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Human Rights Education for the Twenty-First Century

Edited by George J. Andrepoulos and Richard Pierre Claude. Published in 1997 by University of Pennsylvania Press.

This book was made possible by the initiative and support of the Organizing Committee of the People's Decade of Human Rights Education.

Excerpts:

"Human Rights Education: A Personal Voyage" Foreword by Shulamith Koenig, Executive Director, PDHRE.

"Human Rights as Education for Peace" (excerpt) by Betty Reardon.

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Methodologies, Articles and Information

"Methodologies for Human Rights Education." by Richard Pierre Claude, Professor Emeritus, University of Maryland

"UN Document on Plan of Action for UN Decade of Human Rights Education." Order #HRE-M12/E

"Training on Human Rights as Human Rights," B.A.B.E of Croatia. Order #HRE-M13/E

These materials are available at no cost.

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Human Rights Education Training Manuals

Learning, Reflecting and Acting For a Human Rights Future: A Training Manual for the Education of the Human Right to Housing in Urban Communities

Between their stories and our realities... A manual that is an integral part of the video series "Women Hold Up the Sky". Available in English, French, and Spanish. Cost of the video and manual, per language: $35.00 includes shipping costs. Free copies are available for organizations and communities in developing countries.

Women's Rights as Human Rights: A Training Manual. Written by Hlomelikusasa ("Skills for the Future"), Community Law Centre, South Africa. Focuses on community training for women's grassroots communities in the rural Kwazulu Natal province in South Africa. Available in English and Spanish.
Order #HRE-M2/E (English) | HRE-M2S (Spanish)

Women's Human Rights Education: A Training Manual. Written by Lili-Pilipina: Task Force on Filipino Comfort Women. Presents CEDAW in the context of Philippino society and is based on the grassroots experience of peasant women, women workers and urban poor women. Available in English.
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Women's Human Rights: A Manual for Men and Women. Written by Hector Bonaparte, Susana Chiarotti, and Hilda Habichayn of Instituto do Genero, Derecho y Desarrollo, Argentina. Innovatively focuses on human rights education on women's human rights for groups of both men and women together, dealing with human rights standards and social change. Available in English and Spanish.
Order #HRE-M4/E (English) | HRE-M4S (Spanish)

Women's Human Rights in Daily Living Together: A Manual for Women's Human Rights Education (Spanish Original). Written by Veronica Matus of Programa de Mujeres-Comision Chilena de Derechos Humanos with the assistance of Gloria Bertran. Provides a framework and exercises for the recognition of women's human rights in the experimental realm of daily life, focusing on rescuing emotional and gender cultural patterning. Available in English and Spanish.
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Towards a Methodology for the Popularization of Women's Human Rights (Spanish Original: Hacia Una Metologia Para La Popularizacion de Los Derechos de Las Mujer). Written by Maria Suarez Toro of Feminist International Radio Endeavor (FIRE) and Roxana Arroyo Vargas (CODEHUCA). Aims at "massifying" or popularizing women's human rights. Available in English and Spanish.
Order #HRE-M6/E (English) | HRE-M6/S (Spanish)

Empowering Women at the Grassroots: A Manual for Human Rights Education. Prepared by Meghna Guhatharkurta and Khadija Lina of Nagorik Uddyog, Bangladesh. Focuses on human rights education for semi-literate/illiterate groups of women. Available in English.
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Human Rights Education Training Video Series

Educacion Para Los Derechos Humanos de Las Mujeres Bolivianas (Women's Human Rights Education — Bolivia). Women's human rights education in Bolivia by Oficina Juridica Para La Mujer. Total running time: 17 minutes, 28 seconds. Available in Spanish. English and Spanish transcriptions available.
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United Nations Centre for Human Rights: Implementing, Monitoring and Promoting Human Rights. Presentation by Elsa Stamatopoulou-Robbins, Chief, New York Section, UN Centre for Human Rights. Discussion on Demystifying Treaty Bodies and the Commission on Human Rights. Total running time: 28 minutes, 18 seconds. Available in English.
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UN Expert Committees and Treaty Bodies. Presentation by Dorota Glerycz, UN Division for the Advancement of Women. Discussions on implementing CEDAW, the political use of international standards and activism. Total running time: 28 minutes, 27 seconds. Available in English.
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Human Rights Education Organizing. Presentation by Clarence Dias, Executive Director, International Center for Law in Development. Discussion on the efficacy of human rights education in grassroots organizing, the participatory process, and demanding community and political accountability. Total running time: 35 minutes, 11 seconds. Available in English.
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Women's Rights as Human Rights. Presentation by Charlotte Bunch, Director, Center for Women's Global Leadership. Discussion on women's rights as human rights and the Vienna Conference on Human Rights, the importance of political organizing, and the use of legal instruments in human rights education. Total running time: 11 minutes, 53 seconds. Available in English.
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The Decade of Human Rights Education. Presentation by Shulamith Koenig, Executive Director, Organizing Committee of the People's Decade for Human Rights Education. Discussion on organizing strategies of human rights education and the United Nations Decade of Human Rights Education in weaving a human rights culture. Total running time: 17 minutes, 30 seconds. Available in English.
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Human Rights Education: The Promiseof the 21st Century. Human rights education principles and discussions by members of the Globa Human Rights Education Campaign on Women's Human Rights and Gender Equality on a range of issues. Total running time: 22 minutes, 5 seconds. Available in English.
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Women's Human Rights Education — Tanzania 1995. Human rights education in Tanzania, by the Tanzania Women's Media Association (TAMWA). Women's human rights education issues in Tanzania. Total running time: 10 minutes. Available in dual English/Swahili. English and Spanish transcriptions available.
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Human Rights and International Legal Standards. Presentation by Stephen Marks, International Human Rights Lawyer and Scholar, Columbia University. Discussion on human rights education training and judges, applying international human rights legal standards to domestic law. Total running time: 43 minutes, 16 seconds. Available in English.
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Women Speak with a Big Voice. Highlight video of the People's Decade of Human Rights Education and the Globa Human Rights Education Campagn on Women's Human Rights and Gender Equality. Discussion on learning to live in dignity and women moving from being objects to subjects in human rights. Total running time: 7 minutes. Available in English.
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All videos cost $15 to defray production and shipping costs. Please specify PAL or NTSC VHS videos. To order...

"Women Hold Up the Sky". Available in English, French, and Spanish. Cost of the video and manual, per language: $35.00 includes shipping costs. Free copies are available for organizations and communities in developing countries.

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Please note: all orders must be prepaid. If your organization cannot afford this amount, contact us and we may waive the fee.

People's Movement for Human Rights Education
Attn: Videos and Manuals
526 West 111th Street, New York, NY 10025
tel: 212 / 749-3156 | fax: 212/666-6325 | e-mail: pdhre@igc.org

For more information, please contact PDHRE:

The People's Movement for Human Rights Education (PDHRE) / NY Office
Shulamith Koenig / Executive Director
526 West 111th Street, New York, NY 10025, USA
tel: +1 212.749-3156; fax: +1 212.666-6325
e-mail: pdhre@igc.org