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Nelsy Lizarazo: “Youth and Adult Education continues to occupy a very secondary place in the agendas of the States”.

During the UNESCO sub-regional consultation for CONFINTEA VII, representatives of organisations such as CLADE, CEAAL and DVV presented their analyses of the context of Y&AE in Latin America and the Caribbean and the challenges for guaranteeing this educational modality as…

Civil society presents the challenges of the most invisible diversities of Y&AE

The education of young people and adults is not remedial, but an education that guarantees rights. The preparatory consultative event for Latin America held on the afternoon of 28 July its first meeting promoted by the Platform for Youth and…

Inculcating more humane values, Latin American educators think of new educational model

Latin America -COPEHU To give way to this initiative, different educators from various parts of Latin America met virtually to reflect on their current experiences in the midst of the pandemic scenario, and to generate future proposals for rethinking the…

Kenya: an IB diploma for vulnerable and refugee children

Still I Rise International School is the first one in the world to offer the prestigious International Baccalaureate, free of charge, to the most vulnerable children. “Today, by becoming part of the IB system, we can say that we certainly…

The First Year of the Postgraduate Course in Humanizing Education in Mendoza Has Concluded

The academic update Humanizing Education: intentional learning, affectivity and new roles in the educational space, held the closing meeting of its first cohort on Wednesday 19 May, in a virtual way. The postgraduate course was taught at the Instituto de…

Reimagining Education with Imagination

By Yasmine Sherif – Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait To achieve SDG4 on quality inclusive education, we must prioritize mental health The month of May marks mental health awareness month or mental health awareness week in several countries…

Exceeding Expectation: Hope from the Garden

     Art Without Borders was a nonprofit originally designed by my daughter and me to bring the performing arts across demographic barriers, to not only make classes and performances accessible to marginalized communities, but also to bring otherwise separated communities together through…

Also Men – My Case Against Trigger Warnings in the New School

I also was raped. The word ‘also’ shouldn’t need to be written there, but it seems necessary to make my voice heard. The word ‘also’ issues a message: Not only women are raped. I was a soldier, 17 years old,…

Balancing Trust and Ethics: A Need for Today or A Trend of the Past?

Ethics can play a major role in our society. Without moral principles, professionals such as those in medicine, education, and media may harm the patients, students, clients, etc. who they have obligations to. While ethical behavior in different professions pertain…

Women who Build the Future: Gemma Bird

Started on March 8, International Women’s Day, Pressenza is publishing a series of video interviews entitled “Women who build the future, Towards a nonviolent culture ”. In this interview Anna Polo speaks with Gemma Bird, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International…

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