Sector Analysis Summary: State of Palestine, UNICEF, May 2016
This report summarizes findings from several analyses undertaken to explore the situation in the State of Palestine, in particular the underlying causes of vulnerability and protracted instability.
The analyses were conducted to inform UNICEF’s Peacebuilding, Education and Advocacy (PBEA) programme, funded by the Government of the Netherlands.
A year ago, violent conflict between ethnic groups in Jeannette’s community forced her to flee her village. Today, she is an active member in her school peace committee. By performing in plays and organizing other awareness-raising activities, Jeannette is using school to help build bridges between discordant groups in her community.
Sara’s Story
“The conflict between our communities had poisoned everything. School should have been the one place we could all belong… but even here, we were still divided. But somewhere along the way, something began to happen…”
Sara’s story illustrate the role that education can play to building peace in conflict-affected context.
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