On 8 March 2018, at the margins of the 37th Human Rights Council session, Arigatou International Geneva office co-organised a side-event titled Ending Violence in Early Childhood: Working Together with Religious Communities, together with the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence Against Children, the World Council of Churches, World Vision, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization.
The side-event was co-sponsored by the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations in Geneva, the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Morocco, the Permanent Mission of Uruguay, the Permanent Mission of Mexico, and the Permanent Mission of Slovenia to the United Nations.
Around 65 participants, including representatives of the Permanent Missions in Geneva and civil society organizations, engaged in reflections about the impact of violence on early childhood and the need and importance of addressing its causes; looking at how religious communities could help challenging social and cultural norms that justify violence in child bringing. The panelists shared good practices from the Eastern Orthodox Church and examples of the leadership of H. E. the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew; as well as practical examples from Islamic Relief and UNICEF collaborations with faith-based organizations in different parts of the world.
The need to increase investment and ensure the inclusion of religious communities and faith-based actors in programs and in collaborations with government actors were also discussed. It was emphasized the need to continue prioritizing laws to ban corporal punishment and provide interventions that look holistically to early childhood development.
We kindly invite you to read the report.
In peace,
Maria Lucia Uribe
Director,
Arigatou International Geneva
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REPORT
37th HRC Side Event
Ending Violence in Early Childhood
- Working Together with Religious Communities
08 March 2018 - Geneva
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H. E. Archbishop Job of
Telmessos
Permanent Representative, Ecumenical Patriarchate Permanent Delegation to the World Council of Churches
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Mr. Aaron Greenberg
Regional Child Protection Advisor, UNICEF Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia
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Dr. Etienne Krug
Director Management of Noncommunicable Diseases, Disability, Violence and Injury Prevention, World Health Organization
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Ms. Maria Lucia Uribe
Director, Arigatou International Geneva
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