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- Written by Katherine Marshall, PaRD Partner World Faiths Development Dialogue (WFDD) •
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Arigatou International was the driving force behind the ambitious forum in Panama City that addressed the issue of violence against children. This was the fifth such forum, with the most recent one being held in Tanzania in 2012. Its goal was to inform, but above all to exhort and mobilize religious leaders and organizations to act on the many forms of violence against children, which are often described as an epidemic. The event had several distinctive features:
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- Written by Katherine Marshall, Professor, Georgetown University •
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Every five minutes a child somewhere dies a violent death. Speaker after speaker cited this and other horrifying figures relentlessly during a three day event organized by the Global Network o…
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- Written by Fred Nyabera, Director, End Child Poverty - Arigatou International •
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Extreme poverty is one of the most extensive forms of violence in the world. And Child Poverty is perhaps the most brutal and unforgiving form of all poverty. Indeed, poverty is the main under…
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- Written by Dorothy •
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I recall it being a peaceful Thursday evening in the slums of Kibera in 2012. I had just arrived home from school. My mother, a single parent, tasked me to go and …
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- Written by Dr. Dorcas Kiplagat •
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Peace is a need that we all desire for a sustainable world. Our world has lost millions of people including children through violence. Due to weak mechanisms for r…