ES Sustainable Development Goals: 16. Peace & Justice

The escalation of conflict in Ukraine has caused civilian casualties and destruction of civilian infrastructure, forcing people to flee their homes seeking safety, protection and assistance. In the first five weeks, more than four million refugees from Ukraine crossed borders into neighbouring countries, and many more have been forced to move inside the country.

Peace Action works for smarter approaches to global problems. If we want to address problems like war, the nuclear threat, poverty, climate change, and terrorism – the U.S. needs to work together, cooperatively, with other nations. We also need to overcome the partisan politics and divisive rhetoric that often drown out alternatives to war.

olence is a complex concept. Violence is often understood as the use or threat of force that can result in injury, harm, deprivation or even death. It may be physical, verbal or psychological. The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines violence as "intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment or deprivation".1

Peace Direct is an international charity dedicated to stopping wars, one person at a time. In conflict zones around the world, we support local people to stop violence and build long term peace.

A 25-year-old in Yemen today has already lived through 15 major conflicts and wars. The current civil war in Yemen has resulted in more than 10,000 deaths, displaced more than 2.8 million people, and left close to 20 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.

War & armed conflict causes a significant loss to human life and is a major cause of disability worldwide. In addition to those hurt & killed as a direct result of violent conflict, a vast amount of people are also negatively impacted by the wider effect of war on global health.

Critically, environmental damage has implications for people, as well as ecosystems. This means that protecting civilians first requires that we protect the environment that they depend upon.

The third and final report of the Impact of War trilogy series. The report, Assessing the Impact of War in Yemen: Pathways for Recovery, continues to apply integrated modeling techniques to better understand the dynamics of the conflict and its impact on development in Yemen.

In 1996, Graca Machel, an advocate for human rights, wrote an extensive report for United Nations on the effects of armed conflicts on children, urging for better recognition of violation of human rights of children and young people and establishment of the protective measures in conflict areas.

“Twenty-five years ago, Graça Machel released her report to the United Nations, ‘The impact of war on children’, which urged the international community to take concrete action to protect children from the scourge of war and called on the United Nations and the global community to act to protect children.

Among the consequences of war, the impact on the mental health of the civilian population is one of the most significant. Studies of the general population show a definite increase in the incidence and prevalence of mental disorders. Women are more affected than men. Other vulnerable groups are children, the elderly and the disabled. Looks at various wars and consequences.

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How many people live in Italy? What's the political system in Lithuania? And what is the capital of Cyprus called? Find the answers to these questions and many more in the updated version of 'The European Union - Facts and figures'.

Two Vermont students have made it their mission to help Syrians who remain in the war-torn country.

In their latest article, school psychologists Barrett and Vyas explain why a teacher saying, “I treat all of my students the same” is not always a positive statement.

Students at The Earth School took action against the exclusionary practices of a popular educational website, BrainPOP. They worked on a video and website to convince BrainPOP to include the LGBT rights movement in their menu of topics!

Examine the place of social justice in education, issues surrounding social justice, and how educators handle these important ideals. Discover what social justice is and explore hard conversations, attending to inequality, action projects, and remaining attuned.

Social justice seeks to create equal political, economic, and social rights for all people. Learn the definition of social justice, explore its main issues and problems, and then review examples of social justice at work in society.

How do Russia’s reasons for war stack up? An expert on ‘just war’ explains

Just war theory is an ethical framework used to determine when it is permissible to go to war.

Follow the chapters 1,2,3... for an overview of Why War? as part of an online course.

Nations go to war for a variety of reasons. It has been argued that a nation will go to war if the benefits of war are deemed to outweigh the disadvantages, and if there is a sense that there is not another mutually agreeable solution.