractable as the Israel-Palestine conflict?
by Yasemin Sirali
Encouraging fathers to take an active role in their children’s education and development. This was a revolutionary idea 22 years ago in Turkey, when the The Mother Child Education Foundation (ACEV) was founded. ACEV started with only a few employees and since then has reached nearly 1 million children and parents in 3 continents through face to face programs, and millions more through both technology-based mediums and advocacy efforts.
By Michael Goldfarb
For nearly 70 years, politicians, diplomats, grassroots activists and militants have tried and failed to resolve the Israel-Palestine crisis.
Perhaps scientists should be given a chance - although they might want to work on the titles of their conferences: “Empathy Neuroscience: Translational Relevance for Conflict Resolution” was held this week at the British Academy in London.
By Rick Gladstone
One-third of all Syrian children were born in the five years that conflict has convulsed their country, the United Nations said on Monday in a report that suggests a new lost generation.
Members of the Research Consortium on Education and Peacebuilding travelled to World Bank Headquarters in Washington DC to present and discuss the preliminary findings from our research programme in conflict affected countries. Over 100 organisations and 600 participants gathered over three days in early March to focus on the challenge of pushing forward the sustainable development agenda in a world affected by fragility conflict and violence.
Participatory Action Research: Community Mechanisms Linking Child Protection With Social Cohesion, IICRD, 2015
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