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Title: Peace
Description: What is peace about?

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PEACE

According to the Oxford dictionary, “peace” is defined as ​a state or period in which
there is no war or a war has ended​
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The issue of war and peace has always been a
focal issue in all periods of history and at all levels relations among nations
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The blood soaked shreds of humanity that lay scattered in several
hundred battle grounds finally made us come conscious to the need of peace in society
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For
example, the United Nations was established as its aim was to ​save succeeding generations from
the scourge of war, twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to humankind and to unite
our strength to maintain international peace and security
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What can be summarised by that? It shows that after educating the people, peace can be
created among people
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This can be proven by the fact that the countries that show that their citizens are educated
show more civilized environment where peace is maintained
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Education has been touted as one of the most powerful tools we can implement in our
global efforts to promote world peace
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Confidence breeds hope
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” Confidence has been defined as the belief that you can succeed at something and a sense
of self assuredness
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This confidence and self
assuredness in turn sparks motivation and optimism—or hope as Confucius says— to work
towards peace
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Independent thinkers tend to try to make sense of the world and draw their own
conclusions instead of blindly following the beliefs of others
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While they are able to understand and adapt to their surroundings, they also obtain
problem solving skills
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Coupled with independent thinking,
these critical thinking skills can lead to innovative solutions and alternatives to violence
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Education builds and enhances communication skills
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This is how communication skills are honed, and
communication is they key to solving conflict
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In a larger scale, educated people are able to relay messages to people all around the world
and make themselves heard
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What was once out of reach for girls
in the remote villages we work with—say becoming a doctor or a lawyer—are now possibilities
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With plenty of employment opportunities, poverty can be
reduced
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This fear can often lead to anger, and anger to
violence
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One study by UNESCO found that income around the world would be 23
percent higher per capita in countries with education for all
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Educated citizens are less likely to stand for government corruption and can spur more
government accountability
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Because educated women are
less likely to support terrorism , they can promote alternatives through politics
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According to a ​survey​, uneducated
women are more likely to support militancy and terrorism, and educated women are less likely
than their educated male peers to support this way of life
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It also enables better leader to be formed which will make
the certain country politically, economically and socially stable
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The Human Rights conventions declare that
“Education must prepare a child for responsible life and effective participation in a free society
in a spirit of understanding, peace, tolerance, equality of sexes and friendships among all
peoples, ethnic, national and religious groups and persons of indigenous origin
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And they may be more accepting of others and less likely to solve
problems with violence
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For example, in the classroom,
students learn to respect their teachers and their peers
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Perhaps this learned respect for other humans can be practiced on a global scale,
where there’s a respect for each and every life, not just those who share the same religious
beliefs and backgrounds
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Education is actually simple
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Title: Peace
Description: What is peace about?