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And the Right to the City? Approaches to Racism, Patriarchal Domination and Feminist Strategies of Resistance in Cali, Colombia Year of publication: 2015 Author: Vicenta Moreno Hurtado | Debaye Mornan This article seeks to give visibility to some spatial strategies of resistance developed by black women in the predominantly black district of Aguablanca District (DA), in eastern Cali, Colombia, against the systematic violence they are daily subjected to. We contextualize their practices within the systematic violence of displacement, paramilitaries terror and spatial segregation in the city. It also seeks to discuss how black women resist stigma, political marginalization and death in a city divided along racial and gender lines. The questions that guide this article are: What is the role of racism and patriarchal domination in the production of “geographies of violence” in Cali? What are the strategies of resistance developed by black women in these topographies of violence? Ultimately, the article seeks to fulfill a gap in academic discourses that silence on black women’s social suffering and that regard them as disorganized, a-political and passive victims. ¿Y el Derecho a la Ciudad? Aproximaciones al Racismo, la Dominación Patriarcal y las Estrategias Feministas de Resistencia en Cali, Colombia Year of publication: 2015 Author: Vicenta Moreno Hurtado | Debaye Mornan Este artículo busca dar visibilidad a algunas estrategias espaciales de resistencia desarrolladas por mujeres negras del Distrito de Aguablanca (DA), en el Oriente de Cali, Colombia, frente a la violencia sistemática a la que se ven diariamente sometidas. Contextualizamos estas violencias sistemáticas como producto del destierro, el paramilitarismo y la segregación espacial en la ciudad. Se busca también discutir cómo las mujeres negras resisten a la estigmatización, la marginación política y la muerte en una ciudad racialmente dividida. Las preguntas que orientan este articulo son: ¿Cuál es el papel del racismo y la dominación patriarcal en la producción de las “geografías de la violencia” en Cali? ¿Cuáles son las estrategias de resistencia desarrolladas por las mujeres negras en estas topografías de la violencia? En últimas, el artículo busca contraponerse a las narrativas académicas y discursos políticos que criminalizan la vida de la gente negra en los sectores populares y que generalmente presentan a las mujeres negras solamente como víctimas, o como desorganizadas y apolíticas. 
How Human Rights Shape Social Citizenship: On Citizenship and the Understanding of Economic and Social Rights (Washington University Global Studies Law Review. Vol.13, No.2) Year of publication: 2014 Author: Ulrike Davy Corporate author: Washington University This Article reconceptualizes citizenship, a notion usually tied to the nation state, as “layered.” Human rights may serve as the international “layer” of citizenship, addressing nationals and non-nationals alike. It took some time, however, for “social” citizenship to emerge as a human rights issue and, hence, for human rights to become an international layer for social citizenship rights granted on the national level. Around 1993, states started to accept a human rights-based obligation toward the poor, requiring social policies to focus on targeted, individual welfare. Nowadays, poverty mitigation is the human rights core of “social” citizenship. Nowadays, poverty mitigation is the human rights core of “social” citizenship. 
Living with Controversy: Teaching Controversial Issues through Education for Democratic Citizenship and Human Rights (EDC/HRE); Training Pack for Teachers Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: Council of Europe Learning how to engage in dialogue with people whose values are different from one’s own and to respect them is central to the democratic process and essential for the protection and strengthening of democracy and fostering a culture of human rights. Yet in Europe young people do not often have an opportunity to discuss controversial issues in school because they are seen as too challenging to teach, e.g., issues to do with extremism, gender violence, child abuse, or sexual orientation. Unable to voice their concerns, unaware of how others feel or left to rely on friends and social media for their information, young people can be frustrated or confused about some of the major issues which affect their communities and European society today. In the absence of help from school, they might have no reliable means of dealing with these issues constructively and no one to guide them. The idea for this Pack came out of a call from policy-makers and practitioners in a number of European countries for more effective training for teachers in the teaching of controversial issues. 
