Founded in 1988, the People's Decade of Human Rights Education
(PDHRE-International) is a non-profit, international service organization
that works directly and indirectly with its network of affiliates —
primarily women's and social justice organizations — to develop and advance
pedagogies for human rights education relevant to people's daily lives in the
context of their struggles for social and economic justice and democracy.
PDHRE's members include experienced educators, human rights experts, United
Nations officials, and world renowned advocates and activists who collaborate to
conceive, initiate, facilitate, and service projects on education in human
rights for social and economic transformation. The organization is dedicated to
publishing and disseminating demand-driven human rights training manuals and
teaching materials, and otherwise servicing grassroots and community groups
engaged in a creative, contextualized process of human rights learning,
reflection, and action. PDHRE views human rights as a value system capable of
strengthening democratic communities and nations through its emphasis on
accountability, reciprocity, and people's equal and informed participation in
the decisions that affect their lives. PDHRE was pivotal in lobbying the United
Nations to found a Decade for Human Rights Education and in drafting and
lobbying for various resolutions by the World Conference on Human Rights, the UN
General Assembly, the UN Human Rights Commission, the UN Treaty Bodies, and the
Fourth World Conference on Women.
The People's Movement for Human Rights Learning website. Non-profit entity with various ongoing projects, seminars, resources. PP.
