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	PEACE EDUCATION Culture of Peace: Interview with Mr. Federico Mayor Zaragoza	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Women and poverty: the hidden face of violence with social consent (India)	HUMAN RIGHTS Saudi Arabia: Activists Challenging Status Quo	WOMEN'S EQUALITY In Cambodia, the women are saying "No!"
	DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION CDVR : National Reconciliation Process / release of initial recommendations (Côte d\'Ivoire)	TOLERANCE & SOLIDARITY Kpalimé, Togo: Muslim Imans Train for Peace and Nonviolence	FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION UN Secretary General's Statement on the death of Nelson Mandela	DISARMAMANT & SECURITY Peace Operations and Conflict Management
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	GLOBAL Beyond Classic Disney: 5 Great Animated Kids' Films Without the Racial Stereotypes Here are five Disney films that have found controversy over the years, and five films to consider in their place Click here to read other articles on a global scale.	AFRICA Tunisia: Equality of Women and Men in New Consitution Earlier, the plenary had adopted on Monday, January 6, Article 20 which states that "citizens have the same rights and duties. They are equal before the law without discrimination." Click here to read other articles from Africa.	ARAB STATES AND MIDDLE EAST Tunisie : La parité homme/ Femme inscrite dans la constitution Pour rappel, la plénière a adopté le lundi 06 janvier l’article 20 qui stipule que "les citoyens et citoyennes ont les mêmes droits et devoirs. Ils sont égaux devant la loi, sans discrimination aucune" Click here to read other articles from Arab States and the Middle East.	EUROPE Launch of the website Discover Peace in Europe discover - or rediscover - the culture of peace and nonviolence in our cities Click here to read other articles from Europe.
	EAST ASIA AND AUSTRALIA/PACIFIC In Cambodia, the women are saying, “No!” women have been the heart of the Boeung Kak lake pro-democracy, women’s rights, community rights, land rights movements Click here to read other articles from East Asia and Australia/Pacific.	SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA Polio: The Human Race Reached a Huge Milestone Today . . . Over 2 million people were hired as Polio workers . . . to make sure that even the most hard-to-reach communities were brought the vaccine. It was a massive undertaking, logistically, politically and financially — and it worked. Click here to read other articles from South and Central Asia.	LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN Taguatinga Film Festival accepting registration until the 30th ( Brazil ) This year the central theme of the festival is the diffusion of the culture of peace, through discussion of good social interaction, ecology, humanization of cities and urban and social kindness. Click here to read other articles from Latin America and Caribbean.	NORTH AMERICA Frédéric Back, Director of "The Man Who Planted Trees" politically engaged art is both possible and worthwhile Click here to read other articles from North America.