Children thrive and grow in trusting relationships with people who love and care for them. Ideally, and for the most part, this happens within their homes. Sadly, it also cannot be denied that the home is the place where most abuses occur. According to the most recent UNICEF report, close to 300 million (3 in 4) children aged 2 to 4 worldwide experience violent discipline by their caregivers on a regular basis; and 250 million children (around 6 in 10) are punished by physical means. Families, schools, and religious communities need to become safe environments for children’s sound and healthy development.
Join us for a day of learning, sharing and reflecting together on this important issue for our societies through interactive panels, roundtable discussions, and dialogues with experts in the field.
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The Seminar is organized by the newly formed consortium Nurturing Spirituality in Early Childhood for the Prevention of Violence, formed by civil society, faith-based, and multilateral organizations and academia to foster collaboration to share good practices and develop evidence-based and innovative approaches in religious communities and from the work of civil society organizations that contribute to end violence in early childhood, challenging social and cultural norms that justify it and supporting families to nurture values and spirituality in children.
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Register until 25 June 2018, by sending a message with your name and organization to:
geneva@arigatouinternational.org
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