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Gender Violence (Mente y Cerebro; no. 48) Year of publication: 2011 Author: Francisca Expósito Corporate author: Prensa Científica This article deals with the ideological nature of gender violence, favored by the social asymmetry between women and men. 
Education for Global Citizenship as a Transformative Methodological Proposal: Reflections and Practical Proposals Year of publication: 2019 Author: Isarel García | Joan Gratacós | Desiderio De Paz | Mercè Gil | Assumta Zapata Corporate author: Oxfam International This publication, the result of the collaborative work of the Network of educators for global citizenship, is a proposal for reflection and practical examples regarding the transformative nature of Education for global citizenship, being essential that for this educational approach that its actions educational activities are aimed at promoting critical thinking, dialogue, collaboration, solidarity and commitment to transform inequalities and promote social justice, equity and sustainable development. The methodological approach, therefore, must also be transformative and the strategies that accompany processes, promote this social transformation. Transformative methodologies are inherent to Education for global citizenship and the methodological processes that contribute to the construction of schools for global citizenship, in our opinion, should be based on three different pillars: promote the transformative dimension of education to build another world possible and necessary, promote a socio-affective approach focused on solidarity and cosmopolitan empathy and promote the construction of a more participatory and integrated curriculum that generates meaning in teachers and students. 
Alert 2024! : Report on Conflicts, Human Rights and Peacebuilding Year of publication: 2024 Corporate author: Escola de Cultura de Pau (ECP) Published since 2001, this yearbook analyses the state of the world in terms of conflict and peacebuilding based on three axes: armed conflict, tensions and gender, peace and security. The analysis of the most relevant events of the year and the nature, causes, dynamics, actors and consequences of the main scenarios of armed conflict and socio-political tension in the world allows for a comparative regional view and the identification of global trends, as well as elements of risk and preventive warning for the future. Likewise, the report also identifies opportunities for peacebuilding or for the reduction, prevention or resolution of conflicts. 
When Feeling and Action Come Together in Educational Practice. Relations Between Development Education and Learning Service for a Global Citizenship Year of publication: 2016 Author: Yolanda Fernández Carrión | Mª Jesús Martínez Usarralde The difficulties based on the development are a usual topic in education. After emphasizing the relevance of the development education as an essential element for the construction of the global citizenship, the challenge stands out by its innovative intention of trying to implicate it with service learning. This one tries to be an explorative and interpretative theoretic analyses about the potentialities which can be provided by service learning in the achievement of the objectives planned by the development education. This correlation not only affects the substantial improvement of both practices by building positive synergies but also its universalization forms a clear positive influence in the endogenous development of the village people, carrying out the real empowerment of the critical, sensible and global citizenship. The possibility of giving the main role as a human developmental engine to education is within our reach and the union between development education and service learning teaches us the keys. 
Together We Can Cool the Planet Year of publication: 2016 Corporate author: GRAIN | La Via Campesina It is a story based on the video "together we can cool the planet" that talks about global warming, its causes and consequences. It reports how industrial food production affects this phenomenon. It recounts each step of industrial food production, the use of fertile lands, the burning of trees that produces carbon dioxide, the use of machinery, the use of fertilizers and pesticides, the production of animal excrement that produces methane gas, as well as the transport that must be used so that this production reaches where it must be sold. They then propose a series of solutions consisting of 5 steps. 
Localizing the 2030 Agenda and Global Citizenship Education: An Essential Dialogue Year of publication: 2020 Corporate author: Diputació de Barcelona This document aims to contribute to the dialogue between 2030 Agenda localization processes and GCE and offer specific guidelines for local action. 
[Video] Learning about SDG 4 Year of publication: 2017 Corporate author: United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) Life is continual learning, we learn to read to understand a constantly changing role, to participate and to live together. We learn in the classroom and beyond its world. Cities are places of opportunity but they can be also be places of exclusion. There are 758 million people over the age 15 in the world who can't read or write. Two out of three of them are women. Local governments because they are close to the people are able to respond to their needs and contribute to create equal educational opportunities. They work to ensure that facilities are ideal for learning and community life. They promote the adoption of sustainable life styles and provide education in values. Local government work with educators and administrations to ensure adequate resources and to improve education. In all these ways local governments contribute to achieve sustainable development goals for ensuring inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning.