DPCW_1038 : The Story that HWPL Peace Messengers Achieve Peace: Peace Education

The Story that HWPL Peace Messengers Achieve Peace:

Peace Education

Many peace messengers from all over the world attended the

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7th Anniversary of the September 18th HWPL World Peace Summit

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held online last month. HWPL asked some common questions to the attendees for the future activities. Many answered with all their heart, and HWPL would like to share some of them.

Meet the stories of the peace messengers who are achieving peace with HWPL in their respective fields such as peace international law, alliance of religions, peace education, and the IPYG!

Q1. How has HWPL peace activities influenced you?

#EDUCATION

Bartholomew Lumbasi Wanikina, Kenya Ministry of Education, Deputy Director of Education

I started working on HWPL's peace education in Kenya for peace. I was able to realize how big a move and a good impact they have by participating in offline events and webinars, discussing and planning peace projects. I was also able to learn the passionate attitude and aspirations of doing peace works because of a role model for peace, chairman Lee. I have learned how to practice true sacrifices and have courage for peace, so I will continue to take the lead in calling for peace and promoting it worldwide.

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MELY S. MOJICA, Federation of Christian Schools Cavite Philippines School Victorious Christian Montessori, President (Principal)

Of course this is not just an influence but I make use of my eyes to witness how the activities are held. So seeing the activities presented, what enters my mind and even my heart is I'm going to participate and confidently absolutely confident and also I will be surpassing all the activities I have seen with God's help. That's why I have thought of so many projects and activities and programs which I told you earlier that every activity that we hold in the school will be submitted to the office of Mam Alecka for confirmation if it's correct or if it's not correct or to be improved more and it has to be repeated. Actually, it's the word peace that attracted and struck my heart why I have decided at first to myself to join the peace education task. And world peace also is the one who pushed me to discuss it with my department heads and coordinators and even the people around me in the community.

#GOD

I like peace to be injected to everybody's heart and everybody's mind because if there is peace there will be less trouble, less misunderstanding and less everything, less covetousness, less stealing, less drug addiction because peace is something that will teach them on how to have a different lifestyle. Not just the lifestyle that they have now but it is peace that will continuously teach them on how to live in accordance with that expectation and also the expectation of HWPL which is the job of my administration with my pictures with my department heads to disseminate this idea of peace to our students to our parents and everybody even in the school and other school members school and FCS.

#PEACE

Q2. Like the theme of the 7th Anniversary of the September 18 HWPL World Peace Summit, joint efforts are urgently needed for sustainable peace. In times like this, what do you think is the 'common effort' for sustainable peace? Also, what would your plans be for sustainable peace with HWPL?

 

Bartholomew Lumbasi Wanikina, Kenya Ministry of Education, Deputy Director of Education

I believe that sustainable peace, as stated in the provisions of the DPCW, is to achieve peace in the spirit of peace by the leaders of each country, leaders of all walks of life, and civil society in order to achieve permanent peace.

 

#HWPL

I was appointed as the official peace educator of HWPL starting from this event. Currently, as the deputy director of education policy at the Kenya Ministry of Education, I am trying to establish a plan to promote the special zone for peace education while discussing the signing of an MOU for HWPL peace education to participate in the work of peace. As a true peace educator, I will become a messenger of peace that takes precedence in practice to carry all these things out sequentially.

#MOU

MELY S. MOJICA, Federation of Christian Schools Cavite Philippines School Victorious Christian Montessori, President (Principal)

Concerted action is not actually hard to answer why because the song itself. We Are One at the center of that song you will find out all together we have to work as one.

 And  so concerted means the collective effort of every peace lovers to to join without reluctancy, without any hesitation but full support should be given. We have to move one hand and hand in order that the advocacies of HWPL will be totally hours.

#SCHOOL

As I told you, we have included that in our school, peace education in our school activities, or school calendar, rather, which we have submitted to the Division Office of Cavite, even reaching the Regional Office of the Department of Education. And so at this point, I would like to mention the willingness of our private school area supervisor, Dr. Diane Topacio; she will be given the opportunity to go over the activities and how we succeeded in the first month of implementation, or first quarter, rather, of the implementation.

