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SUMMARY:YFK Announces A Painting Competition To Highlight HR Violations in IIOJK
DESCRIPTION:Islamabad: YFK-International Kashmir Lobby Group is organizing a Painting competition on 5th August\, 2023. The purpose of this competition is to portray the atrocities of India over people of IIOJK after the abrogation of article 375 and 35 A. The theme of the painting should encompass the sufferings and calamities faced by the Kashmiris due to revocation of articles. It should stress over the exploitation of the rights and Kashmiris being victims of the Indians forces brutal actions as the consequences of the abrogation. “IIOJK- A land in Chains\, torn childhood\, unheard cries and eternal waiting can be prominent topics. The competition aims to highlight the oppressive actions taken by the India to exploit the human rights. YFK encourages all age groups to step forward and participate in the competition to express solidarity through this act of support and to honor their struggles. The paintings would be displayed in renowned Art gallery in Islamabad. The first prize winner will be awarded with PKP 30\,000 second 20\,000 and third 10\,000. Interested peers should register themselves through the link given at the end. Send your paintings prior to 25th July\, 2023. \nRegistration Link: https://forms.gle/FbQKhgnAwLK9iYXq9 \nSend your paintings at; House No. 567\, Street No. 109\, I-8/4 Islamabad Pakistan \nContact us: 0321-5274647 /03155216152
URL:https://yfk.org.pk/event/yfk-announces-a-painting-competition-to-highlight-hr-violations-in-iiojk/
LOCATION:Islamabad\, 567\, Street 109\, I-8/4\, Islamabad\, Islamabad\, Islamabad\, 44000\, Pakistan
CATEGORIES:Azad kashmir,Kashmir
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SUMMARY:International Women's Day Documentary Competition | March 08\, 2023
DESCRIPTION:In commemoration of International Women’s Day 2023\, YFK-International Kashmir Lobby Group is organizing a video/documentary competition on the themes related to Kashmiri women’s problems and resilience. Judgment criteria for the competition is the originality of the content and creativity. The submission deadline is 5th March 2023. \nTheme: \n\nDifficulties faced by Kashmiri women (insecurity\, fears\, vulnerability\, etc.)\nChallenges specific to women in Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (half-widows\, women journalism\, resilience\, struggle\, etc.)\n\nInstructions: \n\nCreativity\, critical thinking\, and graphic design.\nParticipants can cover the story of a real-life case study of women as a documentary\, record a tablo related to the theme; make a video from online material that goes in line with the required theme\, etc.\nTime span: Min. 60 sec. to the max. 150 sec.
URL:https://yfk.org.pk/event/international-womens-day-documentary-competition-march-08-2023/
LOCATION:Islamabad
CATEGORIES:Kashmir,Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:CRITICAL THINKING UNDER FIRE: UPHOLDING ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN THE CLASSROOM: PANEL DISCUSSION AND Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Across the globe efforts are intensifying to censor study of controversial issues\, notably those dealing with the study of racism and cultural diversity in public education. Providing education on these subjects is critical to confronting and dismantling systemic racism and building literacy on gender\, sexuality\, and identity diversity. These are core concepts embedded in human rights that are supported by international human rights guiding principles and standards. \nIn the US\, a handful of states have recently passed legislation limiting or banning these subject areas and establishing punitive actions against educators who are seen as introducing these concepts into the classroom. \nIn this session we will hear from a panel of individuals who will help us to better understand the polarization of education in the US\, how “divisive concepts” and CRT bans are being used to censor academic freedoms and penalize educators for doing their job to teach critical thinking. Join us and share your questions and thoughts about the role of the human rights community in this national discourse. \nSpeakers: \nAstha Bhandari is a senior in high school and Amnesty International USA’s Legislative Coordinator for North Carolina. Astha is active with her school’s Amnesty International Student Group and is advocating in her school for greater academic freedom in the classroom. \nMatthew Hawn: For 16 years\, Matthew taught Economics\, Contemporary Issues\, and Personal Finance at Sullivan Central High School. On May 5\, 2021\, the Sullivan County Department of Education dismissed Matthew for teaching racial justice in his contemporary issues course. He is appealing the dismissal to the Sullivan County Chancery Court. \nRead more about Matt here: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/08/matt-hawn-tennessee-teacher-fired-white-privilege/619770/ \nChristine Emeran is director of the Youth Free Expression Program at the New York based non-profit\, National Coalition Against Censorship (ncac.org). She writes on contemporary issues about young people\, social media and social movements in the U.S. and Western/Eastern Europe. Dr. Emeran is the author of New Generation Political Activism in Ukraine 2000–2014 (Routledge\, 2018) and a book chapter titled “The March for Our Lives Movement in the USA: Generational Change and the Personalization of Protest” featured in a global social movement book series\, When Students Protest: Secondary and High Schools (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers\, 2021). An international researcher as well as an academic\, Dr. Emeran has taught political theory and sociology at Manhattan College\, NY\, St. John’s University\, NY\, and