Dear Friends: The Department for Gender and Peace Studies at the University for Peace is pleased to announce the International Course "Gender and the Study of Peace and Non-violent Transformation of Conflict" that will be taught from September 8th to September 26th, 2003 at the University's main campus in San Jose, Costa Rica. This International Course has been designed to address the interaction between Gender and the Non-Violent Transformation of Conflict when discussing topics such as: * Introduction to fundamentals of gender studies * The promise of peace, the problems of war * Reasons for wars * Contemporary peace research and fields of conflict and resolution * Religion and conflict * United Nations, multilateral international organizations, and non-conventional diplomacy * Overview of the history of non-violent struggle: theories and methods * Dynamics of non-violent struggle * Necessity for strategic planning, discipline, preparation, and training in non-violent struggle * Importance of gender in the building of peace * Democratization and peace * Implications of the information and communications revolutions The Department invites you to look for more information, including an application form, at the UPEACE website: http://www.upeace.org Additionally, you may contact the Office for Academic Administration directly at <acadmin@upeace.org>. English will be the language of instruction. We kindly request you to distribute this information to those who might be interested. Looking forward to hearing from you. DINA RODRIGUEZ Director Department for Gender and Peace Studies ======== Global Human Rights Education listserv ======== Send mail intended for the list to <hr-education@hrea.org>. Archives of the list can be found at: http://www.hrea.org/lists/hr-education/markup/maillist.php If you have problems (un)subscribing, contact <owner-hr-education@hrea.org>. **You are welcome to reprint, copy, archive, quote or re-post this item, but please retain the original and listserv source.
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