The United Nations Institute of Training and Research and Empower School of Health are pleased to inform you that applications are now open for our MSc and PGD in Global Health Procurement and Supply Chain Management (PSM).

Immerse yourself in gaining extensive opportunities with an MSc and PGD in Global Health Procurement and Supply Chain Management, where health and human rights intersect seamlessly. Enrich your understanding of Global Health Procurement and Supply Chain Management and make a meaningful difference in your career. Our programs uniquely offer:

• Consultancy and Placement Support

Empower supports its 10,000+ strong alumni with internships, consultancies, and new job openings through its network. Our alumni have led to innovative paths working at UN agencies and Ministries of Health on supply chain projects including, strategy, policy, assessment, data analysis, LMIS projects, market research, and more.

• Technical Assistance

Enrolled students will receive on-the-job Technical Assistance through our remote digital network and platform. This academic and technical support from Empower’s global mentors will provide students with extensive use of practical exercises and global case studies to learn from.

For more information about The Master of Science in Global Health Procurement and Supply Chain Management – 24-month programme please click here.

For more information about The Post Graduate Diploma in Global Health Procurement and Supply Chain Management please click here.

Early Enrolment Scholarship for Jan 2024 Batch:

✓ Scholarship Period: 1st Nov – 20th Nov 2023
✓ Scholarship Amount: 20% off on MSc and PGD in English & French Language

Don’t miss your opportunity with this limited-time offer for Early Enrolment Scholarship! Invest in your future, and secure your spot today!

If you have any questions on these programs related to content or scholarships, please contact our colleagues at Empower School of Health at info@empowerschoolofhealth.org.

The following tutored e-learning courses will be offered by HREA in 2023.  

• Curriculum Development for SDG 4.7: Human Rights, Global Citizenship and ESD (October 25 – December 5, 2023)

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The following tutored e-learning courses are offered by HREA’s sister organization Human Rights Campus.

• Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (October 4-31, 2023)
• Effective Leadership for Humanitarian Action and Social Change (October 11 – November 21, 2023)
• Digital Security and Privacy in the Post-COVID-19 Era (November 8 – December 5, 2023)
• Promoting Migrant and Refugee Integration (November 1 – December 12, 2023)

Participants in Learning for Justice Virtual Professional Learning Cohorts (PLCs) engage in six months of learning with educators across the United States who are committed to creating inclusive, liberatory and just educational experiences for young people. Virtual Cohorts provide educators, free of charge, the chance to deeply engage with LFJ materials, collaborate with small groups of other educators from across the country and gain insights and feedback on implementation.

After six months of learning in community, including seven synchronous sessions via Zoom, educators will present their implementation plans at a virtual Showcase.

The 2023-2024 Virtual PLCs will focus on the following LFJ resources:

• Critical Practices for Social Justice Education
  • For information about Critical Practices cohorts, including schedules and requirements, view the syllabus here.
• Teaching Hard History: American Slavery
  • For information about Teaching Hard History cohorts, including schedules and requirements, view the syllabus here.

Applications close: September 17, 2023

Eligibility Requirements: 

1. To be considered for a Virtual PLC, applicants must be an educator who will implement the relevant LFJ resources with PK-5 or 6-12 students (for example, through a classroom, higher education, non-profit or museum setting, etc.) or who directly teaches or manages other adult educators who will implement the resources with students.
2. Educators across the United States are encouraged to apply, but there will be preference given to those teaching in Southern Poverty Law Center states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana and Mississippi. 

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Human Rights Education Amnesty International team offers two new online courses to combat gender-based violence.

The first course, “Combatting Gender-based Violence Online,” takes approximately 90 minutes to complete and is available in English, French, Spanish, Italian, and Polish. It covers the impact of technology on gender-based violence and the importance of creating safe and inclusive online spaces. https://academy.amnesty.org/…/combating-gender-based…

The second course, “Confronting and Countering Gender-based Violence,” takes approximately 90 minutes to complete and is available in English, French, Spanish, Hungarian, Slovenian, and Polish. Through real-world examples and interactive activities, learners will explore the root causes, impacts, and consequences of gender-based violence. https://academy.amnesty.org/…/confronting-and…

Both courses are free and accessible to learners of all backgrounds and experience levels.

Annual reports from NEA examine educator pay and school funding from pre-K through college. They reveal an alarming trend of decreased educator pay and inadequate investment in public schools and universities as teacher turnover has hit historic highs.

The reports, released by the National Education Association, show a perfect storm brewing as educator shortages continue to grip schools nationwide. >> Access resource

The Flint Water Crisis is one of the most egregious examples of environmental racism in recent memory.

Flint is not anomalous. In every corner of the country poor people and people of color are disproportionately burdened by environmental contamination — in their neighborhoods, schools, and homes.

Drawing from three recent real-world case studies (Flint, Michigan; Newark, New Jersey; and Jackson, Mississippi), we introduce a new mixer activity (suitable for middle and high school students) that surfaces both the causes and consequences of environmental racism. 

This lesson, by Matt Reed and Ursula Wolfe-Rocca, is described in the Spring issue of Rethinking Schools magazine.

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The book was written by Felisa Tibbitts, Chair in Human Rights Education in the Department of Law, Economics and Governance at Utrecht University, Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University, and UNESCO Chair in Human Rights and Higher Education.

Find the handbook here

This handbook is intended for use by university administrators, faculty, students, and higher education partners. The main aim of the handbook is to shine a light on the ways in which teaching and learning processes can be designed to reflect and promote human rights. We explore these opportunities through HRBA principles as well as examples from practice. In addition to addressing these practice-oriented aspects of HRBA, the handbook touches upon the premise of the university as a duty bearer, and the targets and potential processes of reform within the university itself. How can the university revitalize its mission to promote social justice in way that is meaningful and lasting? What would it look like to have a HRBA within a university?

“The human rights-based approach is a frame that allows us to apply human rights standards and norms holistically to education. I am grateful that RWI supported my developing this handbook for clinical legal education programming and I hope that its sections on human rights education and higher education strategies for change will be broadly useful for the higher education community. The time has come for us to explore what it means for the university to be a human rights actor” – Felisa Tibbitts