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Education for Justice andPeace

Empowering Harmony atIndividual & Community LevelsDr. Vibhuti Patel, Director, PGSR

Professor and Head, Post Graduate Department of

Economics,SNDT Womens University,Smt. Nathibai Thakersey Road, Churchgate, Mumbai-400020Tel 91) (22) 22052970 Mobile-9321040048E mail: [email protected]

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Sustaining HarmonyJustice, Equality and Peace in the family,in the community, in the country and inthe world.

Harmony at the grassroots is bestpromoted by those whose stakes arehigh: the urban and rural poor.

peace is not the absence of conflict,peace is the absence of oppression

Putting concerns of the oppressedcenter-stage to ensure development isequitable and sustainable. 22


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History of Communalismin IndiaPartition and Communalism

Historical Considerations

The they and us divide

Faces of Indias political pogromAttacks on Muslims, Christians, Buddhists,

Dalits

Identity Politics: The Shah Banocontroversy

Ideological Attacks on Secular forces:

Building up of Tension (1085-1992)

Gender, Identity and Violence-Sex33


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pproac es o eace on cResolution(Peace Education Working Group

UNICEF)The process of promoting the

knowledge, skills, attitudes and valuesneeded to bring about behavior changesthat will enable children, youth andadults to prevent conflict and violence;both overt and structural; to resolveconflict peacefully; and to create the

conditions conducive to peace whetherat an intrapersonal, interpersonal, inter-group,

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Promoting Tolerance &Peaceful ExistenceTransformative Education: Unlearning

casteism, sexism, communalism, ethnicchauvinism, racism

Collaboration in Reciprocity: Mutualrespect, respect for plural lifestyles- dresscode, food habits, music, art, craft,aesthetics, cultural-national history

Dialogue among Cultures: Cross culturalget-to-gathers, festival celebrations, quiz,study tours of shrines, liberativedimensions of religions

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Ma atma Gand i onViolenceIf I can have nothing to do with the

organized violence of the Government, Ican have less to do with the unorganizedviolence of the people. I would prefer tobe crushed between the two.

For me popular violence is as much anobstruction in our path as theGovernment violence. Indeed, I cancombat the Government violence moresuccessfully than the popular. For onething, in combating the latter, I shouldnot have the same support as in theformer.

I make bold to sa that violence is the66


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on eaceEducationTo educate children and adults in the

dynamics of conflict and promote skills ofpeacemaking in our homes, schools,community, the nation, and the world.

In India the National Council forEducational Research and Training of the

Government of India calls it education forpeace and aims at having it replace valueseducation in Indian schools.

But worldwide there are such diverseterms for peace education as "humanrights education." "environmental

education," "international education,""conflict resolution education " and

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ec v y o eaceEducationPeace Education become more effective,

when it is adapted according to thesocial and cultural context and the needsof a society.

It is enriched by that society's culturaland spiritual values along with universalhuman values.

For example, these same published and

yet-be published materials for Indianschools are based on what are termeduniversal human values such as love,reciprocity, empathy and concern for

others, and justice and fairness. 88


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Lessons fro HistoryIn the past, peace education centered on

the causes of war, an issue that grew asnations developed the capacity ofdestroying the whole human race manytimes over.

But today the scope of peace educationincludes not only the causes, the nature,and the terrible consequences of war butalso the study of violence in all forms.

Such forms of violence include conflict,threat to life, ethnic hatred,discrimination, prejudice, racism,

injustice, genocide, poverty, violence in99


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Nonviolence in the civil rights struggle has

meant not relying on arms and weapons ofstruggle. It has meant noncooperation withcustoms and laws which are institutionalaspects of a regime of discrimination and

enslavement.

It has meant direct participation of massesin protest, rather than reliance on indirectmethods which frequently do not involve

masses in action at all.

Nonviolence has also meant that my peoplein the agonizing struggles of recent years

have taken suffering upon themselvesinstead of inflicting it on others. It has1010

Acceptance Speech of Martin Luther King Jr.The Nobel Peace Prize 1964


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Conflict Resolutionrefers to the process of resolving a dispute

or a conflict permanently, by providing eachsides' needs, and adequately addressingtheir interests so that they are satisfiedwith the outcome.

Teach effective conflict resolution andpeace building skills to build bridges ofcultural understanding and mutual respectthrough art and media.