Sciences Po Paris\, France. She received her PhD in sociology from the New School for Social Research. Her current research focuses on global social movements\, social media and disinformation. \nJack L. Nelson: Distinguished Professor of Education\, emeritus\, Rutgers University. Co-author\, Critical Issues in Education\, 16 other books. Former professor\, CSU\, Los Angeles\, University of Buffalo; Visiting scholar\, Cambridge University\, Stanford\, Berkeley\, Sydney\, others. Former member\, AAUP Committee A (academic freedom)\, NCSS Academic Freedom Committee\, ACLU New Jersey board. Member\, Amnesty International. \nDr. India Thusi is a Professor of Law at the Indiana University Bloomington Maurer School of Law and a Senior Scientist at the Kinsey Institute. Her research examines racial and sexual hierarchies as they relate to policing\, race\, sexuality\, and gender. She was selected as a Fulbright U.S. Global Scholar for 2020-2023. Her past work has been selected for the 2020 Stanford/Harvard/Yale Junior Faculty Forum; Honorable Mention for the Law & Society John Hope Franklin Award; and the 2021 Equality Law Scholars’ Forum. Professor Thusi is an award-winning writer and scholar\, and she was recognized as a Top 40 Rising Young Lawyer by the American Bar Association in 2019 and a Top 40 Under 40 Emory University Alum in 2020.
URL:https://yfk.org.pk/event/critical-thinking-under-fire-upholding-academic-freedom-in-the-classroom-panel-discussion-and-qa-3/
LOCATION:Giga Mall\, DHA phase 2\, Rawalpindi\, Punjab\, Pakistan
CATEGORIES:Kashmir
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SUMMARY:CRITICAL THINKING UNDER FIRE: UPHOLDING ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN THE CLASSROOM: PANEL DISCUSSION AND Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Across the globe efforts are intensifying to censor study of controversial issues\, notably those dealing with the study of racism and cultural diversity in public education. Providing education on these subjects is critical to confronting and dismantling systemic racism and building literacy on gender\, sexuality\, and identity diversity. These are core concepts embedded in human rights that are supported by international human rights guiding principles and standards. \nIn the US\, a handful of states have recently passed legislation limiting or banning these subject areas and establishing punitive actions against educators who are seen as introducing these concepts into the classroom. \nIn this session we will hear from a panel of individuals who will help us to better understand the polarization of education in the US\, how “divisive concepts” and CRT bans are being used to censor academic freedoms and penalize educators for doing their job to teach critical thinking. Join us and share your questions and thoughts about the role of the human rights community in this national discourse. \nSpeakers: \nAstha Bhandari is a senior in high school and Amnesty International USA’s Legislative Coordinator for North Carolina. Astha is active with her school’s Amnesty International Student Group and is advocating in her school for greater academic freedom in the classroom. \nMatthew Hawn: For 16 years\, Matthew taught Economics\, Contemporary Issues\, and Personal Finance at Sullivan Central High School. On May 5\, 2021\, the Sullivan County Department of Education dismissed Matthew for teaching racial justice in his contemporary issues course. He is appealing the dismissal to the Sullivan County Chancery Court. \nRead more about Matt here: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/08/matt-hawn-tennessee-teacher-fired-white-privilege/619770/ \nChristine Emeran is director of the Youth Free Expression Program at the New York based non-profit\, National Coalition Against Censorship (ncac.org). She writes on contemporary issues about young people\, social media and social movements in the U.S. and Western/Eastern Europe. Dr. Emeran is the author of New Generation Political Activism in Ukraine 2000–2014 (Routledge\, 2018) and a book chapter titled “The March for Our Lives Movement in the USA: Generational Change and the Personalization of Protest” featured in a global social movement book series\, When Students Protest: Secondary and High Schools (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers\, 2021). An international researcher as well as an academic\, Dr. Emeran has taught political theory and sociology at Manhattan College\, NY\, St. John’s University\, NY\, and Sciences Po Paris\, France. She received her PhD in sociology from the New School for Social Research. Her current research focuses on global social movements\, social media and disinformation. \nJack L. Nelson: Distinguished Professor of Education\, emeritus\, Rutgers University. Co-author\, Critical Issues in Education\, 16 other books. Former professor\, CSU\, Los Angeles\, University of Buffalo; Visiting scholar\, Cambridge University\, Stanford\, Berkeley\, Sydney\, others. Former member\, AAUP Committee A (academic freedom)\, NCSS Academic Freedom Committee\, ACLU New Jersey board. Member\, Amnesty International. \nDr. India Thusi is a Professor of Law at the Indiana University Bloomington Maurer School of Law and a Senior Scientist at the Kinsey Institute. Her research examines racial and sexual hierarchies as they relate to policing\, race\, sexuality\, and gender. She was selected as a Fulbright U.S. Global Scholar for 2020-2023. Her past work has been selected for the 2020 Stanford/Harvard/Yale Junior Faculty Forum; Honorable Mention for the Law & Society John Hope Franklin Award; and the 2021 Equality Law Scholars’ Forum. Professor Thusi is an award-winning writer and scholar\, and she was recognized as a Top 40 Rising Young Lawyer by the American Bar Association in 2019 and a Top 40 Under 40 Emory University Alum in 2020.
