After running workshops in seven countries around the world, the pilots for the adaptation of the Learning to Live Together Programme to Middle Childhood came to an end after completing the three last pilots in Tanzania, in July, and in India and Ecuador in August 2019, and reaching a total of 250 children from several religious and ethnic communities and secular backgrounds.
The Coimbatore Peace Festival, organized by Shanti Ashram in India, was the scenario for the premiere of the animated short film about one of the winners of the Learning to Live Together Global Awards. The festival was held in August 2019 and it was the opportunity for hundreds of people to get to know more about the inspiring story of Arun.
As part of a commitment towards scaling up the Learning to Live Together Programme at the national level in Indonesia, the manual was officially launched in Bahasa during a ceremony that took place in Jakarta on 29 July 2019.
Since 2012, the LTLT Programme has reached over 1,000 children in more than 30 schools throughout the country. The translation of the manual constitutes another step towards scaling up the Programme at the national level, through the work of the Indonesian National Commission for UNESCO and the Ministry of Education, with the support of Arigatou International Geneva.
Ja en són sis les edicions de la mostra de cinema Salut, Drets, Acció en les que Quepo en porta la comunicació i l’organització, colze a colze amb Medicus Mundi Mediterrània.
En sis anys, hem après que la lluita per la salut és la lluita per un sistema sanitari públic, gratuït i universal, però també ho és la lluita per tenir una casa, unes condicions de treball dignes, un entorn saludable i un sistema que ens tingui en compte a totes.
I en un dia com avui #25N, fem balanç de tot el viscut les darreres setmanes a la 13ª edició de la Mostra de Cinema. El nostre cor ha estat #FeminismeÉsSalut, i és que no es pot parlar de salut sense parlar de feminisme, i no es pot entendre la violència masclista sense abordar la violència estructural d’un sistema hegemònic, capitalista i masclista.
Aquesta edició, l’hem compartit amb dones poderoses, que demostren que davant de cada violència, la reacció feminista és la sororitat, la creativitat, les cures, la comunitat, la cultura, la comunicació, visibilitzar-les i potenciar la incidència política transformadora, des de baix, des de les nostres mans i la nostra mirada.
Avui, #25N, volem parlar d’aquestes dones i parlar de les seves victòries, de passos endavant, de subversió del sistema. Perquè no hi haurà violència sense reacció feminista.
Josina Machel, per visibilitzar el seu propi cas de violència masclista, ajudant a trencar amb l’estigma de relacionar els casos de violència amb un estrat socieconòmic més vinculat a la pobresa.
Ivete Mafundza, advocada i cantant de hiphop, per fer servir la cultura per apropar-se a joves i construir nous relats contra la violència masclista.
Aura Roig i el seu projecte Metzineres, un espai d’activisme, cura integral i empoderament per a dones que fan servir drogues, on no se les jutja per ser consumidores, sinó que es te cura d’unes dones maltractades per una societat que les exclou per ser racialitzades, trans, víctimes de trata, patir transtorns mentals o molts altres tipus de precarietat o violència.
Antonia Raya, com a cara visible de la plataforma Cap Raval Nord Digne, i la lluita veïnal de mesos amb #CAPalaMisericòrdia. Fa pocs dies van aconseguir la reubicació del centre d’atenció primària a la Capella de la Misericòrdia.
Desiree Bela-Loebdee, com activista estética, lluita a diari contra l’hegemonia de certs patrons de bellesa com a imposició social cap a la dona, en el que es discrimina tot allò que no sigui blanc, jove i prim. I a sobre, denuncia el negoci de la cosmètica tòxica que ens emmalalteix i que la indústria ens ven per aconseguir aquest fals ideal, i que la patim doblement les dones.
Itziar de Lecuona, per la seva lluita incansable des de la bioètica contra tot tipus de violència sobre el propi cos, posant en dubte sempre la “llibertat” a decidir en un sistema injust i desigual on tot es pot comprar, des d’un òrgan al cos de la dona per fer de ventre de lloguer.
Elles són alguns exemples de totes les dones meravelloses que ens van acompanyar el passat més d’octubre. Cinema de qualitat, diàleg i teixir xarxa, una combinació màgica on cada any avancem construint noves mirades per confrontar un sistema polític que no ens representa. Però vivint en un sistema comunitari, que ens inclou i ens cuida a totes. Aquí la violència no hi té cabuda. Aquest sistema sí que ens representa.
L'entrada 25N. Davant de cada violència, reacció feminista. ha aparegut primer a Quepo | Comunicació per a la transformació social.
Arigatou International, in close collaboration with UNICEF, the former Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence against Children, the Global Network of Religions for Children (GNRC) and with the support of partners, the International Dialogue Center (KAICIID) and World Vision International, will launch the first ever global study on Faith and Children’s Rights to honor the 30th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), focusing particularly on the role of religious leaders and religious communities in promoting children’s rights and well-being and in preventing violence against children.
The study constitutes a valuable guidance for anyone who is committed to advancing the promotion of children’s rights: it provides a sound resource to support the efforts of religious leaders and religious communities to further expand their advocacy and action, mobilize new partners and engage even more deeply within their own faith communities to protect children from violence and promote their healthy development.
The study provides perspectives from seven religious traditions: the Bahá’í Faith, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and the Sikh Faith. In total, these traditions have more than 5.5 billion adherents around the globe.
The multi-religious study highlights the often significant role that the diverse communities of the world’s faith traditions have played in the preparation, adoption, ratification and implementation of the CRC over the past three decades. It recognizes innovative work and good practices carried out every day to further children’s rights and contribute to child protection by religious groups as a means to carry out their mission. It also contains new ideas for collaboration and recommendations for further actions by all stakeholders, including fostering interreligious dialogue as a way to facilitate the protection and promotion of children rights.
Religious leaders and faith-based organizations are in a unique position to champion children’s rights, asserting their moral authority to make a difference in children’s lives. They command extraordinary influence and often serve as role models of compassion, solidarity and justice. They help to bridge differences, foster dialogue, and influence positive social and behavioral change.
At the same time, around the globe today and throughout history, there are, and have been, harmful practices and actions among religious communities that are deeply inconsistent with both the fundamental values of the world’s major religions and children’s rights. No religious teaching or tradition condones or justifies any form of violence against children.
The far-reaching influence of religious leaders and faith-based organizations is especially important as we address sensitive social and cultural norms that deny children their rights.
This study creates a unique and compelling opportunity to put faith into action and promote interfaith collaboration to revitalize the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, inspiring positive change for children, everywhere and at all times.
The study will be launched at the United Nations on 19 November with a panel discussion featuring high religious leaders, the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, the head of UNICEF Europe, the Committee on the Rights of the Child and representatives of the partner organizations. The panel will be followed by a Reception where children will officially hand over the study to religious leaders and provide recommendations to bring it into action in their communities.
For further information, contact
Arigatou International Geneva
E-mail: geneva(at)arigatouinternational.org
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