H.E. Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury has devoted many years as an inspirational champion for sustainable peace and development and ardently advancing the cause of the global movement for the culture of peace that has energized civil society all over the world.
Paul Stephenson has worked in international relief and development for over 20 years, specializing in child development, education, child rights and community development. Paul has worked in Latin America; Africa and Asia with southern based NGOs and Tearfund UK. He coordinated education reform for indigenous groups, and disaster response following Hurricane Mitch in Honduras; managed community services for the most vulnerable groups in the refugee camps in Tanzania following the Rwandan genocide, and conducted participatory research with working children in India and South Asia.
Caroline Tangoren is a fourth year Global Affairs and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology major at Yale College. Caroline initially joined the ECPC team through the Yale Undergraduates for UNICEF club, and from 2015-17, assisted with the content creation of this global communications platform. Outside of her work with the ECPC, Caroline is also involved with Student Partnerships for Global Health and has worked on a variety of research projects ranging from food insecurity to cervical cancer in Latin America.
Theresa S. Betancourt, ScD, MA, is the inaugural Salem Professor in Global Practice at the Boston College School of Social Work and Director of the Research Program on Children and Adversity (RPCA). Prior to this new role, she was an Associate Professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health where she retains an adjunct appointment. Dr.
Dr. Theresa Betancourt, Associate Professor of Child Health and Human Rights, Harvard University, joins host Yale student, Frank Boudon. Dr. Betancourt discusses how she became involved in research on children and conflict, expounds upon the successes and challenges of her work, and offers insights about the policy and research goals we should prioritize in the future.
Learning for Peace, UNICEFs four-year Peacebuilding, Education and Advocacy Program (PBEA) (2012-2016) – leads the global call to action through its innovative research and development of social cohesion, resilience, and security by strengthening educational practices and policies in conflict-affected contexts. This unique initiative bridges education and peacebuilding and links multiple communities and programs to build durable peace.
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“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. Filmed with the support of the Gombe and Mukenza Communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the film give an overview of the UNICEF Learning for Peace Program which has impacted the lives of over 2 million children and community members in West and Central Africa since 2012.
Discover the story of Jeanette, the 14-year old girl living in the Tanganyika province, DRC who performed Sara’s role in the video.
For more information, visit Learning for Peace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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UNICEF Learning for Peace (PBEA) program (2012-2016) is a partnership between UNICEF, the Government of the Netherlands, the national governments of 14 participating countries and other key supporters. It is an innovative, cross-sectoral program focusing on education and peacebuilding.
My name is Alejandro Díaz. I majored in (B.A.) Government Affairs and International Relations, and minored in Public Management, Economic Development and Finances. I am currently working at Saldarriaga Concha Foundation in the Healthy Life Office in projects related to Early Childhood, Healthy Life Habits and Active Aging of the population. My research experience has contributed to my engagement in mixed method research studies and project Monitoring and Evaluation.
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