July 2016

Transformative potential of positive gender socialization in education for peacebuilding in Uganda – summary

Transformative Potential of Positive Gender Socialization in Education for Peacebuilding in Uganda – Summary, UNICEF, 2016

The Gender Socialization in Schools programme pilot in Karamoja, Uganda, has demonstrated the value of a gender-transformative approach to addressing prevailing gender norms that have contributed to conflict – and which have the potential to be harnessed for peace – in the Karamoja region.

Strengthening peacebuilding competencies through secondary education: A case study on piloting reformed lower secondary curriculum in Uganda

Strengthening Peacebuilding Competencies through Secondary Education: A Case Study on Piloting Reformed Lower Secondary Curriculum in Uganda, UNICEF, 2016

Uganda is planning a significant reform of the country’s secondary education in the form of a new curriculum that introduced both greatly amended teaching contents and methods compared to the existing curriculum, which was developed under British colonial rule in 1919.

Building peace through education – 4.5 years of Learning for Peace

This blog by Learning for Peace programme manager Friedrich Affolter was originally published on the Global Partnership for Education blog.

In 2012, UNICEF and the government of the Netherlands began an ambitious and unprecedented journey to change the way education was delivered to children and young people in countries at risk of, experiencing, or recovering from violent conflict.

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