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The Coronavirus Pandemic and the Refugee Crisis Year of publication: 2020 Author: Alice Corner Corporate author: Venngage Inc. One group of people who are impacted the most by the Coronavirus Pandemic is the world’s population of refugees and displaced people. There are approximately 25 million refugees in the world, facing unique struggles in access to healthcare, government assistance, and sanitation. Venngage analyzed the data to help paint a fuller picture of COVID-19’s impact on the refugee crisis. 
Engaging Girls, Boys and Youth as Active Citizens: Plan International’s Position Paper Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Plan International This paper provides Plan International’s position on the right to participate in public life, as well as analysis of: the legal and political framework; the impact of social and gender norms on participation; and specific issues in relation to political empowerment and active citizenship. This paper supports 100 Million Reasons, Plan International’s 2017-2022 Global Strategy, in which supporting girls, boys and youth as active drivers of change is a main priority. It upholds our work in relation to the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals – in particular Goals 5, 10 and 16. A number of high-level recommendations are included to guide advocacy. 
EIU Best Practices Series No.40: Global Citizenship Education Capacity Building Initiative: Misitry of Education, Kiribati Year of publication: 2015 Corporate author: APCEIU This monograph is one of APCEIU's EIU Best Practices Series, which aims to encourage educators, scholars, and activists to implement and share local initiatives on EIU. The Series No. 40 introduces a successful hosting of workshop on GCED in Kiribati. Considered the first of its kind in Kiribati, the workshop brought together education officers and teachers to learn about emerging concept of GCED and EIU and means for implementation. The exemplary workshop involving fieldtrips and seminars has created a wave of learning opportunities for key stakeholders at all levels, paving way to put GCED into practice. 
Peacebuilding Training Guide for Ethiopia Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: UNESCO International Institute for Capacity-Building in Africa (IICBA) This publication is a training guide for a variety of stakeholders, both inside and outside the education system, in Ethiopia on peace and resilience building. It is an adapted and updated guide for the Ethiopian context. The training guide aims to inform and empower the reader in why and how to educate others for peacebuilding. It provides a foundation of con¬ict analysis and peacebuilding and describes a learner-centered approach to peace education and community engagement. The goal of the training guide is for the reader to become a facilitator with the disposition, knowledge, skills and commitment to support others in developing their full potential as peace-builders. 
PEERs for Peace!: A Community-Based Resource Guide for Peace Education Year of publication: 2016 Author: Tyler Hook | Kathleen Kardos | Athena Lao | Sharanya Vasudevan | Erin Wall Corporate author: UNESCO International Institute for Capacity-Building in Africa (IICBA) | University of Pennsylvania This peace education resource guide is designed for teachers of upper primary grades in sub‐Saharan African countries to help them foster the development of peaceful skills, attitudes, and practices in their students and empower students to use peaceful tools to respond productively to conflict. Throughout the seven units in this peace education resource guide, students will explore the concepts of problem solving, empathy, effective communication, and respect (PEER) and how they relate to conflict in various areas of their lives, including families, schools, communities, governments, and more. 
Opening new windows to sow peace: building citizenship Year of publication: 2015 Author: Tatiana Zuluaga Zapata | Carlos Humberto Vélez Ocampo | Laura Juliana Pachón Rodríguez | María Julieta Ortiz Fernández Corporate author: Bogotá. Secretaría de Educación del Distrito (SED) This document aims to help students come with innovative ideas to generate transformations for peace and citizenship in Colombia. It is aimed at creating a conscious mobilization every April 9, during the commemoration of the victims and the missing in Colombia, and has the intention of motivating citizens to fill the streets with joy, raise their voices and commit to peace. 
Peace Education and the Pandemic: Global Perspectives Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: International Institute on Peace Education (IIPE) This April 13 webinar, co-organized by the International Institute on Peace Education and Global Campaign for Peace Education, is an opportunity to learn, hear, and share with and from peace educators from around the world about how they are responding, adapting, and rethinking urgent agendas for peace education revealed by the global coronavirus pandemic. 
Peace Education: A Pathway to a Culture of Peace; Third Edition Year of publication: 2019 Author: Loreta Navarro-Castro | Jasmin Nario-Galace Corporate author: Center for Peace Education, Miriam College This book is based on author's study and research as well as on experiences as teachers and trainers. By writing about what the authors have come to know and experienced. It is their hope that the ideas contained in this book will circulate widely and promote enthusiasm for both education and action for peace.This book is organized into three sections. Part I aims to develop a holistic understanding of peace and peace education; Part II discusses key peace education themes; Part III focuses on the peaceable learning environment. A "vision for the future" is presented in conclusion. 
NISSEM Global Briefs (Volume II): Educating for the Social, the Emotional and the Sustainable; Pedagogy, Practice and Materials Year of publication: 2020 Author: Andy Smart | Margaret Sinclair Corporate author: Networking to Integrate SDG Target 4.7 and SEL skills into Educational Materials (NISSEM) The timeframe for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is tight, and the world also faces the consequences of Covid-19. NISSEM Global Briefs aim to show how SDG Target 4.7 themes and social and emotional learning (SEL) can be embedded in education policies, programs, curricula, materials, and practice, to help make progress towards sustainable development. 
Learning to Live Together Sustainably: Addressing the Challenge of UN Sustainable Development Goal Target 4.7 Year of publication: 2019 Author: Margaret Sinclair | Jean Bernard Corporate author: Protect Education in Conflict and Insecurity (PEIC) | Spectacle Learning Media The practical advice and guidelines in this book help support learning to live together, conflict transformation and peace at the individual, group and community levels. The framework for developing widely accessible, high quality learning materials supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals and is relevant to formal and non-formal education activities and projects. This document also raises important issues about the professional responsibilities of policy-makers at global and national level, who determine what content is addressed in the classroom. In particular, it addresses the need for education materials that support cross-cutting issues such as learning to live together, global citizenship education, and education for sustainable development.