Art & Culture, International Day, Short < 10m, Teaching Resource
Sue DiCicco, founder of Armed with the Arts, Inc. demonstrates how to create an origami crane for the Peace Crane...
International Day, Peace, Teaching Resource, Video
As a symbol of peace, an origami crane with a personal message is either given to a friend or left in a public place. This is the peace crane project—an initiative first spearheaded to celebrate the United Nations International Day of Peace. The project...Child Rights, Education, Human Rights, International Day, Safety, Website
Just two years ago, the UN declared October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child to raise awareness about all issues concerning gender inequality around the world. It’s a day when activist groups come together under the same goal to highlight, discuss, and...
Child Rights, Education, Human Rights, International Day, Medium < 30m, TED, Video
Kakenya Ntaiya made a deal with her father: She would undergo the traditional Maasai rite of passage of female circumcision if he would let her go to high school. Ntaiya tells the fearless story of continuing on to college, and of working with her village elders to...
Child Rights, Education, International Day, Literacy, Medium < 30m, TED, Video
Imagine a country where girls must sneak out to go to school, with deadly consequences if they get caught learning. This was Afghanistan under the Taliban, and traces of that danger remain today. 22-year-old Shabana Basij-Rasikh runs a school for girls in Afghanistan....
Child Rights, Education, International Day, Medium < 30m, TED, Video
Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee has two powerful stories to tell — of her own life’s transformation, and of the untapped potential of girls around the world. Can we transform the world by unlocking the greatness of...