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- PEACE EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER, INDIA (PERC,India)
(Formerly Known as Hague Appeal for Peace, Delhi University (HAP, DU) established 1998)
The Peace Education Resource Centre, India is a Peace Forum. It came into being as a result of the effort of the concerned students from University of Delhi endorsing “The Hague Agenda for Peace and Justice in the 21st Century”. HAP, DU was initially a voluntary students’ body. Gradually many like-minded people from various fields joined the body and have led to the formation of Peace Education Resource Centre, India (PERC, India) which is a more formal and structured. Today PERC, India comprises of more than 30 members from different areas of interest, communities and faiths from various parts of the country.
Members of the PERC, India commit themselves to working together on the main objective of promoting and building a culture of Peace through Peace Education. We believe that Peace Education is a participatory holistic process that includes teaching for and about democracy and human rights, nonviolence, social and economic justice, gender equality, environmental sustainability, disarmament, traditional peace practices, international law and human security.
We live in an age of unprecedented violence: locally, nationally and globally. India being the largest democracy in the world, there is a need to make the democratic process present in every area of our lives. Peace in this effort is imperative and respect for human rights by all is the need of the hour. A culture of peace will be achieved when all citizens understand the problems, have the skills to resolve conflict constructively, know and live by international standards of human rights, gender and racial equality, appreciate cultural diversity, respect for individual differences, a sense of tolerance and respect for the integrity of the Earth. Such learning cannot be achieved without intentional, sustained and systematic education for peace.
The members of PERC, India have been actively involved in many activities since its inception in 1998. Community intervention for peaceful resolution of conflict, education for peace and inculcating peace values are some of the activities. Apart from that, numerous talks and seminars have been conducted under its wing. More activities, documentations & trainings are being planned for the near future.
- Please list the countries and/or regions in which you have direct and significant expertise
- INDIA
- What is your current country of residence?
- INDIA
- What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?
- INVOLVED IN PEACE EDUCATION
- Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise?
- Peacebuilding, Gender, Youth, Education
Events
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3rd International Youth Media Summit
August 20, 2008 at 9am to August 27, 2008 at 9pm – Belgrade -
2008 Summer Professional Development Workshop
August 22, 2008 at 9am to August 27, 2008 at 5pm – Claremont Graduate University, CA -
Transitions Online announces the launch of Reporting EU Integration
August 25, 2008 at 9pm – Bosnia,-Herzegovina, Serbia, Moldova -
Systemic Peacebuilding - Executive Leadership Programme
August 26, 2008 at 9am to August 28, 2008 at 6pm – London
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