Amnesty International- Taking care ofsurvivors-Psychotherapy, psychoanalysis,counseling-

Conflictanalysis and prevention; Mediationand conflict resolution; Post-conflict eace

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No Peace without Social JusticeSarvajan Hitay, Sarvajan

Sukhay

Civil Rights Movement: Dr. Martin LutherKing

Anti War Movement of 1970s: No to

Bombing of Vietnam

Tamil refugees (1988)

Kashmir (1990)

Afghanistan, Iraq (2000 onwards)

Conflict Transformation, MediaDevelopment, Child Protection, Project

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T ree stages ofConflict ResolutionPeace building is the process of restoring

normal relations between people. Itrequires the reconciliation of differences,apology and forgiveness of past harm,and the establishment of a cooperative

relationship between groups, replacingthe adversarial or competitiverelationship that used to exist. E.g.OLAKH, PUCL & SAHIYAR (Vadodara)

Peacekeeping is the prevention or endingof violence within or between nation-states through the intervention of anoutside third party that keeps the warring

parties apart. Unlike peacemaking, which1313


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Peace Begins from Home WomensInitiatives:

25th Nov. to 10th Dec

Moholla Committee Movement afterMumbai Riots in 1993

Manipur: 2004 Hunger strike

Nagaland: Womens Protest

Burma: Peace Rally

Tibet: Demanding comprehensive dialogwith H.H. the Dalai Lama

Latin America: Mothers of Missing Children

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Teachers without

BordersIf wars begin in the human mind, then it is

through our minds through education that war can be vanquished by peace.

Teachers can lead the way towards peace intheir classrooms and communities.

By providing teachers with a framework for

peace education, we are contributing to thegrowing movement towards a global cultureof peace.

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us ce eace omm ss on,Mumbai

Community work, Peace festival,

MIHRE

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Exposing the game of

Competitive Communalism betweenMajority & Minority communities carefullyengineered & crafted by their elites to

retain their power-baseHindu-Muslim, Shia-Sunni, Muslim-Christian

Use of child soldiers as cannon fodder by

fundamentalists/ terroristsPeoples Initiatives in Kashmir, Iran,

Gujarat

Ethnic Strife in Kenya- Multi tribe allianceagainst Kibaki from wealthy Kikuyu tribe1717

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Religion as an ethicthat informs human

actions/ projectsIntegrated humanity founded on peace &justice

Deconstructing the discourse aroundmonolithic construction of Muslimidentity or Christian Identity andprojecting concerns for social justice,gender justice and distributive justice

Countering exaggerated sense of paranoiaabout Muslim or Christian identity in ourcountry that keeps in check all the othercontradictions & solidarities

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To give peace achance, make peace

the storyFaith: In every conflict, there is always

something retrievable

Popularize peace journalism

Felicitations of persons involved in rescueoperations and rehabilitation

-Sisters without Borders

-Nurses of Cama Hospital in the midst ofterrorist attack on 26-11-08.

-Gujarat Riots-Unsung heroes & heroines1919


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Five PrioritiesDialogue, communication, networks- CSSS

Contemplation-Communalism Combat

Community Life-Moholla Committee

Justice, peace & integrity of creation in

solidarity with the most vulnerable- JPCSimple living, Solidarity for Social/Economic

Justice

Focus on Youth: Sports for peace, quiz forpeace, songs for peace, debate/discussionon peace, painting for peace, Theatre forpeace, politics for peace, Rereadinghistory of Wars & Peace

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asu a vKutumbkam for Local

as well as GlobalHarmonyLet us celebrate and promote the spirit

and philosophy ofsatyam, sivam,sundaram (Truth, Goodness, Beauty) andlive life purposefully and peacefully.

The concept ofvasudhaiv kutumbakam

the world is but one family - culture ofpeace and global citizenship should beinducted into all aspects of human life andeducation, especially humanities.

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International Peace Museum,Dayton

The Peace Museum honors Dayton-nativeSister Dorothy Stang with an exhibit in theDayton room.

Sister Dorothy spent half her life in Brazil and

the Amazon, starting in 1966. She joined thereligious order of the Sisters of Notre Damede Namur in Cincinnati in 1948, and remainedactive in the order until her brutal killing onFebruary 12, 2005. Her message wasnonviolent throughout her life. She worked tosave the Amazon from deforestation bylumberjacks, wealthy cattle ranchers, andsoybean farmers. Brazil exports these

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Peace through Art

The Peace Gallery was created by ReturnedPeace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) to helpfulfill the Third Goal of the Peace Corps - tohelp promote a better understanding of

other people and cultures around the world.The Peace Gallery began in 1997 to support

the third goal of the Peace Corps - "tostrengthen understanding about the world

and its peoples." With hundreds of photoswith descriptions by returned Peace CorpsVolunteers, the Peace Gallery provides aview of the world rarely seen outside of the

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Peace RalliesThere were over 67,000 people protesting

the Vietnam war. They all ended up atKezar after the march (SpringMobilization) to hear speakers, songs, etc.I was looking for a way to symbolize the

crowd with the message. I saw the peacesymbol with streamers and the crowdcombination. The shot made up itself.

In 2004, over one million people in

different part of our Globe had candlelight marches to stop US invasion in Iraq.

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TH U AND RANE PEA ENETWORK

The Thousand Cranes Peace Network ismade up of groups and individuals whoare willing to fold a thousand papercranes (or as many as they can manage)as a symbol of their hope for, andcommitment to, peace and non-violence.

A visit to the Peace Park and the PeaceMemorial Museum allows the visitor a

glimpse into the horror of the world's firstuse of the atomic bomb against people on6 August 1945.

It is a reminder that we must work

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