PBEA Learning for Peace: A UNICEF initiative

Peacebuilding, Education & Advocacy Program (PBEA) 2012-2016
Nigerian school children show their support for UNICEFs PBEA program.
Nigerian school children show their support for UNICEFs PBEA program. © Courtesy UNICEF_UNI181989_Rich

Introduction

Exposure to conflict and violence affects multiple aspects of child development, including survival, gender equity, poverty reduction and access to education.

Learning for Peace – UNICEFs Peacebuilding, Education and Advocacy Program (PBEA) (2012-16) –  led 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.

Featured in this section are over 75 Learning for Peace research products that include manuals, guidance notes, reports, policy briefs and videos of case stories that provide evidence on the linkage between education equality, gender, early childhood development, child protection, and peacebuilding/social cohesion. 

Permission to share Learning for Peace resources with the online Early Childhood Peace Consortium (ECPC) community is granted by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Additional resources will be added as they become available.

Contributors: 

Friedrich Affolter, Ed.D., former Secretary to the ECPC, currently serves as ECPC Emeritus member. He is former Education Expert for Risk-Informed Programming at the Education-in-Emergency and Early Childhood Development, UNICEF Units in UNICEF NY Program Division.

Pia Rebello Britto, Ph.D., former ECPC Vice Chair, currently serves as ECPC Expert consultant. She is former Global Chief and Senior Advisor, Early Childhood Development, UNICEF, New York Headquarters.  She is Adjunct Faculty in the Child Study Center at the Yale School of Medicine.  

Topics & initiatives

A yellow daisy in an area of post conflict.

Data, research & case studies

This section summarizes content on the research, data and case studies generated under UNICEF’s Education and Emergencies and Post-Crisis Transition (EEPCT) program, as well as UNICEF’s 2012–16 PBEA program. 
Nigerian school children engage in UNICEFs PBEA program.

About the PBEA 'Learning for Peace' program

Learn more about this unique initiative that bridges education and peacebuilding, and links multiple communities and programs to build durable peace.
Muslim girl walks through war damaged school building.

Manual & guidance note summaries

This section summarizes content of guidance notes and manuals on how to leverage social services – and education in particular – for the mitigation of drivers of conflict, and for strengthening vertical and social cohesion.
East Indian school boy and girl playing jumprope.

Report & outcome evaluations

This section summarizes content of key findings from the PBEA 2012-2016 Program Report, as well as a full version and a summary version of the PBEA Outcome Evaluation.
School girls in Sierra Leone engage in UNICEFs PBEA program.

Advocacy & issue briefs

This section provides downloadable at-a-glance resources, developed by Learning for Peace that are useful for advocacy, policy-making and knowledge dissemination.
UNICEF South Sudan. © Ohanesion UNICEF

Gender and peacebuilding

This innovative and exciting programme aims to prevent sexual violence against women and girls in communities affected by conflict by working with these communities to transform social norms.
Two happy Ugandan school children participate in UNICEFs PBEA program.

Media gallery

This section features case study multimedia, generated by UNICEFs country offices from Somalia, Sudan, Uganda and Côte d’lvoire, feature program beneficiaries from the field and their real-life stories.

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