The conference successfully engaged students and teachers from Canada, Germany and the United States, in transformative intercultural dialogue that lead to individual and collective action to contribute to a global culture of peace and human rights.

UNESCO: EDUCATION

Human rights groups have said Israel's measures are tantamount to collective punishment against Palestinians in Gaza.

BBC: Israel lifts ban on gravel imports into Gaza

And all the girls kidnapped and trafficked in every part of the globe who are in a battle for their lives and their freedom and their voices and their human rights are dying for us to wake up and say a collective, binding NO and cradle them back to safety and hope.

FORBES: What Women are Really Negotiating for on International Women's Day 2011