Proposal for a Day of Prayer and Action for Children by the World’s Religions
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World Religious Leaders Renew Pledges to Children — 1,300 Attend Opening of GNRC Third Forum
By Lynette Lee CorporalHIROSHIMA, May 24 (IPS) – Renewing solidarity and respect for the fundamental rights of children, over 1,300 religious leaders of different faiths, grassroots workers, and decision makers from about 60 countries are gathered in this historic Japanese city to give the younger generation a much-needed ‘voice’.
Education under Attack – Reclaiming Schools as Zones of Peace
Ms. Helene Gosselin, Director of UNESCO’s New York Office, has written an opinion piece for IPS, available in full here.
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IPS: UN Sees Major Successes in Child Survival
Read the IPS news article which references the GNRC Third Forum here.
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Ethics – The Best Weapon Against Domestic Violence
BOGOTÁ – Domestic violence, which is widespread in Latin America as in the rest of the world, makes it imperative to recover ethics as the core value for practices and efforts aimed at creating more equitable and just societies. Read more at IPS…
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IPS Q&A: How Faith Communities Can Help Fight Violence Against Children
BOGOTÁ – "It’s important to know how families view the power relations that make them protective or destructive of rights," in a world where every year 275 million children witness scenes of domestic violence, said United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) expert Eduardo Gallardo. Read more at IPS…
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LATIN AMERICA: Children of Hope in a Violent World
BOGOTÁ, Apr 29 (IPS) – When she was 12 years old in her native Colombia, Ornella Barros decided that she did not want to be “the future, but the present; not a hope, but a certainty.” Six years later, as a political science student, Barros says she made the right decision when she joined the
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AFRICA: Millions of Children Falling Through the Cracks
A new IPS article on children in Africa features an extensive interview with Dr. Mustafa Ali, GNRC Coordinator for Africa. Read the article here.
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A World “Unfit” for 2.2 Billion Children
IPS has published an interview with this compelling title with Agneta Ucko, Director of Arigatou International and Secretary-General of the Interfaith Council on Ethics Education for Children. Read the article here.
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