Learning to teach human rights for social change

Three members of the Network will participate in this year’s International Human Rights Training Program (IHRTP) in Montreal from June 14 to July 3, 2009. The IHRTP is organized by Equitas, a world-renowned organization devoted to human rights education.  Now in its 30th year, this annual three-week education event brings together over 120 participants from approximately 60 countries.

Amine Boumahdi from the Delegation at the Université Mohammed V-Souissi in Morocco, Hannah Watler from the University of Vancouver Island Delegation in Canada, and Nadia Bassinga from the Delegation at the Université de Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso will represent the Network at the IHRTP.

At the Network, we are thrilled that three of our members will have this unique opportunity to deepen their understanding of human rights and of the essential role of human rights education in effecting social change.