Human Rights Education Associates

Early registration deadline for January-April 2015 courses on human rights, humanitarian action

Upcoming HREA Courses and Training Opportunities

New e-learning courses on human rights, disaster relief and humanitarian action
Spotlight: Open e-course ‘Sphere Handbook in Action’
1 December is the early registration deadline for e-learning courses offered in January-April 2015. Register and pay by the deadline and save $100!

E-learning courses on human rights, disaster relief and humanitarian action (January-April 2015)

In HREA’s upcoming e-learning courses on human rights, disaster relief and humanitarian aid, you can:

learn about the legal frameworks protecting and governing education in emergencies;
understand resilience as a framework within humanitarian action from a rights-based perspective;
identify and begin to practice leadership skills in the humanitarian sector.

These 6-week instructor-led courses are intended for humanitarian workers, staff of development and civil society organizations, child rights advocates and all those interested in promoting and protecting human rights in humanitarian action.

Each course involves approximately 30 hours of reading, discussion, webinars, written assignment(s) and quizzes. Case studies will be used to enable interactive learning and activities. Students who successfully complete a course will receive a Certificate of Participation.

Education in Emergencies (14 January-24 February 2015)
Effective Leadership for Humanitarian Action and Social Change (4 February-17 March 2015)
International Humanitarian Law (Foundation Course) (11 February-24 March 2015)
Resilience, Humanitarian Action and Human Development (4 March-14 April 2015)

Learn more about the HREA Disaster Relief and Humanitarian Aid Training Programme>>

Spotlight: E-course ‘Sphere Handbook in Action’

This self-directed course will help you explore and put into practice the Sphere Project’s Humanitarian Charter and Minimum Standards in Humanitarian Response, which defines the principles, rights and standards that should be applied to all humanitarian work.

After taking this course, you will be able to:

explain the Sphere principles and standards;
understand minimum standards in education, livelihoods and early recovery and cross-cutting themes in areas such as gender and disaster risk reduction;
learn how to apply Sphere principles and standards to disaster and conflict situations.

This course is available in English and will soon be available in Arabic, French and Spanish.

You can join this course or any of our other open courses by joining HREA’s Human Rights Campus. Join the Human Rights Campus>>

December 1 early registration deadline for January-April 2015 e-learning courses

Save $100 if you sign up and pay by 1 December 2014 for the following e-learning courses:

14 January-24 February 2015

– Child Safeguarding

– Education in Emergencies

28 January-14 April 2015

Gender Mainstreaming (Gender Equality-Advanced Course)

28 January-10 March 2015

Migration and Asylum (Foundation Course)

4 February-3 March 2015