{"id":1566,"date":"2011-12-11T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gnrc.ziplinestaging.com\/regional-archives\/africa\/ethiopia-celebrates-the-world-day-of-prayer-and-action-for-children-in-2011-1415908483\/"},"modified":"2021-11-18T15:34:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T23:34:50","slug":"ethiopia-celebrates-the-world-day-of-prayer-and-action-for-children-in-2011-1415908483","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gnrc.net\/?p=1566","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia celebrates the World Day of Prayer and Action for Children in 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

The African Council of Religious leaders \u2014Religions for Peace(ACRL\u2014RfP) in conjunction with the Ethiopian Interfaith Forum for Dialogue Development and Action (EIFDDA) and GNRC Africa  organized a forum in Axum Hotel, Addis Ababa on the 25Th of November, 2011 to mark the World Day of Prayer and Acton for children (DPAC). The day\u2019s proceedings were guided by the theme, \u201cStop Violence Against Children\u201d with prayers, presentations and discussions being the main activities of the day. Religious leaders from three different religions (Orthodox, Muslim and Bahi) were represented. Orphaned and Vulnerable Children (OVC) were the key participants during the forum.<\/p>\n

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EIFDDA\u2019s Executive Director, Mr. Jihad Keno reiterated the joint effort with several Faith Based Organizations in the last six years that has seen over 50, 000 OVCs in different parts of the country receive support. He noted that Ethiopia has signed different conventions relating to children\u2019s rights and emphasized that even with the great strides made so far, the need for support was far much greater considering the overall number of OVCs in the country.
\nMr. Solomon Bekele, the key presenter of the day gave an elaborate talk on violence against children. Mr. Bekele reminded religious leaders that it was their responsibility to eliminate violence against children through teaching and creating awareness among their followers.
\nSexual violence, abduction, maltreatment, neglect and negligent treatment, sexual exploitation of children (sexual prostitution), trafficking, and involvement of children in armed conflict were noted to be some of the common forms of Violence against children in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n

The causes and effects of violence on children were clearly stipulated by the presenter. Signs that a child is experiencing violence were brought to the attention of participants.
\nAmong the manifestations pointed out there:
\nBeing very defensive
\nDirect confrontation with their families, teachers, etc.
\nLack of trust
\nTurning to aggression
\nPoor school performance
\nHaving night mares
\nLosing interest in doing things they liked before
\nFeeling alone, empty, sad, anxious or uncaring
\nDisobedience etc<\/p>\n

Religious leaders were called upon to play an active role in combating violence against children.
\nAmong the things that they could do:
\n\u2022 create awareness in the community about the impact of violence against children
\n\u2022 change norms, attitudes and practices
\n\u2022 Support, educate and train parents, teachers etc.
\n\u2022 protect and support children who are vulnerable to violence
\n\u2022 extend meaningful support to emotionally distressed street children and child prostitutes
\nThe impact of the one day forum could be summed up with the expression of one participant, \u201cWhat we consider as simple will have a great impact on the lives of children. The way we penalize them, how we treat them in the house or school, the way we express our love and the words we use when handling them should be of great consideration to us\u2026 Children highly need the love of their family\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Participants during the forum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The African Council of Religious leaders \u2014Religions for Peace(ACRL\u2014RfP) in conjunction with the Ethiopian Interfaith Forum for Dialogue Development and Action (EIFDDA) and GNRC Africa  organized a forum in Axum Hotel, Addis Ababa on the 25Th of November, 2011 to mark the World Day of Prayer and Acton for children (DPAC). The day\u2019s proceedings were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1563,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa-regional-subdomains","category-in-the-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gnrc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gnrc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gnrc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gnrc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gnrc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1566"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gnrc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12447,"href":"https:\/\/gnrc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1566\/revisions\/12447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gnrc.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gnrc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gnrc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gnrc.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}