Peace Network Pakistan(PNP)
In Pakistan, a country of over 180 million people and hundreds of open conflicts, subjects such as human rights, peace education, conflict resolution and so on are not part of the formal curriculum in educational institutions largely. Some public sector universities, NGO’s and some committed individuals are working in this area but their work in peace education is not integrated yet. This is a challenge they have taken on in the very recent years- and on a small and localized scale. A fundamental problem with the current approach to peace education is that a large part of the efforts is poster-slogan driven with least amount of interactions.
To share the experience and increase the impact of the work, PEAD will work closely with the government’s education departments, INGO’s, NGO’s, media, religious sector and other stakeholders in the field of peace building through the newly created Peace Network Pakistan. Peace Education And Development (PEAD) Foundation takes pride in having launched such an initiative - Peace Network Pakistan (PNP) - in collaboration with Save The Children, Sweden. The network aims to provide to all those NGO’s and civil society activists working on peace initiatives a platform to sharing their experiences and become part of an informed debate on peace-building and promotion, with the ultimate objective of creating counter narrative to tackle radicalization, religious extremism and violence in the society. For further details visit www.peacenetworkpakistan.org.pk