URL:https://yfk.org.pk/event/critical-thinking-under-fire-upholding-academic-freedom-in-the-classroom-panel-discussion-and-qa/
LOCATION:Jasim Arcade\, bahria town phase 7\, Rawalpindi\, Punjab\, Pakistan
CATEGORIES:Virtual Event
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SUMMARY:CRITICAL THINKING UNDER FIRE: UPHOLDING ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN THE CLASSROOM: PANEL DISCUSSION AND Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Across the globe efforts are intensifying to censor study of controversial issues\, notably those dealing with the study of racism and cultural diversity in public education. Providing education on these subjects is critical to confronting and dismantling systemic racism and building literacy on gender\, sexuality\, and identity diversity. These are core concepts embedded in human rights that are supported by international human rights guiding principles and standards. \nIn the US\, a handful of states have recently passed legislation limiting or banning these subject areas and establishing punitive actions against educators who are seen as introducing these concepts into the classroom. \nIn this session we will hear from a panel of individuals who will help us to better understand the polarization of education in the US\, how “divisive concepts” and CRT bans are being used to censor academic freedoms and penalize educators for doing their job to teach critical thinking. Join us and share your questions and thoughts about the role of the human rights community in this national discourse. \nSpeakers: \nAstha Bhandari is a senior in high school and Amnesty International USA’s Legislative Coordinator for North Carolina. Astha is active with her school’s Amnesty International Student Group and is advocating in her school for greater academic freedom in the classroom. \nMatthew Hawn: For 16 years\, Matthew taught Economics\, Contemporary Issues\, and Personal Finance at Sullivan Central High School. On May 5\, 2021\, the Sullivan County Department of Education dismissed Matthew for teaching racial justice in his contemporary issues course. He is appealing the dismissal to the Sullivan County Chancery Court. \nRead more about Matt here: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/08/matt-hawn-tennessee-teacher-fired-white-privilege/619770/ \nChristine Emeran is director of the Youth Free Expression Program at the New York based non-profit\, National Coalition Against Censorship (ncac.org). She writes on contemporary issues about young people\, social media and social movements in the U.S. and Western/Eastern Europe. Dr. Emeran is the author of New Generation Political Activism in Ukraine 2000–2014 (Routledge\, 2018) and a book chapter titled “The March for Our Lives Movement in the USA: Generational Change and the Personalization of Protest” featured in a global social movement book series\, When Students Protest: Secondary and High Schools (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers\, 2021). An international researcher as well as an academic\, Dr. Emeran has taught political theory and sociology at Manhattan College\, NY\, St. John’s University\, NY\, and Sciences Po Paris\, France. She received her PhD in sociology from the New School for Social Research. Her current research focuses on global social movements\, social media and disinformation. \nJack L. Nelson: Distinguished Professor of Education\, emeritus\, Rutgers University. Co-author\, Critical Issues in Education\, 16 other books. Former professor\, CSU\, Los Angeles\, University of Buffalo; Visiting scholar\, Cambridge University\, Stanford\, Berkeley\, Sydney\, others. Former member\, AAUP Committee A (academic freedom)\, NCSS Academic Freedom Committee\, ACLU New Jersey board. Member\, Amnesty International. \nDr. India Thusi is a Professor of Law at the Indiana University Bloomington Maurer School of Law and a Senior Scientist at the Kinsey Institute. Her research examines racial and sexual hierarchies as they relate to policing\, race\, sexuality\, and gender. She was selected as a Fulbright U.S. Global Scholar for 2020-2023. Her past work has been selected for the 2020 Stanford/Harvard/Yale Junior Faculty Forum; Honorable Mention for the Law & Society John Hope Franklin Award; and the 2021 Equality Law Scholars’ Forum. Professor Thusi is an award-winning writer and scholar\, and she was recognized as a Top 40 Rising Young Lawyer by the American Bar Association in 2019 and a Top 40 Under 40 Emory University Alum in 2020.
URL:https://yfk.org.pk/event/critical-thinking-under-fire-upholding-academic-freedom-in-the-classroom-panel-discussion-and-qa-2/
LOCATION:Jasim Arcade\, bahria town phase 7\, Rawalpindi\, Punjab\, Pakistan
CATEGORIES:Azad kashmir
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