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Youth as Actors in Peace and Human Rights Education
un article par Lenka Valacsaiova, UNOY Peacebuilders
On 10 August 2011, UNOY was partnering of the Utrecht University Summer School program on Peace and Human Rights Education and organised the UNOY day. This year’s focus was Asia and creative approaches to peace education. A journal article, Youth as Actors in Peace and Human Rights Education, has been recently released on the Summer School program. The article has been written by Marloes van Houten, Course Director for the Utrecht University Summerschool, and Vera Santner, Former Asia Desk and Project Officer of UNOY Peacebuilders.
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The Summer school reminded that youth “are the prospective leaders, facilitators and stakeholders”, but unfortunately, the work of young people is often not taken seriously. The project of the Utrecht Summer school course on peace and human rights education was mainly inspired by two initiatives: the UN International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World and the EURED project for European Peace and Human Rights Education.
The United Nations proclaimed the period of 2001-2010 as the UN International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World Decade (the UN International Decade). The Final Civil Society Report (2010) on the UN International Decade indicates that youth are important players who apply their knowledge, skills and abilities to work towards a realisation of the Culture of Peace. However, it is remarkable that peace and human rights education programs have mainly been developed for children and youth, and not together with or by them.
According to the authors, the involvement of UNOY Peacebuilders in the International Summer School is exceptional, because it testifies that youth can be a relevant partner in 'creating knowledge' and be even more effective in reaching their peers than ‘adult actors’.
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DISCUSSION
Question(s) liée(s) à cet article:
Youth speaking to youth on peace, Do you know of other examples?
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