The Summer School on the Rights of Children and Peace Education
13 July-17July 2015
Youth Institute, Benicassim
Spain.
For the third time ILÊWASI has made an award to Malik Hammad Ahmad, PhD student in the
History Department at the University of Warwick, for the project on Peace Education.
Concept Note:
Many things can wait; the child cannot. Now is the time his bones are being formed, his
mind is being developed. To him we cannot say tomorrow; his name is today.
(Gabriela Mistral)
Violence and abuse against children happen all over the world. Millions of boys and girls are
facing injuries, disabilities, sometimes even death and lifelong emotional effects because of
the violence they experience. Girls and boys have the right of protection against violence.
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child gives each girl and boy under 18
rights in all areas important for his or her development to health, education and protection
– without discrimination of any kind.
ILEWASI, therefore, promotes and spread the voice of the rights of children by organising
various activities with diverse group of children and adults. After the success of first two
summer schools, ILEWASI is glad to announce the organisation of its 3 rd summer school on
Peace Education and Child’s Rights during the second week of July 2015. The Summer
Course on the Rights of Children and Peace Education is one of these activities of the
organisation.
The Summer School will give the participants an insider's understanding of the mechanisms
to enable them about human rights at a youth summer resort within the beautiful
surroundings of Mediterranean Sea. The school will equip the selected participants with the
tools to experience rights in action, live their lives according to human rights values, and
take action on human rights issues affecting themselves and their communities. It
differentiates from other courses by providing theoretical and practical knowledge of the
theme as well as gives opportunity for personal growth to fight for the rights by nonviolent
ways. The focus throughout the course is practical and applied.
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The programme offers introductory course on the fundamentals of international human
rights along with the teaching and workshops sessions on woman’s rights, child rights, peace
education and nonviolence and their application towards today’s world. In addition to these
theoretical and practical morning sessions, the afternoon sessions of the programme
provide learning opportunities by extra-curricular activities. We are aiming at to organise
meditation session, hiking session to the nearest mountains, performing art at the local art
theatre and inter-cultural nights.
WHY:
 To empower future decision and policy makers to build in Peace Education among
children, adolescents and adults.
 To widen theoretical and practical skills of participants on Peace Education.
HOW (methodology):
The participants are encouraged to be fully involved in the scheduled programmes. The
methods include presentations by leading experts in the field, interactive sessions, group
exercises and role-plays. All participants are given copies of relevant documents and course
materials both in hard copy and on an USB memory stick, and receive a certificate of
attendance.
The medium of instruction of the courses is English and Spanish. Translation would be
available.
WHERE (location):
The course is going to be organised at Youth Institute of Benicassim, Castellon de la Plana,
Spain. The city is very popular summer resort at Mediterranean coast as well as home of
famous International Festival of Benicassim (FIB) and Rototom (the Reggie festival). The
center is located in front of the beautiful beach of Mediterranean, and it is surrounded by
the lush green hills.
The purpose of the selection of the location is to provide to the participant the best
environment for theoretical as well as practical learning.
PARTICIPATION FEE:
The registration fees is €75.00 including lodging and food during the course. The organisers
do not cover travel costs and each participant should arrange their personal travels to the
destination. However, we would be glad to guide the participants for their travel routes to
the destination. The detailed information will be given to the selected participants.
Eligibility:
We recognise that a major aspect of working towards this vision is to work closely with
young people, as citizens now and leaders of the future. The course aims at the diverse
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group of students (undergraduate, and postgraduate) and early career professionals under
the age of 30 related to themes of human rights, law, gender studies, social sciences and
peace and conflict studies. The following documents are required for the participants:
a. The Application Form (provided on request to the given email address below)
b. Letter of Motivation 250-300 Words
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS is 15 April 2015.
Contact Information:
Malik Hammad Ahmad: formandoiw@gmail.com, ilewasi@gmail.com
ILEWASI Center of Investigation, promotion and defence of the rights of Children and
Adolescents.
www.ilewasi.blogspot.com
+34-693 227 633 (whatsapp, and viber)
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