#IWPG

At first, it was experimental, and at the same time, that experiment was coupled with observations of how the teachers will teach, how the students  will accept the teaching, how the teachers understand peace, and how the students will understand peace. It is very useful at home, it is very useful in school, and it is very useful among the friends they mingle with. So then, I did not hesitate anymore to pursue all the programs that we are planning under peace education.

 

We are still preparing, however we were able to prepare the following, more activities carefully and collectively planned with proper prioritization. To match every activity in the Department of Education calendar with the school, it is a trial. The HWPL activity, DEPED (Department of Education) activity, and the school activity – every month, we will always be observing peace education so that we can see the total progress, the acceptance, and obedience of the participating families of the school towards peace education.

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International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People 29 November

In 1977, the General Assembly called for the annual observance of 29 November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (resolution 32/40 B). On that day, in 1947, the Assembly adopted the resolution on the partition of Palestine (resolution 181 (II))

In resolution 60/37 of 1 December 2005, the Assembly requested the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the Division for Palestinian Rights, as part of the observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on 29 November, to continue to organize an annual exhibit on Palestinian rights or a cultural event in cooperation with the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the UN.

The resolution on the observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People also encourages Member States to continue to give the widest support and publicity to the observance of the Day of Solidarity.

2021 United Nations International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East

16-17 November 2021
Virtual event

Organized by: United Nations Department of Global Communications
Details: Programme — Participants’ Biographies
Hashtag: #UNMediaSeminar

The annual event, organized by the UN Department of Global Communication within the framework of its media program on the question of Palestine, aims to educate the public on the question of Palestine and support a peaceful settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The event will bring together diplomats, journalists, media experts and youth representatives from Israel, Palestine, Europe, United States and other parts of the world. Participants will discuss a variety of media-related issues and trends connected to the Israel-Palestine conflict, including:

• Panel 1: The 30th Anniversary of Madrid Peace Conference: Can hope prevail
• Panel 2: Solutions journalism in the coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict

Both sessions will be broadcast live on:

• UN Web TV
• UN YouTube channel
• Facebook
• Twitter

Participate in the discussion! For questions to panellists (before or during the event) please tweet/post to the seminar’s hashtagnd your questions using #UNMediaSeminar.

 

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#PALESTINE #

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Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem

The question of Palestine was brought before the United Nations shortly after the end of the Second World War.

The origins of the Palestine problem as an international issue, however, lie in events occurring towards the end of the First World War. In 1947 the United Nations accepted the responsibility of finding a just solution for the Palestine issue, and still grapples with this task today.

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women 25 November

2021 Theme: Orange the World: End Violence against Women Now!

Nearly 1 in 3 women have been abused in their lifetime. In times of crises, the numbers rise, as seen during the COVID-19 pandemic and recent humanitarian crises, conflicts and climate disasters. A new report from UN Women, based on data from 13 countries since the pandemic, shows that 2 in 3 women reported that they or a woman they know experienced some form of violence and are more likely to face food insecurity.

Only 1 in 10 women said that victims would go to the police for help.

 

While pervasive, gender-based violence is not inevitable. It can and must be prevented. Stopping this violence starts with believing survivors, adopting comprehensive and inclusive approaches that tackle the root causes, transform harmful social norms, and empower women and girls. With survivor-centred essential services across policing, justice, health, and social sectors, and sufficient financing for the women’s rights agenda, we can end gender-based violence.

To raise awareness, this year's theme is "Orange the World: End Violence against Women Now!". Orange is our color to represent a brighter future free of violence against women and girls. Be part of the orange movement!

 

Why we must eliminate violence against women

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations in our world today remains largely unreported due to the impunity, silence, stigma and shame surrounding it.

In general terms, it manifests itself in physical, sexual and psychological forms, encompassing:

• intimate partner violence (battering, psychological abuse, marital rape, femicide);
• sexual violence and harassment (rape, forced sexual acts, unwanted sexual advances, child sexual abuse, forced marriage, street harassment, stalking, cyber- harassment);
• human trafficking (slavery, sexual exploitation);
• female genital mutilation; and
• child marriage.

