Resources
Explore a wide range of valuable resources on GCED to deepen your understanding and enhance your research, advocacy, teaching, and learning.
462 Results found
A Teacher's Guide on the Prevention of Violent Extremism Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: UNESCO The Guide aims to support teachers in offering young people relevant and timely learning opportunities to develop knowledge, skills and attitudes that build their resilience to violent extremist propaganda. It focuses on providing practical advice on when and how to discuss the issue of violent extremism and on creating a classroom climate that is inclusive and conducive to respectful dialogue, open discussions and critical thinking. 
Traces of Memory: London 38 Short Film Year of publication: 2012 Corporate author: Londres 38 This short film is based on six stories related to London 38, a house used as a place of detention and torture of opponents of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship. The voices of the protagonists were given to young cartoonists and illustrators for the making of this film. 
Traces of Memory 2: Short Film Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: Londres 38 Second part of the short film based on stories related to London 38, a house used as a place of detention and torture of opponents of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship. The voices of the protagonists were given to young cartoonists and illustrators for the making of this film. 
My Migrant Object Corporate author: Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos Educational material developed by the Museum of Memory and Human Rights from objects associated with stories of exile during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in Chile. 
The Paths of Historical Memory Year of publication: 2018 Corporate author: Centro Nacional de Memoria Histórica This book introduces the Historical Memory Toolbox and presents its contents. In addition to the prologue, the acknowledgment to teachers and students who have been part of this process and the account of the construction of the Toolbox since 2012, includes a text that collects the theoretical and conceptual foundations of the Tool Box, "Keys to navigate through historical memory" and another text with the pedagogical proposal that underlies all the materials in the Box, called "Pedagogy of historical memory: route to work in school". 
Transitional Justice and Education: Learning Peace (Advancing Transitional Justice Series) Year of publication: 2017 Author: Clara Ramírez-Barat | Roger Duthie Corporate author: Social Science Research Council (SSRC) | UNICEF After periods of conflict and authoritarianism, education institutions often need to be reformed or rebuilt. But in settings where education has been used to support repressive policies and human rights violations, or where conflict and abuses have resulted in lost educational opportunities, legacies of injustice may pose significant challenges to effective reform. Peacebuilding and development perspectives, which normally drive the reconstruction agenda, pay little attention to the violent past. Transitional Justice and Education: Learning Peace presents the findings of a collaborative research project of the International Center for Transitional Justice and UNICEF on the relationship between transitional justice and education in peacebuilding contexts. The book examines how transitional justice can shape the reform of education systems by ensuring programs are sensitive to the legacies of the past, how it can facilitate the reintegration of children and youth into society, and how education can engage younger generations in the work of transitional justice. 
Youth and Violent Extremism on Social Media: Mapping the Research Year of publication: 2017 Author: Séraphin Alava | Divina Frau-Meigs | Ghayda Hassan Corporate author: UNESCO | Information for All Programme (IFAP) Does social media lead vulnerable individuals to resort to violence? Many people believe it does. And they respond with online censorship, surveillance and counter-speech. But what do we really know about the Internet as a cause, and what do we know about the impact of these reactions? All over the world, governments and Internet companies are making decisions on the basis of assumptions about the causes and remedies to violent attacks.The challenge is to have analysis and responses firmly grounded. The need is for a policy that is constructed on the basis of facts and evidence, and not founded on hunches – or driven by panic and fearmongering.It is in this context that UNESCO has commissioned the study titled Youth and Violent Extremism on Social Media – Mapping the Research. This work provides a global mapping of research (mainly during 2012-16) about the assumed roles played by social media in violent radicalization processes, especially when they affect youth and women. The research responds to the belief that the Internet at large is an active vector for violent radicalization that facilitates the proliferation of violent extremist ideologies.Indeed, much research shows that protagonists are indeed heavily spread throughout the Internet. There is a growing body of knowledge about how terrorists use cyberspace. Less clear, however, is the impact of this use, and even more opaque is the extent to which counter measures are helping to promote peaceful alternatives. While Internet may play a facilitating role, it is not established that there is a causative link between it and radicalization towards extremism, violent radicalization, or the commission of actual acts of extremist violence. 
Peace Education: Making the Case Year of publication: 2019 Author: Darijn Dilia Zwart Corporate author: Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) This publicaiton shows how peace education has responded to difficult political contexts over the decades and demonstrates that peace education is relevant to conflict prevention and peacebuilding today. The report makes the case for a multi-layered approach to peace education which requires a cohesive, coordinated strategy for peace education as a peacebuilding and conflict prevention tool across relevant EU internal and external policies and programmes. 
Preventing Extremism Through Education: A Safe and Supportive School Environment Year of publication: 2020 Author: Mohammad Madbouli This video talks about preventing extremism in schools. The presenter uses the UNESCO guide for policy-makers published in 2018 as framework for discussing preventing extremism. The presenter speaks about safe and supportive environment for students in schools. 
Countering Online Hate Speech Year of publication: 2015 Author: Iginio Gagliardone | Danit Gal | Thiago Alves | Gabriela Martinez Corporate author: UNESCO The present report provides a global overview of the dynamics characterizing hate speech online and some of the measures that have been adopted to counteract and mitigate it, highlighting good practices that have emerged at the local and global levels. While the study offers a comprehensive analysis of the international, regional and national normative frameworks developed to address hate speech online, and their repercussions for freedom of expression, it places particular emphasis on social and non-regulatory mechanisms that can help to counter the production, dissemination and impact of hateful messages online.