Teaching Children Philosophy

This website is dedicated to helping adults conduct philosophical discussion with and among elementary school children – Linked on our blogs with PHILO – ACTION, POUR PENSER ET CHANGER L’ECOLE.

Have you ever thought of using children’s literature to teach philosophy to elementary school children?
It may surprise you to know that children’s books often raise deep philosophical issues and that children love to think about them. This website contains all the materials that you need to lead philosophy discussions with your students … (Educators 1/2).

Main Page;
Parents; Kids; Resources; Resource’s History; Sample Courses; Undergraduate Course; Support;
Contact.

Educators 2/2: … We’ve chosen a set of books that we think are remarkable for their philosophical content, and we have assembled questions to use to initiate a philosophical discussion.   Continuer la lecture de « Teaching Children Philosophy »

Institutional Bodies for Development Cooperation

Linked on our blogs with Karsten Weitzenegger – Germany, and with Karsten Weitzenegger Consulting.
This Newsletter guides you to content relevant for international co-operation and economic development. Reposted from sources linked below. Feel free to circulate it to your network. Karsten Weitzenegger, Editor.
Latest Newsletter from AGEG – Karsten Weitzenegger:

END FGM – European Campaign

also in german, french, portugues, italian – Linked on our blogs with Give someone you never met, a gift they will never forget, with Clinic to fight taboo of female mutilation with Maternité en Éthiopie: bilan de la mission d’automne, with Female genital mutilation, and with Campaign Against FGM.

  • END FGM is a European campaign, led by Amnesty International Ireland, working in partnership with a number of organisations in EU member states.
  • Our Vision: The campaign aims to put female genital mutilation (FGM) high on the EU agenda and to echo the voices of women who have undergone FGM and those at risk of being subjected to it … (about 1/2).
  • Read the strategy ENDING FGM.

english Homepage; Sitemap;
FGM; Who; What; News, events; EU’s response; Get involved; Newsletter; Partners;
Address: END FGM European Campaign, Amnesty International Ireland, rue de Trèves, 35, Boîte 3 B-1040, Brussels, Belgium;
Contact online.

About 2/2 … /Our Mission: By lobbying European Union institutions, the campaign is committed to ensuring that the EU adopts a definitive strategy to end FGM and provide protection to women and girls who flee their countries for fear of being mutilated. Continuer la lecture de « END FGM – European Campaign »

ConstitutionNet

supporting constitution builders globally – also in arabic, french, spanish

ConstitutionNet is a web-based resource center, established by International IDEA (new: Local Government improvement and development), in partnership with Interpeace, and is currently maintained by International IDEA with funding from the Government of Norway. It was created for those participating in constitution building, including leaders and members of constitutional commissions and assemblies, members of civil society, private actors, researchers and those providing technical or financial assistance … (about 1/2).

english Homepage; Sitemap;
Resources; GGP; Virtual Library; Network; Events; FAQs; Donors; Links;
Contact online.

About 2/2: … As a mechanism for state building and democracy development, constitution building is an extremely complex and demanding process.  Continuer la lecture de « ConstitutionNet »

GGP USAWA Ni Haki – answering to Kenyan Women

GGP means the Gender and Governance Programme. It was developed as a follow up to the Engendering Political Process Programme implemented in 2002 to support women to participate actively in 2002 general elections.
The GGP was developed by different stakeholders comprising of women leaders and women centred civil society organisations and supported by the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) and development partners such as the Swedish International Development Agency, the Royal Netherlands Embassy, the Royal Norwegian Embassy and DFID … (full text about the Programme).

Homepage;
News Archives; Discussions; Events; Gallery; Downloads; Links;
Address: GGP USAWA Ni Haki, Makueni Road, Othaya Road, Kileleshwa, P.O Box 20956, 00202 Nairobi, Kenya;
Contacts.

Many Issues, like A new Constitutional Dawn – The Next Steps: After a two decade struggle for a new constitutional dispensation, Kenyans went to the ballot and approved the constitution proposed by the Committee of Experts (COE) into law.  Continuer la lecture de « GGP USAWA Ni Haki – answering to Kenyan Women »