To further clarify, the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women issued by the UN General Assembly in 1993, defines violence against women as “any act of gender-based violence that results in, or is likely to result in, physical, sexual or psychological harm or suffering to women, including threats of such acts, coercion or arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring in public or in private life.”

The adverse psychological, sexual and reproductive health consequences of VAWG affect women at all stages of their life. For example, early-set educational disadvantages not only represent the primary obstacle to universal schooling and the right to education for girls; down the line they are also to blame for restricting access to higher education and even translate into limited opportunities for women in the labour market.

While gender-based violence can happen to anyone, anywhere, some women and girls are particularly vulnerable - for instance, young girls and older women, women who identify as lesbian, bisexual, transgender or intersex, migrants and refugees, indigenous women and ethnic minorities, or women and girls living with HIV and disabilities, and those living through humanitarian crises.

Violence against women continues to be an obstacle to achieving equality, development, peace as well as to the fulfillment of women and girls’ human rights. 

All in all, the promise of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - to leave no one behind - cannot be fulfilled without putting an end to violence against women and girls.

 

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INTERNATIONAL DAY : World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, 21 November

Road traffic injuries - leading killer of people

 aged 5-29 years

The Global status report on road safety, launched by WHO in December 2018, highlights that the number of annual road traffic deaths has reached 1.35 million. Road traffic injuries are now the leading killer of people aged 5-29 years. The burden is disproportionately borne by pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists, in particular those living in developing countries.

The report also indicates that progress to realize Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 3.6 – which calls for a 50% reduction in the number of road traffic deaths by 2020 – remains far from sufficient.

More than half of all road traffic deaths are among vulnerable road users: pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists. Pedestrians, cyclists, and riders of motorized 2- and 3-wheelers and their passengers are collectively known as "vulnerable road users" and account for half of all road traffic deaths around the world. A higher proportion of vulnerable road users die in low-income countries than in high-income countries.

Origins and significance of the Day

Since the adoption of the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, pursuant to General Assembly resolution 60/5, the observance has spread to a growing number of countries on every continent.

The Day has become an important tool in global efforts to reduce road casualties. It offers an opportunity for drawing attention to the scale of emotional and economic devastation caused by road crashes and for giving recognition to the suffering of road crash victims and the work of support and rescue services.

A dedicated website was launched to make the Day more widely known and to link countries through sharing common objectives and the remembrance of people killed and injured in crashes.

 

In September 2020, the UN General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/74/299 "Improving global road safety", proclaiming the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2021-2030, with the ambitious target of preventing at least 50% of road traffic deaths and injuries by 2030. WHO and the UN regional commissions, in cooperation with other partners in the UN Road Safety Collaboration, have developed a Global Plan for the Decade of Action.

Also, to highlight the plight of children on the world’s roads and generate action to better ensure their safety, the UN organizes the Global Road Safety Week.

Remember. Support. Act.

The objectives of the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims are to provide a platform for road traffic victims and their families to:

• remember all people killed and seriously injured on the roads;
• acknowledge the crucial work of the emergency services;
• draw attention to the generally trivial legal response to culpable road deaths and injuries
• advocate for better support for road traffic victims and victim families;
• promote evidence-based actions to prevent and eventually stop further road traffic deaths and injuries.

The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 2021 puts the spotlight on the reduction of traffic speeds – Low speeds, which have the potential to prevent many deaths and serious injuries, in particular those of pedestrians and all other vulnerable road users – children, elderly and the disabled.

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Concerted Action for Sustainable Peace: Cases of Citizens of Peace

Concerted Action for Sustainable 

Peace

: Cases of Citizens of Peace

Ten Recommendations on International Cooperation in Peace Journalism and Its Role for Response to Pandemic Crisis

Educators and journalists are working with HWPL, and by inspiring citizens with the spirit of peace, they are spreading the culture of peace. Starting from 2020, we’ve been constantly reminded of how valuable it is to have a sense of peaceful normalcy, and the media coverage of HWPL’s peace activities shot up. The media reported HWPL’s peace projects via video, audio, websites, paper, and social media four times more in 2021 compared to the previous year.

