Obituary. Dr. Betty A. Reardon, an exceptional educator and peace activist

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https://doi.org/10.5377/rlpc.v5i9.17087

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Obituary, peace education, peace and conflict studies, gender

Abstract

Betty Reardon (1929-2023): world pioneer of Peace Education and human rights, with a gender focus. Educator and feminist activist, she was founder of the International Institute on Peace Education (IIPE) and promoter of peace education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Promoter of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security, candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize and promoter of multiple processes of transformative education around the world. Her commitment to a dialogic and reciprocal learning approach, centered on reflective educational practices and the feminist postulates that are part of her extensive and precious work, are Betty's legacy to humanity. In memoriam.

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Author Biography

Úrsula Oswald Spring, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México

Investigadora del Centro Regional de Investigaciones Multidisciplinarias-UNAM. Ganó la primera cátedra sobre Vulnerabilidad Social en la Universidad de las Naciones Unidas. Estudió medicina, psicología, filosofía, lenguas, antropología y ecología en Madagascar, Paris, Zúrich y México. Fue Secretaria de Desarrollo Ambiental en Morelos y la primera Procuradora de Ecología. Fue y sigue siendo miembro del IPCC, PINCC, ISSC, IIASA y RIOCC-Adapt de Iberoamérica. Ha escrito 70 libros y 405 artículos científicos/capítulos y obtuvo múltiples premios: 4a década de la ONU, Sor Juana, Mérito Ecológico, Mujer Académica, Women of the Year 2000, Medalla Emiliano Zapata (2016) y el mérito por 50 años de investigación.

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Published

2023-12-05

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Oswald Spring, Úrsula . (2023). Obituary. Dr. Betty A. Reardon, an exceptional educator and peace activist. Latin American Journal of Peace and Conflict Studies, 5(9), 161–165. https://doi.org/10.5377/rlpc.v5i9.17087

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Vol. 5 No. 9 (2024)

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Obituario

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