Women, war and peace
Zainab Salbi
TEDGlobal 2011 – Women, wartime and the dream of peace
What are the stories beyond the frontlines of war? Who are the women who keep everyday life going during conflicts?
Zainab Salbi tells powerful “backline” stories and calls for women to have a place at the negotiating table once fighting is over.
Link to TED video presentation here
Impacts of economic inequality
Richard Wilkinson
TED Blog – How economic inequality harms societies
Author of The Spirit Level discusses data on economic inequality and the effects of this health, lifespan, and trust for those at both ends of the socioeconomic spectrum.
Recorded at TEDGlobal 2011.
Taking action for peace
Jody Williams
TED Talks – A realistic vision for world peace
What is peace? How do people take creative and courageous actions to work for peace? Nobel Peace laureate Jody Williams worked towards eradicating landmines. She gives clear and practical examples of actions taken throughout the world.
Attending to nonviolence
Julia Bacha
TED Talks – Pay attention to nonviolence
Do we pay attention to nonviolent actions or only violent actions? Brazilian filmmaker Julia Bacha talks about the 10-month nonviolent protest to stop a barrier being built across olive groves in the Palestinian village of Budrus in 2003. She argues the need to value nonviolence and to make nonviolent leaders and actions more visible in the media.
International Day of Peace
Jeremy Gilley
TED Talk – One Day of Peace
Find out how the International Day of Peace started and how to create peace one day. Jeremy Gilley talks about how he made his idea a reality to influence children’s and adults’ lives throughout the world even in war-torn regions.
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Find out more about the International Day of Peace and how to reduce violence globally.
Food as a weapon of war?
Josette Sheeran
TED Global 2011 – Ending Hunger Now
The head of the UN’s World Food Program talks about access to food, hunger, starvation, and the use of food as a weapon of war. Her vision is “Food is one issue that cannot be solved person by person. We have to stand together”.
TED Video Presentations
James Nachtwey
TED Prize – Searing Photographs of Violence
These extraordinary photographs document the impacts of wars, conflicts and critical social issues. WARNING The talk contains graphic images of violence.
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Zoe Weil
TEDxDirigo – The world becomes what you teach
Institute for Humane Education talks about creating a just, compassionate health world through solutionary education.
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The Institute for Humane Education
Institute for Humane Education videos
John Hunter
TEDTalks – The World Peace Game
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A note from John Hunter after his talk
World Peace and Other 4th-Grade Achievements – The documentary