Anti-Semitism : a never-ending struggle ? (Vol 2) Corporate author: Anne Frank House | OSCE. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) These teaching materials were developed by ODIHR and the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, in co-operation with experts from several OSCE participating States. Part 2 covers contemporary forms of anti-Semitism. The version available here is an English translation of the Polish version. L'antisémitisme: une lutte sans fin? (Vol 2) Corporate author: Anne Frank House | OSCE. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Ces matériels pédagogiques ont été élaborés par le BIDDH et la Maison d'Anne Frank à Amsterdam, en coopération avec des experts de plusieurs Etats participants de l'OSCE. Partie 2 couvre les formes contemporaines de l'antisémitisme. La version disponible ici est une traduction anglaise de la version polonaise. Vivir con la controversia: Cómo enseñar temas controvertidos mediante la Educación para la ciudadanía y los derechos humanos (EDC/HRE) Módulo de formación para el profesorado Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: European Union (EU) Learning how to engage in dialogue with people whose values are different from one’s own and to respect them is central to the democratic process and essential for the protection and strengthening of democracy and fostering a culture of human rights. ■ Yet in Europe young people do not often have an opportunity to discuss controversial issues in school because they are seen as too challenging to teach, e.g., issues to do with extremism, gender violence, child abuse, or sexual orientation. Unable to voice their concerns, unaware of how others feel or left to rely on friends and social media for their information, young people can be frustrated or confused about some of the major issues which affect their communities and European society today. In the absence of help from school, they might have no reliable means of dealing with these issues constructively and no one to guide them. ■ The idea for this Pack came out of a call from policy-makers and practitioners in a number of European countries for more effective training for teachers in the teaching of controversial issues. ‘We saw inhumanity close up’. What is gained by school students from Scotland visiting Auschwitz? As the education for citizenship agenda continues to make an impact on schools in the UK, and with the Holocaust Educational Trust (HET) in conjunction with the Scottish Government introducing its Lessons From Auschwitz (LFA) project for students and teachers in Scotland, this article focuses on the Scottish context and investigates the school processes by which students are chosen to participate in the LFA project, the impact the LFA project has on student personal growth, and the range of follow‐up activities in their schools and communities. The methodology employed online questionnaires and face‐to‐face interviews, which were designed to ascertain student perceptions of the LFA project and the impact that this project had on student participants, their schools, and their communities. Findings demonstrate that the student cohort were highly academic students who took their responsibilities on return to their schools very seriously and organized a wide range of events, both in their schools and in their communities. There was clear evidence that the LFA project had led to extra teaching and awareness of the Holocaust, racism and human rights; and that students’ citizenship values had been enhanced. (By the publisher) The Holocaust and Education for Citizenship: the teaching of history, religion and human rights in England The importance of the Holocaust is undeniable. It seems that this truism has long been accepted by teachers and education policy makers. A superficial prediction would be that the Holocaust will continue to have both a high profile and a high status in the schools and colleges of England and Wales. However, on the basis of small‐scale work using data from teachers’ perceptions, we draw attention to certain problems in learning about the Holocaust and begin to suggest issues which should be investigated further. The issues which need further investigation are related to the possibilities that there may be too little time devoted to teaching about the Holocaust; the events of the Holocaust may sometimes be used as a mere context for understanding World War Two; teachers may not perceive the Holocaust as being significantly unique; teachers may not collaborate effectively; there may be a lack of clarity about the nature of the affective and cognitive aims of such work. (By the author) 
Cultural Diversity and Shared Citizenship Year of publication: 2008 Author: BoAzza Binasher | Abdullah Alalawai Corporate author: Modern Times Magazine This integrated file from the Journal of Modern Times reviews the issue of citizenship and cultural diversity. The file reviews many reflective questions on the subject of shared citizenship. The file contributes in general to setting a democratic cultural policy that guarantees the values of solidarity and peace in order to preserve human civilization.