In addition,

“Voice of Peace“,

 

a media forum for journalists was hosted in February. The forum discussed social trends and future responses through the lens of journalists’ expertise and perspective. There, journalists and news media voiced a message of self-reflection and set ten principles for the media industry in the new normal era.

Mr. Supalak Ganjanakhundee, Thailand, Former Editor of The Nation Newspaper
“I agree with the ten recommendations at the outcome of the February meeting for a number of reasons. Given that the COVID pandemic keeps people away from social engagement, therefore, the media will play a crucial role in bringing news and information to the people. Media in individual country cannot work alone to spread information, so it is important for media to cooperate with one another in order to share correct and accurate information to the public.”

Education, a solution for peace, HWPL Peace Education Program

To bring up future peace leaders, HWPL’s Peace Education Process provides set of textbooks on peace and in-class activities such as learning sections, presentations, and discussions that allow students to systematically develop values of peace. In addition, the peace educator training program and its guidelines are provided to schools and educational institutions so that teachers who completed it can teach it in schools and local communities.

HWPL’s Peace Education provides two tracks: student learning and teacher training. So far, 214 educational institutes have partnered with HWPL for Peace Education, and it is being conducted in 53 schools.

                                     

John Benedict Bonifacio, Philippines, Dingras National High School, Poblacion Campus Student

“I believe that we have all been born to this world to defeat the desire of war and bring peace to the Earth.

Together, let us truly recreate the world with education of love and peace.”

In June, Florent Pasquier, a professor at Sorbonne University, completed the peace educator training course. He says peace education should be included in the mandatory curriculum.

And in the Commonwealth of Dominica, Octavia Alfred, the Minister for Education & Human Resource Development, proposed to include HWPL Peace Education in the curriculum of all public schools.

 

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DPCW_1038 : 7th Anniversary of the September 18th HWPL World Peace Summit Event Result Report

7th Anniversary of the September 18th HWPL World Peace Summit Event Result Report

Advancing the DPCW’s Peace Agenda in the New Normal: Concerted Action for Sustainable Peace

This report compiles the program and outcome of the 7th Anniversary of the September 18th HWPL World Peace Summit, which was held online on 18 September 2021.

This event, held under the theme of

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Advancing the DPCW’s Peace Agenda in the New Normal: Concerted Action for Sustainable Peace,

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 was attended by about 2,500 people in 157 countries. Despite the pandemic, those working with HWPL did not dawdle or hesitate, but they met with citizens all around the world in a new way, discussing how to promote peace and cooperating with each other. By doing so, they tried to make an opportunity to deal with the current crisis.

Since HWPL’s 8th Annual Commemoration of the Declaration of World Peace in May, where the new cases of “Legislate Peace” activities were introduced, citizen-led peacebuilding initiatives and various activities tailored to different communities and regions have been conducted for global coexistence and harmony. Communication and interaction through online platforms bought about positive changes, leading to more advanced outcomes of peace initiatives.

Some of the activities highlighted here include online study sessions with the DPCW Handbook, online seminars for discussing solutions to human rights issues that emerged during the pandemic, education on the culture of peace, and religious peace camp.

These activities were joined by citizens who hoped to learn about the value of peace and ways to resolve conflicts.

This report introduces about the media forum, where journalists set forth the 10 principles that media workers need to follow in the new normal era, based on their expertise and insight.

Also, interviews with various participants show the process of peace education. While educators were trained and students were taught, they went through positive changes together. As a result of peace education, a peace garden is being built in Ilocos Norte, Philippines.

The various activities of the IWPG and the IPYG, the two wings of HWPL, are explained in the progress report and commemorative addresses.

The details and outcomes of seminars, forums, and educational programs of 2021 can be seen in the Special Features and Appendices of this report.

 Preparation for the post-COVID era is an important task not only for the world but also for us who hope for peace. Please see the results of HWPL peace initiatives and use the report to devise plans and strategies to realize peace in more diverse fields for 2022.

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#PEACE_CAMP