With AEGIS TRUST, the center for Didactics has organised
a training of the two-day workshop for PIASS leaders and
students and teachers. The main topic for this workshop was peace awareness and
values education. The workshop has provided the tools and skills needed to
sharpen the minds and hearts of the next generation of peace builders and
ambassadors for sustainable peace and social justice. The training focused on
importing knowledge of Rwanda's history, with particular emphasis on the 1994
genocide of the Tutsi, and equipping these teachers, students and PIASS leaders
with strategies to integrate peace and values education into the classroom.
Beyond the historical perspective, the training also highlighted the role of
gender in peacebuilding. Participants shared their perceptions of gender and
questioned why the concept of gender is synonymous with women. Promoting positive forms of masculinity is an
important contribution to a stable and peaceful future Rwanda, helping to
achieve gender equality and end violence against women and girls.