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Sharing of ongoing projects, partnerships, implementation and follow up in the area of Human Rights with children and young people.

Registration by invitation, to previous VoteDHr trainees in the area of Human Rights for teachers and educators. If you have not attended the training and the event is relevant - email votedhr@ces.uc.pt and explain to us the relevance of your participation.

Limited availability, with priority given to former VoteDHr trainees. 

Trainers' Bio notes

Carla Luís is the coordinator of VOTEdhr - Elections, Democracy and Human Rights. She is a post-doctoral researcher at CES - Centre for Social Studies. She has a Master's degree in Human Rights and Democratisation (EIUC) and a degree in Law from FDUNL. She has worked in the area of Elections and Democracy, with international and national institutions. She has a PhD from the University of Coimbra, with a thesis on the UN and the impact of electoral systems. She was a researcher in The Electoral Integrity Project (Univs. Sydney/Harvard) and worked with UNDP as a legal adviser on elections, among others. Member of the National Electoral Commission since 2009. Co-author of several annotated electoral laws, among others. Lecturer in the area of Electoral Observation, Electoral Justice, among others. Certified BRIDGE trainer.

Diana Silva | Degree in Nursing, collaborated in development cooperation missions in East Timor and Sao Tome and Principe, covering the monitoring of health policies in community services and training of health personnel. In Portugal she worked in a risk reduction centre for people who use drugs and coordinated projects in the area of community health, including the promotion of access to health services by the migrant population. She is a Human Rights and Citizenship Education facilitator. She has collaborated in the Human Rights Education Programme SOMOS of the Lisbon City Council and in the project EAThink - Eat Local, Think Global, promoted by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, among others. In 2017 she founded the Pirilamp@s Yoga & Meditation educational project, aimed at children and young people, with the goal of developing social-emotional resources in healthy bodies through yoga, meditation and emotional intelligence.